Podcast appearances and mentions of juliet robertson

How not to cheat children: The theory of loose parts Messy Maths Dirty Teaching Creative Star Learning—Juliet's website! A treasure trove of information! Loose Parts Play Toolkit from Inspiring Scotland Outdoor Learning and Play Facebook group   Book--Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/loose-parts-learning-in-k-3-classrooms Loose Parts Play Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LoosePartsPlay/ Loose Parts Play Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoosePartsPlay/   Inside Outside Michiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/InsideOutsideMichiana/   Loose Parts Nature Play Website: https://loosepartsnatureplay.org/

We are celebrating the launch of our NEW Website on the Podcast with an interview with one of my heroes, Juliet Robertson. Juliet and I sat down virtually in 2020 at the Outdoor Classrooms Summit. She has since graciously agreed to share this conversation again on the Podcast. Juliet's work runs deep for many natural teachers around the world, as her books about her playful approach to outdoor learning for early years children are award winners. MEET JULIET: Juliet used to be one of Scotland's leading education consultants who specializes in outdoor learning and play. She worked at a national level delivering training, giving keynote speeches, leading and supporting innovative outdoor projects, and writing content for websites, documents, and case studies. She was passionate about enabling schools, play organizations, and early years settings to provide quality outdoor learning and play opportunities for children and young people. Prior to this, she was an elementary school principal. Juliet is the author of two award-winning books, Dirty Teaching: A Beginner's Guide to Learning Outdoors and Messy Maths: A Playful, Outdoor Approach for Early Years. In addition, she provides lots of free resources and advice which can be found on her website: www.creativestarlearning.co.ukCONNECT WITH VICTORIA: FREE Seedling Newsletter WEBSITE: www.outdoor-classrooms.comEMAIL: Victoria@outdoor-classrooms.comInstagram: instagram.com/outdoor_classrooms/Facebook: Facebook.com/OutdoorClassrooms1OUTDOOR CLASSROOM RESOURCES:The Outdoor Classrooms CIRCLE MembershipThe Outdoor Teaching Bootcamp Seeds of Inspiration for Outdoor Learning Card Deck

Just before the holidays I had the great privilege of sitting down with educator, author and outdoor learning expert Juliet Robertson for a wonderful chat about her journey into outdoor learning and play. We discussed her own experiences as a teacher, along with activities designed to get children involved in hands-on learning. We also covered topics such as the importance of play and the outdoors for our youngest learners, the applicability of her amazing books "Messy Maths" and "Dirty Teaching." Her light-hearted approach to learning and the outdoors made this podcast particularly enjoyable. Juliet's hands-on, experiential method of teaching utilizes the outdoors as a dynamic classroom that creates endless learning opportunities for children. She has developed her strategies around the idea that both independence and collaboration are essential for effective learning, allowing children to develop on multiple levels while having a great time outside. It was such an honour to chat with Juliet, a highlight of 2022. To learn more about Juliet checkout her website Creative STAR Learning https://creativestarlearning.co.uk

Why do we have to jump through hoops just to take classes outside? What are the systemic barriers to outdoor learning? How can an outdoor "classroom" function as a leveler? These are three of the core questions we discussed with Juliet Robertson of Creative STAR Learning. Here's what else we dove into in this Earthy Chat:   *Juliet's unlikely path to outdoor learning *the sagas behind her two books, Messy Maths and Dirty Teaching *supply teaching adventures (and misadventures) *cross-curricular learning outdoors *using inquiry-based learning *practical advice for educators *Juliet's arguments with worksheets *how the Gaelic language connects to native trees and shrubs Guest:  Juliet Robertson is one of the world's leading education consultants who specializes in outdoor learning and play. She works at a national level delivering training; giving keynote speeches; leading and supporting innovative outdoor projects; and writing content for websites, documents, and case studies. She is passionate about enabling schools, play organizations, and early years settings to provide quality outdoor learning and play opportunities for children and young people. (from the Outdoor Learning Store website) Juliet's books Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths can be purchased from the Non-profit Outdoor Learning Store

Hi everyone, welcome back to mentoring nature connections. 2022 hasn't exactly been the start of the school year that we were all hoping for. I'm hoping that everyone is staying healthy and safe and I'm hopeful that we'll make it through to the other side. Thank you to everyone who has reached out about my first book Me and My Sit Spot. It is available on amazon and other online platforms. If you follow me on twitter @lkmaclean or Instagram @ mentoringnatureconnections, I will make an announcement as soon as it's available on the website. www.mentoringnatureconnections.caToday's topic is about reflecting on the last few months and then setting plans as we look forward.  Something I'm sure we are all doing right now with the new year on our heels.  April Pikkarainen is back to share her experiences doing outdoor prep for teachers at her school.  For those of you who aren't from our province of BC, we have preparation blocks here where another teacher will relieve you of your learners so that you can “prep” learning materials, do assessments, etc.  So what worked so well for April and her learners? *Setting up nature routines, like sit spots, nature walks, etc. and practicing these routines in different locations around the schoolgrounds.  *Expectations and slowing down with introducing these nature routines – contributed to the success and positive emotions of the learners when outdoors. *From a workshop April took from ‘Unlearn' - Names are the beginning of someone's story – However, April believes that names are the beginning of story because it helps ground the learners connection to place.  *Teaching outdoors provides so many opportunities for both the teachers and the learners.  April believes that we need to be grounded in purpose and intention while we balance the changing elements such as weather. What are April's next steps and goals for outdoor learning?*she's interested in incorporating more technology into her outdoor learning adventures, such as digital microscopes and identification apps.*her school is also interested in uncovering the story of the land through data collection. Very cool!Resources that April recommends:*Messy Maths by Juliet Robertson (click here)*Dirty Teaching by Juliet Robertson (click here)*Ensouling our School by Jennifer Katz (click here)*Decolonizing Place in Early Childhood Education by Kidile Nxumalo (click here)April's Novelty Nature Note: * Calliope hummingbird – smallest at 3 inches long, 1/10 of an ounce - found in central BC *Short wingspan, when flapping wings, sounds like a bumble bee Lauren's Novelty Nature Note:*Robin's maintain their warmth in the winter by fluffing up their feathers. *They don't necessarily migrate, but they are nomadic - following wherever the food is.*They eat fruit off trees and shrubs like snowberries or kinnickinnic (bearberries)April Pikkarainen's Twitter: April_pikk 

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, Claire talks over the internet with Bryn Llewellyn, founder of Tagtiv8, a company which specialises in creating resources to enable pupils to learn through physical activity. Bryn talks with Claire about his background in education: from growing up in South Shields close to the coast and developing an interest in environmental issues, to gaining a degree and working in an urban studies centre in Newcastle, to then becoming a teacher and deputy headteacher in Bradford. Bryn discusses how his work in school led him, eventually, to develop his company Tagtiv8 after he found that what he was being asked to do as a teacher was conflicting with his core values. Bryn talks about how Tagtiv8 aims to promote the benefits of physical and active learning and how this way of teaching can be useful for developing and enhancing pupils' learning across the curriculum.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Take learning beyond the classroom. Along with a number of studies, evidence from research shows that physical activity has proven benefits within teaching including increasing pupils’ engagement with their learning and enabling them to absorb and retain more of what is taught. Learning which takes place away from the classroom, and involves movement and exercise, is not only fun and exciting for children but also contributes to developing levels of fitness. Bring active learning into other lessons in addition to Physical Education. With statistics reported to show that 4 out of 5 children in westernised countries are not getting enough physical activity, increasing periods of physical activity in schools can only be beneficial. Active learning, implemented in addition to the usual PE lessons, can be incredibly useful in enhancing learning in a wide range of subjects such as maths, history and science along with other areas. Giving children some ownership of activities can boost their engagement. With any active learning games or physical activities teachers bring into their lessons, allowing children to develop and adapt them or design their own variants can bring out creative discussions and problem solving skills which in turn promote engagement and interest. Physical learning alongside social distancing. Although current guidance seems to indicate that social distancing in primary schools is less of a concern than previously thought, some schools might wish to maintain some of these measures. Where this is the case, physically active lessons can be adapted to account for this. There are a number of non-contact activities teachers could use and Tagtiv8 have a pack of suggested activities such as orienteering-style games and tree-tag. Teachers can also combine the daily mile with other subjects by incorporating things such as times tables or key vocabulary. Dance and yoga are also good physical activities which can be done in a socially distanced way in schools.   BEST MOMENTS “When I was a teacher and a deputy headteacher, I loved it, but I was aware of the fact that a lot of the things I was being asked to do were against my core values.” “With the education system in the way it was at that particular time, I thought 'it's not going to change', so let's think of a way of changing it; not necessarily from within, but maybe chipping away from the outside.” “I think, sometimes, when you take the learning out of the classroom, beyond the classroom walls, learning takes place in a different way completely.” “My big concern is that many schools will look toward the daily mile. But if you force the children to do a daily distance... it's happened with the daily mile in terms of it becomes the once-in-a-while mile or the-occasional-mile. If I had to run every day, at certain time, come rain or shine, I'd get well hacked off with that.” “I think that the young lady that's doing everything so well at the moment is Greta Thunberg. I think you've got more and more children looking towards her. In primary too, not just older children, but primary as well. And the amount of times I go into schools and you see displays on the wall to do with oceans and plastic and things like that, I think there's a naturalness in a lot of children that we need to start thinking and doing more for the environment.” “I think teachers need to realise that it's okay to make mistakes. You'll try something and it doesn't work so then, so what? It didn't work. At least you've tried.” “If you have chances for the children to give you feedback on 'what is it like to learn' and then, sometimes, in terms of 'can you see your own teaching through the eyes of the learner that you're trying to teach', then that gives you a genuine chance to reflect.” “If teachers and school leaders were allowed to get on with the job, if they were trusted in the way that the Finnish government ministers trust their teachers, and other countries trust their teachers, and don't use education as a political pawn, we'd have a far better workforce and we'd have far happier children.” “It would be gorgeous to think if certain people within the powers-that-be could just sit back and reflect and think, 'is everything we've done the past 10 to 12 years the right thing?'”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Tagtiv8 website: https://tagtiv8.com/ TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tARSCzHLF5g Juliet Robertson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Juliet-Robertson/e/B009RU4MJO/ Classroom Secrets Kids: https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk The Teachers’ Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeachersPodcast/ Classroom Secrets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomSecretsLimited/ Classroom Secrets website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/ LIFE/work balance campaign: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/lifeworkbalance-and-wellbeing-in-education-campaign-2019/   ABOUT THE HOST Claire Riley Claire, alongside her husband Ed, is one of the directors of Classroom Secrets, a company she founded in 2013 and which provides outstanding differentiated resources for teachers, schools, parents and tutors worldwide. Having worked for a number of years as a teacher in both Primary and Secondary education, and experiencing first-hand the difficulties teachers were facing finding appropriate high-quality resources for their lessons, Claire created Classroom Secrets with the aim of helping reduce the workload for all school staff. Claire is a passionate believer in a LIFE/work balance for those who work in education citing the high percentage of teachers who leave or plan to leave their jobs each year. Since February 2019, Classroom Secrets has been running their LIFE/work balance campaign to highlight this concerning trend. The Teachers’ Podcast is a series of interviews where Claire meets with a wide range of guests involved in the field of education. These podcasts provide exciting discussions and different perspectives and thoughts on a variety of themes which are both engaging and informative for anyone involved in education.

Juliet Robertson is an educational consultant who specialises in outdoor learning and play, and in a former life she was the head teacher of three schools ranging in size from 6 to 277 pupils. Juliet is based in Scotland, UK and has worked at a national level since 2008 writing case studies, documents, and doing behind the scenes work to help shape strategy and support for schools and early years establishments. Juliet is in heavy demand world-wide for her practical training. She is also the author of two award-winning and best-selling books: Dirty Teaching: A Beginner's Guide to Learning Outdoors and Messy Maths: An Outdoor, Playful Approach for Early Years. In this podcast, she talks with Sarah Gilmore about embedding maths concepts and skills into daily learning experiences and conversations through outdoor experiences in the Early Years. Through her work, Juliet has found that when children have opportunities to play with loose parts, their creativity, imagination and ability to problem-solve becomes evident, particularly outside. Juliet introduces and discusses the "5 R's" and explains how anyone, no matter what their outdoor space looks like, can make the most of the benefits of outdoor learning for younger children. You can learn more about Juliet and her work by visiting her website: www.creativestarlearning.co.uk, following her on Twitter, and through her  blog, “I'm a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here!”. You can also follow us on Twitter to keep up to date with news and exciting opportunities to work with fantastic educators like Juliet.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Paul O'Donnell, Principal of St. Patrick's National School in Slane. Among the topics we discuss on this week's programme are: His work with the CPSMA Numbers applying for principalship Principals acting as gatekeepers Challenges of being a principal with full teaching duties What schools are for (and a sense of place) What inspires him Being outdoors in poor weather Outdoor education in the United States Questions to ask yourself before applying for principalship Favourite book, writer Among the books he recommends are The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli and Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday on leadership and Messy Maths by Juliet Robertson. He follows Tom Bennett (@tombennett71) and Pasi Sahlberg (@pasi_sahlberg) on Twitter.

This episode is supported by the team behind Outdoor Learning Day in the UK. In this episode of the UKEd_Podcast we explore the opportunities for teaching and learning outside. We visit the RSPB's Ribble Estuary Discovery Centre where we speak to Claire Crictchley as she explains exploring the mud flats nearby along with meeting some unique mini-beasts. We also speak to Kathryn Phillips from The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire Manchester and North Merseyside's Brockholes site just outside the city of Preston as she explains the Forest School opportunities available there. Our guest for the show is the respected outdoor learning consultant Juliet Robertson from CreativeStar in Scotland. Juliet shares great ideas and activities to take the learning outside, no matter what school grounds and facilities you have. Richard J Rogers and his Ukranian teaching colleague Oleksii Khlobystin share how important learning outdoors is, especially when students live in a world that barely goes beyond their own four walls. Full episode details and timings can be found on ukedchat.com

We had such a fun time this week talking to Juliet Robertson all about outdoor education. We learned some amazing things about settings which spend 90% of their time out of doors as well as a huge heap of tips and strategies for every classroom! Juliet is one of Scotland’s leading consultants on outdoor learning … Continue reading A Yearning for Outdoor Learning with Juliet Robertson – PP150 →

Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Engineer: Joel Mann Program Topic: The Drover's Journey Key Discussion Points: a) Who were drover's and why were they important in Scottish History b) What motivated Joyce Gilbert and others to create a non-profit educational trust to bring teachers, artists, musicians, writers and scientists together to experience outdoor “journeys” and how did she come to create The Drover's Journey in July of 2012 c) How do Highland Ponies contribute to traditional outdoor pursuits on many Scottish estates? d) What was the human to pony connection discovered on The Drover's Journey e) What were some of the key experiences and reflections from participants in the Drover's Journey Guests by name and affiliation: A) Joyce Gilbert, board member, Spey Grian Educational Trust, Scotland B) Linda Cracknell, board member, Spey Grian Educational Trust, author, teacher C) Ruraidh Ormiston, Newtonmore Riding Center, Kingussie, Scotland D) Other short interviews with Terry Williams, Alistair Strachan, Jean Langhorn, Sarah Hughes, Vyv Wood-Gee, Richard Bracken, Juliet Robertson and Claire Hewett Call In Program: No The post Talk of the Towns 11/23/12 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.