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Lighting the Fire - a new resource to enrich outdoor play and learning

A booklet and DVD - Lighting the Fire, hands-on investigation, play and outdoor learning in primary education - was compiled with the help of early years consultant Wendy Scott and includes a foreword by Mick Waters, professor of education and president of the Curriculum Foundation.

 

The booklet makes the case for extending a play-based curriculum beyond the reception year, and includes examples of schools in England who have rejected the emphasis on formal education in the primary years.

Accompanying the main text are quotes from academics, children and their teachers as well as some 35 photographs illustrating hands-on play and learning.

Also beautifully illustrated, with a further 44 pictures, is the training DVD whose purpose is to help primary school teachers bring education alive. It prompts practitioners to reflect on the current debate over ‘school readiness’, saying: ‘Rather than enquiring whether children are ready for school, we should consider "Is our school ready for children?"’

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