Be tick aware!
If you are planning on being outside in natural spaces for outdoor learning and play, or for any other reason, you need to be tick aware. Check out tick guidance in this Public Health Scotland news report (4 April 2023) and practical advice from NHS Inform, so you can continue [...]
Be tick aware!
If you are planning on being outside in natural spaces for outdoor learning and play, or for any other reason, you need to be tick aware. Check out tick guidance in this Public Health Scotland news report (4 April 2023) and practical advice from NHS Inform, so you can continue [...]
Guidance: keeping young children safe on trips and outings
The Care Inspectorate have developed a practice note to support ELC staff to keep children safe on trips and outings while ensuring they still have opportunities to be curious and develop their learning. See Keeping children safe: supporting trips and outings in early learning and childcare (ELC)
Scottish Youth Climate declaration – check out this handy toolkit
YouthLink Scotland have created the Scottish Youth Climate Declaration endorsement pack, a handy toolkit for youth workers to support young people to share their vision of a greener, fairer world. This resource provides advice and a framework to support co-design and evaluation.
Keeping children safe on trips and outings – new Care Inspectorate Guidance
Check out this new practice note developed by the Care Inspectorate. It has been designed for ELC staff to help keep children safe on trips and outings. This will still ensure children have opportunities to be curious and develop their learning.
Making great meadows
Great advice from Plantlife, applicable to managing grassland for biodiversity (and a richer learning environment) whether in your school grounds, gardens or in the wider community.
New quality framework for daycare of children, childminding and school-aged childcare
The Care Inspectorate have announced the publication of this new quality framework for the care of children (15 June 2021), to help early learning and childcare (ELC) services to evaluate their own performance and identify opportunities for improvement. There are many references to the value of outdoor play and learning.
Going Out There Guidance – now updated
Check out the updated guidance under the Scottish Framework for Safe Practice in Off-site Visits, developed in partnership by the Scottish Government, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education (SAPOE), Education Scotland, and the Association of Directors of Education, with input from other partners [...]
