- TERRY MITCHELL, PROJECT DIRECTOR
SKANSKA INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UK LTD
AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM IS MORE THAN THE TRADITIONALLY DELIVERED NATURE TRAIL WITH BENCHES AND DIPPING PONDS. THE TEAM MEMBERS OF TWIG HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES TO OFFER SCHOOLS THE CAPABILITY TO BROADEN THE DELIVERY OF CURRICULUM AIMS OUTDOORS. AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WILL DEVELOP A GROWING AREA FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; THIS CAN LINK TO LITERACY, NUMERACY, NUTRITION, SCIENCE, SOCIAL AWARENESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS
Outdoor musical instruments allow for greater expression of children’s left brain activity; it can be something simple from a wooden xylophone or steel drums to complicated pentatonically tuned gongs and sound pipes.
Something as easy as installing a story telling area in a secluded spot can aid the development of imaginative play and this then links through to poetry and story writing outcomes in the literacy key stages.
“THANK YOU AND THANKS TO THE WHOLE TWIG TEAM FOR AN AMAZING EFFORT...AS WELL AS ACHIEVING THOSE EDUCATION OBJECTIVES, DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL OF OUTSIDE SPACES FOR LEARNING, YOU ALSO ACHIEVED AN EXCELLENCE IN PLANTSMANSHIP, LANDSCAPING & HORTICULTURE, RECOGNISED BY THE JUDGES AWARDING OUR GARDEN THE TOP GOLD PRIZE. IN ADDITION, YOUR TEAM ON THE DAY WAS BRILLIANT IN MAKING SURE THE GARDEN STAYED LOOKING ITS BEST AND LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE. THE TEAM WAS ALSO VERY GOOD AT HELPING WITH THE VISITORS TO THE GARDEN ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN AND THOSE LOOKING FOR GARDENING ADVICE. "
The Twig Group provides Education Landscaping to Schools, Colleges in the South East. Covering Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, London & Essex,
including Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Crowborough, Paddock Wood, Cranbrook, Ashford, Canterbury, Tenterden, Heathfield, Rye, Maidstone
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