Wildplay

Calling all teacher/TA/school-employed friends. I am currently collecting research for my psychology MSc dissertation into Supporting Young People’s Mental Health in Schools. Pretty please if you can spare 15-20 minutes to answer some questions I would really appreciate it, and it you can pass the link onto any of your other school-based friends.

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SUMMER ART FUN IS GO!!!
This August we're all about Stories and Dressing Up and have lots of fun sessions for children and their families exploring narrative and costume.... Story Stones, Carnival Masks, Wings, Mini Theatres, Horns, Wigs and Other Interesting Headgear....all made with (mostly) recycled materials. What's not to love?!
Full (very colourful!) details and booking gubbins on the website.

www.fabulousartclub.com

Kit was trying out some tree parkour on the 'best climbing tree ever' at Petworth today as part of his attempt to complete the Wildlife Trusts anyone else being wild this June? (Obviously his Friday's are easy as he has Wildplay after-school)

We're going to be looking out for different types of seaweed as we Wildplay this summer.

Big Seaweed Search | Natural History Museum The home of nature-inspired gifts. Free UK next-day delivery when you spend £50 on the Museum collection, plus new international delivery rates. All sales support the Museum.

Outdoor learning: the secret to improving behaviour in schools Building gardens, collecting recycling or sowing seeds can help empower pupils and works wonders as a discipline aid

So much fun creating our masterpieces with mud and other natural materials 🌿

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/University-Derby-Children-touch-nature-better/story-28790929-detail/story.html

University of Derby: Children in touch with nature do better in SATs CHILDREN who are in touch with nature achieve better results in their year six SATs at primary school, according to University of Derby research. A group of psychologists at the university...

Faerie doors 💫

Having fun making potions for the faeries at Lyndhurst infant school.

Having loads of fun at our very first Wildplay after school club at Lyndhurst infant school :)

For our Worthing likers the fantastic Worthing Wildlife (https://www.facebook.com/worthingwildlife) have been working hard with the community to create a wildlife haven on a disused area of Beach House Park. Check out their willow dome and bug hotel on the hospital side of the park near to the old bowling club.

Worthing WildLife Worthing WildlLife are a group seeking to improve the environment to encourage wildlife, to promote wildlife and community awareness / education.

A lovely idea from kindlingplayandtraining.blogspot.com cant wait to try this out!
http://kindlingplayandtraining.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/wood-cookies-swinging-in-trees-make.html

Kindling: Wood cookies swinging in the trees make romantic braids... I remember having a go at this at the 2013 TweetMeet with Jo Gregory. Seeing your pictures has reminded me what fun it was. I found the key to it was allowing your sub-conscious mind to take over the process whilst having a jolly good chin wag. As soon as I thought about what I was doing, I messed i…