Early Years Outdoor Conference, Leighswood Primary

Over the last weekend in March, teachers and teaching assistants attended an Early Years Outdoor Conference at Leighswood Primary School in Walsall. The event included lots of different activities, such as storytelling in a Tepee, walking through the woods with a forest ranger, using tools, and risk taking. Staff were encouraged to evaluate their experience of the conference by creating two giant terracotta owls - Each one made up of individual 'feathers' illustrating the teachers take on the day. Gemma was on hand to facilitate the creativity and help construct the birds. Once the owls are dried and fired they will be flying back home to Leighswood Primary...