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Switchable School Playground Equipment for Play and Learning
To keep boredom at bay during break times and extend outdoor educational provision, it is important to provide pupils with a variety of equipment to play on and different types of learning activities to engage in. To help, there is now a range of switchable school playground equipment. This new type of product has easily […]
Bringing Maths to the School Playground
From EYFS all the way to GCSE, maths is a fixture of the curriculum. However, the way the subject is delivered doesn’t need to be confined to the classroom. There are plenty of opportunities to learn in the playground, both through outdoor lessons and through play. And with the many outdoor curriculum resources now available, […]
How to Teach STEM in the Playground
When teachers think about teaching STEM subjects, (science, technology, engineering and maths) the playground is perhaps the last place they imagine delivering those lessons. However, STEM is about integrating those subjects and thinking out of the box, so perhaps it’s time to reconsider the outdoor space as somewhere where children can get value from those […]
7 Great Ideas for Taking Your Maths Lessons Outdoors
Whilst many maths teachers would love to get their pupils out of the stuffy classroom and away from the exercise books, a lack of suitable resources can make outdoor maths seem impractical. Thankfully, that no longer needs to be the case. In this post, we’ll look at a range of outdoor maths resources to help […]
6 Key Learning Skills That Can Be Developed by Outdoor Play
As teachers, we know that children who develop key skills such as critical thinking or the ability to work with others, progress quicker, achieve more and attain better grades than their peers. However, with curriculum activities taking up much of the timetable, it’s hard to squeeze in the extra hours needed to practice and hone […]
7 Curriculum Areas That Can Benefit from Outdoor Equipment
When schools think about installing outdoor play equipment they often look at a playground simply as a playground and don’t consider the ways it can be used to enhance learning. At ESP Play, we’ve spent years developing products for specific curriculum areas that let you turn your playground into an outdoor classroom which can be […]
