Keeping children safe – including outdoors and on outings
The Care Inspectorate have described how practitioners have been exploring ways of incorporating SIMOA the elephant into their learning about safety. They have published a bitesize session to be used alongside our SIMOA keeping children safe practice notes. You can watch this bitesize here.
My Active World – a new Early Years resource
The Care Inspectorate have developed a new ELC resource My Active World: Move more to nurture happy and healthy children. It is designed to build on the good work already present in many children’s settings. The resource shares physical activity guidelines from babies under 1 year old to young people [...]
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)
Outdoor Learning ethos won over Ofsted
School Outdoor Learning have shared this article on how Outdoor Learning Ethos Won Over Ofsted. They describe how a former head credits outdoor learning with turning his struggling school around. They saw improved academic attainment, pupils enjoying their learning and happier staff when they adopted an outdoor learning ethos. For [...]
Local Approaches to Recovery: a thematic review
Scotland's HM Inspectors of Education have published a new report examining a range of approaches taken to support improvement and recovery in establishments nominated by local authorities across Scotland. The report identifies common priorities reflected in improvement or recovery plans that aim to address some of the challenges for the [...]
Successful Approaches to Learning Outdoors – now available in Gaelic
This new report published by Scotland's HM Inspectors of Education, highlights features of effective practice in outdoor learning, and is now available in Gaelic. Find out more.
My Childminding Experience
The Care Inspectorate share resources to support quality childcare by childminders. My Childminding Experience shares and celebrates examples of how children of all ages are benefitting from childminder care across Scotland. This includes examples of positive outdoor play in a range of environments and in nature.
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.
