Communication and Language

14 videos

Inspiring Communication and Language

A visit to the local museum prompts a whole range of high quality language.

Inspiring Writing

Inspired by a visit to the forest to collect materials, children print a collage.

Igniting interest in books

These children are observing minibeasts in the school grounds.

Building a Forest School shelter

Children at a forest school are building a shelter.

Our own museum

Following a visit to the local museum, these nursery children are planning and setting up their own museum in the rol...

Learning through Forest School

Jenny Doyle talks about some of the principles common to all Forest School experiences.

Representing ideas through design and technology

Dolf constructs a model responding to a stimulus about fresh fruit.

The shop

Children role play in the classroom shop.

The water wall

Five boys, with a range of heritage languages, play independently with water.

Tomi writing

EAL learner Tomi, Reception, writes with the help of his practitioner.

Making a car

Dolf uses crates, tyres and other materials to construct a car.

Releasing the butterflies

Both years in EYFS have been nurturing butterflies and today, they are to be released.

Releasing the butterflies commentary

Practitioner Emma reflects on the clip "Releasing the Butterflies'.

Forest School as an enabling environment

Jenny Doyle, a key figure nationally in the Forest School movement, reflects on children�s engagement in, and excitem...