Out to Play Blog

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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Out to Play is taking over! Looking back at my time at Croftfoot Primary

Written by Saffron Gillies. In spring 2022 I worked with staff and pupils in P2, P3 and P4 at Croftfoot Primary School, exploring their expansive and exciting playground, and connecting to the nature around us.  I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work with Fiona Bryant, a member …

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The Adventure Continued at Broomhill Primary School

By Saffron Gillies. In the Winter Term of 2022 I was lucky enough to return to Broomhill Primary School to continue delivery of the Out to Play project. I worked with P1, P5, P6 and P7 pupils, carrying on my work with the school, which began in 2021 with their …

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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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