Thursday 18th May is Outdoor Classroom Day a day where schools will be celebrating outdoor learning and play by having lessons outside.
What are the benefits of learning outdoors?
Why? Outdoor learning improves children’s health, engages them with learning and leads to a greater connection with nature. Play not only teaches critical life skills such as resilience, teamwork and creativity, but is central to children’s enjoyment of childhood. Source: outdoorclassroomday.org.uk
The Field Study Council say that “Outdoor learning provides an exciting and memorable experience for young people, and helps transfer what they learn in school to their everyday lives by dealing first hand with real world examples. Learning outside, especially in a novel setting, introduces challenging situations, opportunities to become risk aware rather than just risk averse; builds self-confidence; develops a sense of responsibility and tolerance towards places and people by experiencing different communities and surroundings; and ultimately offers young people the opportunity to experience, explore and investigate – vital elements in the development of a modern citizen.”
Outdoors, children will learn that there is more to life than the Xbox and the digital screen. More of our children are brought up in large cities separated from the natural world, interconnected through myriads of electronic devices yet unaware of the joy of the outdoors, whether it be the local park, less formal green space or open countryside. Given the opportunities, they will explore and investigate everything they come across from dead leaves, insects, trees, bushes plants and animals.
Cooking outdoors using our artefacts – learning can be fun!
Outdoor Learning Bundle – Special Offer!
To celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day, we have created a special outdoor learning bundle, which features 3 of our products, all of which are ideal for learning outdoors about the lives of people in other parts of the world.
You can buy a Gambian Charcoal Pot, Recycled Aluminium Ladle and an African Plastic Kettle for just £18.99, which is a saving of over £2. The usual price for all 3 items when bought separately is £21.33.
To order please email b-cltd@hotmail.co.uk or call us on 079663 79621.
The prices include VAT and P&P. Offer valid from 15th to 19th May 2017. Please note due to manufacturing techniques it isn’t possible to specify kettle colour and you may receive a round or a square coal pot.