Children and teachers grow in confidence and learn new skills using the outdoor learning environment across the whole curriculum. Felicity's passion and motivation is to see this happen.
Felicity has a unique combination of experience that is highly valued by schools. She motivates teachers with inspirational ideas and examples to take the everyday curriculum outside, to boost the mental health and wellbeing of children and adults alike. Her engagement workshops with children are practical and fun, bringing learning to life, raising self-esteem and opening their eyes to potential future careers too.
As a speaker, her talks to teachers, school communities and school business managers discuss the ‘hidden’ effect that the outdoor learning environment has on behavior, wellbeing and learning. She showcases the best ideas to apply in their own school. CPD sessions are bespoke to the needs of the individual school, and may include ‘curriculum mapping’ of the grounds to explore its potential as a learning resource. ‘Fun, on-task and outdoors’ are the guiding principles.
Felicity’s expertise lies in helping schools to make the most of their outdoor learning and play environment. With 30 years experience of working with hundreds of schools, there are very few problems she has not come across and solved, from design issues to playground behaviour and maximising outdoor learning. Remember, not everything needs a huge budget! Her message is to make the best of what you have got, with expert guidance to see the potential of your grounds.
Professionally, Felicity is a landscape architect, teacher, speaker, experienced school governor (7 years), author of regular trade and education press articles, contributor to several books, and author of ‘Naturally Inclusive’.
Worcestershire
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