Pappus update
The PLL team has been working throughout lockdown on writing resources for the PAPPUS Erasmus+ project. It has been a testing time for...
Pappus: the lockdown transnational meeting
Meeting our Erasmus+ partners, virtually, to discuss ways to help schools introduce plants into learning and play.
Thank you, Postcode Lottery players!
A huge "thank you” to players of the People's Postcode Lottery from all of us at Play Learning Life, as we reach the end of our project...
Seeds of change... Erasmus +
The PAPPUS project will disperse seeds of change in the lives of young people, using the natural world, botany and horticulture, in a playfu
Hurrah! Outdoor Classroom Day!
Springtime's Outdoor Classroom Day is almost upon us - the twice-yearly campaign now has over 3.5m children participating, all around the...
Are you the Mad March Teacher?
Making the most of any last minute end-of-year budget underspends (ha!).
Outdoor learning: new year's resolutions
Ideas for kick starting improvements to outdoor learning and play spaces.
Risk-taking and resilience: lessons from the design, use and management of Japanese schoolyards.
Julie Mountain and Mary Jackson are heading to Tokyo this month, to attend the International School Grounds Alliance 2018 conference, and...
Beyond the Pond
Are school ponds making a comeback? In recent months I've visited several schools with sadly unloved ponds, yet each school expresses l
PLL Mary reports from the ISGA conference, Bali
The fourth International School Grounds Alliance (ISGA) conference has just concluded in Bali, with delegates from 14 countries attending...
Book review: Dirty Teaching
Review of Juliet Robertson's first book, Dirty Teaching.
CPD twilight: language and literacy
UPDATE MARCH 2019 Do your school grounds do their bit to improve outcomes for children? A generous grant from the Ernest Cook Trust...
Sherman School: rural California in the city…
I was lucky enough to visit Sherman School in September 2011 as part of the International Green Schoolyards Conference. Here, I report...
