Outdoor Maths
•Practical ideas to develop your outdoor area
•Top tips to help children learn maths 20% faster
•100s of creative ways to make PSRN fun
Margaret Travers
Margaret Travers holds a master's degree in early childcare and education. With 25 years' experience as a teacher, nursery owner, Ofsted inspector, writer and early years trainer and consultant, Margaret's passion and particular interests are in promoting high-quality early years practice through play and purposeful activities.
Unpick the latest outdoor learning guidelines and frameworks
Ofsted Outstanding for Enabling the Environment
An overview of the Primary Maths Review by Sir Peter Williams (2009)
Health and safety aspects and risk assessments
Step-by-step guide to creating a fun learning environment
In-depth breakdown of what can be done with your outdoor area
Conduct audits of current outdoor provision
Develop maths through child-initiated and adult-led learning
Observations: using incidental and participant
Differentiation outside the classroom
Cross-curricular teaching
Develop learning zones, maths trails and maths areas
Enjoyable, all-weather activities and resources to use immediately
Develop all areas of maths, calculation, problem-solving, space, shape and measure using:
- games
- stories
- role play
- arts and gardening
- list of companies to design your outdoor area
- weekly plans for the whole school year
- the best websites for reference
Free Parachute with practical maths games and ideas - RRP £10.99
Masters Accredited
You can enrol on a MA in Education using this course as your first CPD module (worth twenty MA points). To enrol simply call us on FREEPHONE 0808 160 5 160 and request an application form.
INSET
Outdoor Maths, along with all our courses, can be arranged for in-school training (INSET).
For each course we recommend trainer(s), but when arranging your INSET day, you can choose. For more information, contact our INSET department.
Margaret Travers
Margaret Travers holds a master's degree in early childcare and education. With 25 years' experience as a teacher, nursery owner, Ofsted inspector, writer and early years trainer and consultant.