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November 30, 2022Outdoor Learning, by

Senior Infants Forest School Autumn 2022

Senior Infants had a wonderful time exploring Autumn on Killiney Hill.  Click on the photos below to get a flavour of what we got up to.  And make sure you look at Liz McMahon’s blog of the sessions on DLR Creativity in the Classroom | …
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November 30, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Rang a 5 – An chéad seisiún le chéile

(Click on any of the images to start the slideshow.) Risk and rope work Why are opportunities for risk and adventure essential for normal development in the early years?  Tim Gill (2007) identifies four arguments: We are introducing rope work to develop all of the …
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November 24, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Rang a 5 agus Rang a 6 sa choill

We’re delighted to be back in the forest with 5th and 6th class for these weeks before the end of the year. We’re learning new skills this block with lots of knot work and rope skills to learn including putting them away correctly (termed hanking). …
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May 27, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Third class Forest Friday Session 5 – 27 May 2022

This is a blog written by Yuuki Blakeney, ゆ(Yu) う(U) き(Ki), a forest school leader, researcher and parent in the school. Here she captures some of the learnings and benefits that she witnesses for one group of 3rd class children over the summer term. It …
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May 20, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Third class Forest Friday Session 4 – 20 May 2022

This is a blog written by Yuuki Blakeney, ゆ(Yu) う(U) き(Ki), a forest school leader, researcher and parent in the school. Here she captures some of the learnings and benefits that she witnesses for one group of 3rd class children over the summer term It …
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May 13, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Third class Forest Friday Session 3 – 13th May 2022

This is a blog written by Yuuki Blakeney, ゆ(Yu) う(U) き(Ki), a forest school leader, researcher and parent in the school. Here she captures some of the learnings and benefits that she witnesses for one group of 3rd class children over the summer term It …
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May 13, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Third class Forest Friday Session 2 – 6th May 2022

This is a blog written by Yuuki Blakeney, ゆ(Yu) う(U) き(Ki), a forest school leader, researcher and parent in the school. Here she captures some of the learnings and benefits that she witnesses for one group of 3rd class children over the summer term. On …
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April 29, 2022Outdoor Learningby

Third class Forest Friday Session 1 – 29th April 2022

This is a blog written by Yuuki Blakeney, ゆ(Yu) う(U) き(Ki), a forest school leader, researcher and parent in the school. Here she captures some of the learnings and benefits that she witnesses for one group of 3rd class children over the summer term. It …
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February 13, 2017Outdoor Learningby

Session 1

Session 9 12th November 2021 This week was our last week together for this year. Between games and free play and weaving and clay, we had a great time learning through play. Every session we share what we are grateful for from the session. This …
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February 3, 2017Outdoor Learningby

Forest Friday

DSPNS Forest Friday sessions bring the children and the curriculum to the forest on Killiney Hill weekly for 9 weeks. The structure of each session allows the children to build connection: to themselves through sit spots, creative opportunities and reflection; to each other through games …
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