- Do you want to encourage young people to be more physically active and creative?
- Would young people in your school like to explore and learn new playground activities?
- Do you want ideas for getting young people physically active during lessons?
- Could you use the playground as your outdoor classroom?
- Do you need fun and inspiring games ideas for existing playground line markings?
- Could you use a resource to help re-motivate and inspire young people to be active at break and lunch time?
- Do you want creative playground games ideas to support your outdoor classroom and play times?
If “YES”, then ‘THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM : Learning and developing through playground games resource’ is for you!
What is included?
This resource aims to support primary schools to provide positive playground experiences and learning opportunities outside the classroom. It has been developed to support schools with encouraging young people to be physically active and learn both in and through playground games.
Fun and inspiring games are demonstrated on a DVD, and instructions on how to play and
a series of adaptations are included on a set of 22 cards. A CD containing specially commissioned playground music including four action rhymes and a story-telling piece completes the resource.
Playground games are ideal for supporting learning outside the classroom, raising young people’s confidence in how and where they learn and support the ‘Every Child Matters’ outcomes of being healthy and enjoying and achieving.
