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Family Wild Walks, OPAL, Outdoor Family Camping, Outdoor People, Podcasts, School -

These are some of the podcasts featuring Cath Prisk talking about the importance of children being outdoors at home, at school  and every day. 

Nature Bantz with Hana Sutch for Go Jauntly

 

Doorways Podcast with Martin Crabbe for London Climate Action Week

Loose Parts and Risk Taking: Improving Children's Play

 

The vulnerability of outdoor play, A Wearthy Play it Forward podcast with Lukas Ritson

 

What's In My Pack? | Episode 8 | Rob Ferguson meets Cath Prisk for Arc'teryx UK  

 

 

 

 

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Early Years, Play theory, School -

What is the purpose of education? This is a question posed by the Purpose/Ed campaign back in 2013, and this was my response... Given we are now returning to school post Covid this seems ever more important.

The news about schools leading ‘catch up’ sessions in the summer made us think about what this means, and reminded us of this journal post. Yes give kids the tools they need to learn, but before the autumn they need to be given the space to catch up with themselves and just to play.

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10 minute reads, London National Park City Schools, Research, School -

As head teachers in the UK wrestle with the whether, when and how of reopening their schools, they are having to drastically rethink the school day and the learning environment. In this article, written by Cath Prisk for the London National Park City Schools Network, we consider how getting outdoors could offer some potential solutions.

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