Outdoor Ed

Another picture of what i believe to be Ladybird Eggs hatching. Though what the large brown insect in the top left is, I don't know! @ISHRLearns @DociFrida

Quite possibly these are Lady bird eggs, we'll continue to observe and watch the larvae over the next weeks and see what happens.

Arrived at work this morning to find this little one nosing around the leaf litter, could it be the same hedgehog we rescued in Autumn? @ISHRLearns

In the middle of our lesson we found this little fella wandering around. In order to stop him being crushed at break time I introduced him to our safe space we'd created for overwintering creatures. Hopefully he stays safe over winter. @ISHRLearns

Grade 5 have been experitmenting with photography as part of their Art Attacks unit. Some fantastic observation and composition skills on display. @ISHRLearns @duncanfitzg

Our students know how valuable Outdoor Learning is. We make sure that our whole community understands this, too, including this year's BFD volunteers! We had a great morning looking into the Outdoor Learning program at ISHR.

So much excitement and joy heard from our 2nd Graders as they tended @ishrlearns Growing Garden and harvested green beans and potatoes that they planted as 1st Graders!

We spent some time outside today planning, cutting, drilling and most importantly being creative. Students created a character that can go into their setting. Eventually, all this hard work will turn into wonderful stories. @ISHRLearns

More wonderful grade 5 photos. Fantastic creative observation of the immediate area around them, along with some skilful composition, has produced some wonderful images. @ISHRLearns @duncanfitzg @waterscw

It's easy to default to land art when doing an outdoor art lesson, but what about photography? With grade 5 we looked at composition, lighting and macro techniques with iPads. @ISHRLearns @duncanfitzg

My Classroom view for the last few weeks. A huge resource for our Ss + a constant stream of energy since we have been back on campus. Today a fire toasting bread, other days an artist's environmental pallet; compass learning; bug catching and more. @ISHRLearns @ISHROutdoorEd

Our 2nd Graders used voice and choice to choose a topic to research and make a mini documentary for their Sharing The Planet Unit. David Attenborough you have some competition! @ISHROutdoorEd @ISHRLearns @ibpyp

Integrating the leadership unit w outdoor learning. Ss used their understanding of being a good leader to provide their partner with information to complete a common goal. Communicating, thinking, motivating, caring, focused partners = goal achieved in a calm way. @ISHRLearns

More thoughts on how utilising outdoor spaces can help with the return to education. @ISHRLearns 7 tips for running outdoor lessons when schools reopen tes.com/news/7-tips-ru…

We're here to help! Teachers, what can we do to help you? @ISHRLearns washingtonpost.com/education/2020…