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A Practitioner’s Guide: Experiences

 

The third of a series exploring the Play Pedagogy shared principles;  interactions, spaces and experiences.

We know that learning experiences provided in the earliest months and years in a child’s life are critical for their future success in life – here are a few key experiences that can make a big impact on the development of our future generations.

Guest writer Natalie White is Outdoor Learning Development Officer and Principal Teacher for East Ayrshire Learning Outdoors Support Team (LOST).

 

22.02.2022

Practitioner’s Guide Bite-sized tips: play in the dark

This week’s practitioner’s guide features bite-sized tips on encouraging play in the dark play from guest contributor Simon Cawthorne, Senior Play Ranger – Smart Play Network. These tips link in with our first ever podcast episode! Listen to our ‘Outdoor play is the way’ podcast: Ep 1 Playing in the dark -top tips for playing

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29.04.2019

intandem External Evaluation – Blake Stevenson report

Inspiring Scotland commissioned Blake Stevenson to undertake an external evaluation of Phase 1 of the intandem programme, Scotland’s first national mentoring programme for children and young people who are looked after at home, from August 2017 to March 2019. This report details the key findings of that evaluation, looking at the benefits for mentees, mentors

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14.08.2019

What good looks like: Service Delivery

Welcome to What good looks like: Service Delivery, the third of our best practice guides, prepared in partnership with Survivor charities. Other guides will be added as part of the ‘What good looks like’ work. If you are interested in taking part in this or would like any additional information, please contact either Debbie McColgan or Angela Jamieson.

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