When you go outside the classroom you have the opportunity to transform learning and raise achievement. Learning outside the classroom allows participants to learn in context, to learn by practical engagement, and to learn by personal discovery. They can acquire new skills, work collaboratively with others and develop a better sense of themselves and their potential.
In this section of the website we hope to give teachers of Key Stages 1 and 2 the help and ideas to be able to use Willow Grove as a regular, local outdoor learning resource.
Teaching should ensure that 'investigating and making' includes 'exploring and developing ideas' and 'evaluating and developing work'. 'Knowledge and understanding' should inform this process.
Art/Design
Key Stage 1 - Mother Nature, Designer
Key Stage 1 - Investigating Materials
Key Stage 1 - What is Sculpture
Key Stage 2 - A sense of place
Key Stage 2 - Investigating Pattern
English
Year 1 - Poetry - Using the senses
Year 3 - Poetry to Perform
Year 4 - Recounts - Newspapers and Magazines
History
Maths
Key Stage 1 - Maths in the Outdoors
PHSE
Key Stage 1 - What do you see
Key Stage 2 - Thinking about ownership
Science
Key Stage 1 - Habitats, food chains and trees
Key Stage 1 - Animal who am I
Key Stage 2 - Natures largest plant - The Tree
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