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Teacher and Outdoor Educator providing a wide range of teaching resources for use in the classroom and the Great Outdoors. Website: www.garethmate.com

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Teacher and Outdoor Educator providing a wide range of teaching resources for use in the classroom and the Great Outdoors. Website: www.garethmate.com
English resources - Playground Project
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English resources - Playground Project

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This is a Playground Project activity I have used many times before and adapted it to suit the needs of the age group and audience. I have provided a wide variety of tasks which will hopefully allow all children to develop creativity in their presentation skills and writing tasks. I have used this as an after SATs activity and it worked pretty well.
Outdoor Learning - Shelter Building
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Outdoor Learning - Shelter Building

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A PowerPoint that can be adapted to suit your needs. This activity focuses on building and outdoor shelter and gives some structure on how to do this. Ideas can start in the classroom and build around writing and drawing tasks. Before all of those ideas are put into practice out in the field. Ideal for Primary age children.
Outdoor Learning - Nature Walk
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Outdoor Learning - Nature Walk

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Outdoor Learning - Nature Walk resource. Nature Walk resource that can be implemented at both KS1 and KS2 levels. It can be used as a stand-alone resource within Forest Schools lessons and can also support Literacy-based activities in the classroom. Resources develop the use of our sense together with Literacy skills. More Outdoor resources will follow.
Outdoor Learning - Nature Art
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Outdoor Learning - Nature Art

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Creating themed artwork from natural materials. Now is your chance to get outside and explore your local surroundings. Use what natural materials you find and reuse them to create an artistic masterpiece. This activity is suitable for any Primary age group and has really good potential to be extended into other areas of the school curriculum. Perfect for Writing lessons and Drama activities.
Creative Thinkers
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Creative Thinkers

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A great resource and effective way to start the day or start lessons. I have used these Creative Questions, as a means of developing Speaking and Listening exercises in class. Very useful recource for high order thinking skills, at Upper Primary levels.
Outdoor Learning -  Learning Journal template
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Outdoor Learning - Learning Journal template

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An Outdoor Learning template for you to use both inside and outside of the classroom. This template can be adapted to suit your needs. It provides a great opportunity to develop an ongoing journal about thoughts and stories about the outdoors.
Playtime Behaviour Plan
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Playtime Behaviour Plan

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Here is a Behaviour Plan that was designed and used for interventions during playtime football activities. It has been used several times before and agreed with the children beforehand. It can be adapted for any age group and this document is produced on MSWord.
A Local River Study
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A Local River Study

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This is a MS Word document that is easily adaptable to suit your needs. It focuses on a local river study and also includes opportunities to develop feedback and evaluate your progress. It is ideal to support the topic of rivers and can also be used as Homework research topic. I have used this with my Year 4 Class and they were really positive about it. It was completed independently and then discussed as small groups.
Information Texts
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Information Texts

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English resource - Identifying the key features of an Information Text. I made and used this resource with my class of 8 year olds. They seemed to like it, when identifying the key features of an Information Text. Easy to use and can be adapted to suit the needs to f the class.
Ancient Egyptian - Thinking Tasks
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Ancient Egyptian - Thinking Tasks

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Here is a selection of thinking tasks that will support the History topic of Ancient Egyptians. There are 8 different thinking tasks that can be used in any History lesson. They can be delivered as a stand-alone activity or further developed into a mini topic, to support other ideas. These tasks are ideal for developing Creative Thinking and Speaking and Listening within your class. They can be used across both KS1 and KS2.
Outdoor Learning - A selection of Outdoor Learning Games
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Outdoor Learning - A selection of Outdoor Learning Games

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Outdoor Learning - A selection of Outdoor Learning Games for children of Primary School and Elementary age. I have provide 3 games here, which are easy to implement in the outdoors and are a great deal of fun for all children involved. They can be adapted and added to and I hope to have more to come soon.
Outdoor Learning - Leaf Activity
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Outdoor Learning - Leaf Activity

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Leaves are pretty fantastic, all different shapes, sizes and colours. They can be easily used as the ideal resource, which can help with Speaking and Listening activities, as well as Creative Writing tasks. I feel the possibilities are endless. I have compiled a simple activity that helps promote Creative Writing in your class. It can be adapted to suit the needs of the audience or age group. I have even added suitable suggestions for integrating ICT and the use of the iPad or Tablet. This task has been ideal for my class of 8 & 9 year olds, but can be easily adapted and used in all age ranges.
Stars and Wishes Peer Assessment Presentation
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Stars and Wishes Peer Assessment Presentation

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This a Peer assessment Power Point presentation for Primary aged children to use in class. It can also be used by teachers to provide positive feedback in the form of two positive comments Stars and one area to improve Wish. The Power Point provides an appropriate explanation and also an activity for children to complete. It can be edited to to suit the age of the children or teachers needs.
Improving Sentences
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Improving Sentences

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English resource for improving the quality of your sentences. Ideal for KS2 children. It can support work completed in class or it can be used as a homework activity.
Outdoor Resources - Weather Diary
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Outdoor Resources - Weather Diary

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Weather Diary for any age range in KS1 or KS2. This simple resource allows the children to record the daily weather on a record sheet. They can match the weather to the specific day and record the results through writing and also pictures.
Explore, Learn, Create - Outdoor Learning Guide
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Explore, Learn, Create - Outdoor Learning Guide

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This is my second practical outdoor learning guide, and it forms part of my Explore, Learn, Create series. It is made up from practical notes and advice for you to use in both the classroom and the outdoors. This addition mainly focuses on fire lighting, how to build a campfire and learning opportunities within the outdoor setting.
Exercises for Kids
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Exercises for Kids

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A series of 10 exercises kids can do at home. All are very basic, but these simple exercises will allow kids to keep fit and stay healthy on a regular basis.
Outdoor Learning - Photograph Nature
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Outdoor Learning - Photograph Nature

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Be creative, get outside and Photograph Nature. Look at what you find outside and all around you, then capture it with your camera and then write all about the experience. This is a resource that can be shared with others and the outcomes discussed in detail.