Early Years

Out to Play Mini-Blogs – Blog 4: Drama

Written by Saffron Gillies. Welcome to the fourth and final instalment in our series of ‘Out to Play Mini-Blogs – An imaginative approach to outdoor play & learning in the early years’! Between August 2022 and March 2023 I worked with 18 Early Years settings across Glasgow on our Out …

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Out to Play Mini Blogs – Blog 3: Storytelling

Written by Saffron Gillies. Welcome to the third in our series of ‘Out to Play Mini-Blogs – An imaginative approach to outdoor play & learning in the early years’! Between August 2022 and March 2023 I’ll be working with 18 Early Years settings across Glasgow on our Out to Play …

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Out to Play Mini-Blogs – Blog 2: Nature Connection

Written by Saffron Gillies. Welcome to the second in our series of four ‘Out to Play Mini-Blogs – An imaginative approach to outdoor play & learning in the early years’! Between August 2022 and March 2023 I’ll be working with 18 Early Years settings across Glasgow on our Out to …

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Kicking Off Our First Out to Play for Early Years Mini-Residencies

By Saffron Gillies. Following on from Sarah Rankin’s fantastic work in 2018 developing the Early Years strand of Out to Play, and then her delivery of Out to Play in a Day sessions across multiple early years settings in Glasgow in 2021 – I had the wonderful opportunity to carry …

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Ending on a high note with Buchlyvie and Crookston Nurseries

by Sarah Rankin Eco Drama’s Out to Play project with early years children ended at the beginning of December. Starting with Westercraigs and Barlanark and we have just finished in Crookston and Buchlyvie nurseries. I had the most wonderful time with each nursery and the project finished on a high …

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