In the second of a two-part series on planning for the outdoors, Jane Drake looks at how practitioners can offer high-quality learning experiences in outdoor areas with limitations
Children have a right to outdoor learning and, just as practitioners plan experiences and activities in the indoor area, they should think carefully about the opportunities they are offering for learning outside.
The importance of outdoor learning is noted in Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, which, under 'Principles for early years education', notes that to be effective, the curriculum should involve 'planned and purposeful activity that provides opportunities for teaching and learning, both indoors and outdoors' (page 11).
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