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Join the Green Schoolyards America team! We are hiring a Senior Program Manager and an Operations Manager to help us scale and grow our ongoing and future initiatives to bring the benefits of living schoolyards to more children across the United States. greenschoolyards.org/careers

There’s a reason why the beautiful dandelion is the emblem of the @EUErasmusPlus Pappus project. Such a simple and yet immensely complex plant ♥️

Our keynote plant, Dandelion - super fluffy artworks here in a Budapest school ♥️

Pappus partner @playlearninglif 's article in @NurseryWorld this month shares the fun + learning found in the most humble plant, the nettle. So much you can do with them - find more playful things to do with them here: pappusproject.eu/play along with 14 other common plants.

I love a Springtime bracelet @PappusProject #outdoorlearning

Is your school garden an ecological delight? Entries are open for the European Award for Ecological Gardening and Cat 2 is for schools. If you can show you support discovery, research and nature experiences, you could win €1000! More info here: naturimgarten.at/award-english

We love this! Dandelions are magical, joyful, efficient and our Pappus emblem!

@Miss_SWalters I recently visited @ashbridgeschool Ashbridge School and Nursery near Preston. They have two wooded areas on their school site and use them both for Forest School. Was a pleasure and a privilege observing children using the spaces so richly. (@playlearninglif)

I would love to know if anyone has set up a forest school on their school grounds and if so, how did you do it? How did you get started? #forestschool #sciencelead

Happy New Year from the Pappus team! Visit the website for hundreds of fabulous, practical, inspirational learning and play springboards, aimed at learners aged 7 - 16. Thank you to Daniel and Katalin, our Czech partners, for the wonderful image. pappusproject.eu/post/happy-new…

This is such an important piece of legislation. The USA - California in particular - is really leading on using school grounds to ameliorate the effects of climate change and play a part in slowing it down. Challenge set for our @EUErasmusPlus partners: what can we do now?

This PAPPUS story, adapted from a @NurseryWorld article and written by @JulesMountain has just been published on our website - lots of simple, quick, low- or no-cost ideas! pappusproject.eu/post/five-thin…

Why play and learn in nature? @ChildrenNature Network have a fab, short video that explains why access to nature and natural play spaces in cities is so important: youtu.be/6JduwEa3dhQ

@CiarnaC @PlayworkTeam Gah - just seen this! Can we talk later in the summer? It would be amazing if you could become a Pappus champion - it wouldn't have worked during the programme life as (as you know) UK is four separate countries for @EUErasmusPlus project purposes and this was just England.

shoutout.wix.com/so/15O16blVe?l… @PappusProject are looking for schools to pilot their new toolkit and with the announcement of the importance of this subject going forwards in schools, why not get your school ahead by becoming a pilot PAPPUS School

@MarksLarks Fab picture - anyone interested in learning more about blackberries, check out the @EUErasmusPlus Blackberry learning and play resources @PappusProject pappusproject.eu/plant-id-sheets

Super picture - wish we'd seen it as we were creating resources for the Pappus Top 15 plants - it's a great illustration. Find out more about blackberries with our Plant ID sheets, which include annotated images, facts and mythology and botanical details: pappusproject.eu/plant-id-sheets

I love a Springtime bracelet ⁦@PappusProject⁩ #outdoorlearning

@hill_marian @MarcDavenant @PappusProject @FRoutdoorEd

#Teachers interested in using plants and natural resources in your teaching - free introductory twilight session for @PappusProject this afternoon at 16:00 BST. Book via eventbrite.co.uk/e/pappus-onlin…