Monthly Archives: November 2013

Launch of the Outdoor Pavilion

Posted on November 23, 2013 by cityleaf

A week of events to help launch our new Pavilion, a venue in our woodland garden for performance and outdoor learning. These included making healthy snacks and planting bulbs. Riyad writes: “In the garden it was quiet so we decided … Continue reading →

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Year 3 – Making Shadows

Posted on November 19, 2013 by cityleaf

Beautiful autumn day – children got creative making shadows.

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Year 3 – Literacy / Science – Alexander Bell

Posted on November 17, 2013 by cityleaf

By Rasha, Year 3 ‘We are learning about Victorian invention and we are going to explain how the phone works.’

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Charlton Manor Primary School

Posted on November 16, 2013 by cityleaf

What a school! We visited Charlton Manor Primary School in Greenwich where head teacher Tim Baker has a clear vision of how learning can be brought to life through food education and outdoor learning. Here he is with his gardener … Continue reading →

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Tips from Eden Project

Posted on November 16, 2013 by cityleaf

Last month, we attended excellent training in outdoor learning at the lovely rooftop garden at the Southbank. Here are some of their tips: – Remember the importance of the playground in children’s lives. ‘It represents a very important part of … Continue reading →

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A Trip to the Local Cafe Who Buy our Salads

Posted on November 15, 2013 by cityleaf

Sumaya: “We sell our fruit and vegetables to a local cafe called Fields Beneath. Outside their cafe is a chalk board saying: we receive our fruit and vegetables from Rhyl Primary School.” I picked some vegetables and Tom sold it … Continue reading →

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Parents set challenge of 100 outdoor tasks

Posted on November 15, 2013 by cityleaf

We heard on the radio about two parents, Tim and Kerry Meek, who set the challenge of their children experiencing 100 outdoor tasks in a year. We like this. See the link below and a sample of their tasks. Read … Continue reading →

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YR6 – Numeracy – £135 of salad sold this month!

Posted on November 13, 2013 by cityleaf

We made another of our weekly deliveries to local café The Fields Beneath today. Samit in YR6 worked out the invoice total – £135 for 11.25 kilos of salad delivered since the 4.10.13. The café uses this salad in their … Continue reading →

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Nursery – Numeracy – Shape Outdoors

Posted on November 11, 2013 by cityleaf

The children loved our sessions hunting for shapes outdoors.

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New York – The Edible Schoolyard

Posted on November 8, 2013 by cityleaf

Our teacher Tom visited a school project that is quite something! Deep in South Brooklyn, NYC, is The Edible Schoolyard  – one the highest profile school food growing projects. What makes it remarkable? The sheer scale of ambition, with well … Continue reading →

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