educational visits - teach on the beach

If you are interested in a visit to Playology Beach School for educational activities, or educational support services, there are a range of offerings for schools, home educators and early years settings.

playology beach school - not all classrooms have four walls

• Playology Beach School - A Six Week Series: a series of six half day visits to Playology Beach School during a school term. Throughout the series, we will use the time together to delve into all aspects of coastal education, as well as use the unique learning environment upon which to set a context for other learning. Our beach school sessions are varied in content to explore the diverse, natural learning environment. Through activities such as shelter building, creating pebble & sand sculptures, beach games, scavenger hunts, rock pooling, creating rivers & campfire cooking, we design sessions which are engaging, exciting and encompass true ‘hands on, feet in’ learning.

  Investment: £55-65pp for six week series - minimum of 25 children

• Playology Beach School Outdoor Creative Workshops: a workshop at the beach where practitioners can choose from a range of activities deciding their own creative focus, choose from:-

  • A creative story-based focus:

    • A tale of tides & treasures - a pirate themed session with story walk, treasure hunt and pirate ship building.

    • The mermaid’s mysterious memory box - follow a trail with many creative tasks along the way to help our mermaid restore her memory.

      (Please get in touch if you would be interested in another creative story-based focus, as we have an extensive list of coastal story-based links to literacy learning, or also if you have any other particular book or topic in mind)

  • A natural process-art led focus:

    • Beach art - a range of creative experiences involving collaborative and also individual artistic creations, including sculptures both in the sand and also built from foraged natural materials.

  • A STEAM focus:

    • Build a boat, Dig a dam, Run a river - a fun, creative workshop incorporating STEAM subjects; science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.

  • An organic, beach school approach:

    • With a an initial pre-designed stimulus or ‘hook’ leading into following the child’s natural curiosity.

Investment: £10-£15pp for outdoor creative workshop - minimum of 25 children

Guidance from Government is linked here, explaining that, as a “broader experience of a range of [sports and] activities offered to all pupils” as you work to “embed physical activity into the school day through active travel to and from school, active playgrounds and active teaching,” Sports Premium may be a funding option for your school. Playology Beach School could be the perfect “additional and sustainable improvement to the quality of physical activity you offer.”

Playology learning studio- a new space with creative focus

• Playology Learning Studio is available for small groups to use as a space in which to visit to creatively learn; through process art classes, creative workshops, and playful learning sessions. Please get in touch to enquire or to arrange a visit.

cpd & talks - coming together to build reflective practice

• Playology Consultancy & Coaching Sessions: either based within the Learning Studio or at your own setting. These sessions involve practitioners, a group of children, and throughout we are working on improving their interactions through playful teaching and learning experiences, ultimately improving outcomes for children. Typical format of the session: Initially an observation, followed by coaching, then a reflective de-brief navigating points for further discussion and recommended future actions to consider.

• Playology Educator Talks: see here for upcoming talks and training.

• Playology CPD & practitioner training sessions available to book for your setting including areas such as:-

  • Following the unique child

  • Raising resilience respectfully

  • The three i’s: independence, imagination and ideas

  • Unlocking the effective learning characteristics: engagement, motivation & thinking

  • Elevating outdoor learning experiences: learning through nature

  • Hands on, feet in learning: unlocking nature’s playful possibilities

To read more about the Playology Philosophy, click here.

Children In Nature Heritage Project