SEDA Land Green Drinks – Better Outdoors

In person 5-8pm,

online, 5:30-7:30pm

Light refreshments available

Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Forest schools and outdoor nurseries are becoming more prevalent in Scotland and their benefits are well-known, so why are they not being systematically rolled out or integrated into the Scottish education system?

Join SEDA for a conversation covering the benefits of outdoor learning, both at primary and secondary level, and how local authorities and the Scottish government can be persuaded to recognise the part they could play in a more enlightened curriculum.

This will be an informal discussion with educationalists and practitioners – including nursery school managers and rangers.

Programme

17:00 Drinks and chat

17:30 Intro and short provocations by:

• Alexia Barrable, Queen Margaret University
• Davina Bowers, Forest Nursery & Junior School, Merchiston
• Louise Licznerski, Little Bugs Nursery
• Carol Murdoch, Love Outdoor Learning
• Jo Cooke, Midlothian Council
• Rob Heasman, Beeslack High School

18:00 Poem: Sophie Cooke will read TBC, commissioned for this event.

18:10 Panel discussion

18:30 Music: Sophie Bancroft will sing ‘Comfort’.

18:40 Q&A with the audience

19:30 Food, drinks and chat

20:00  Close

Panel discussion

• Alexia Barrable, senior lecturer in education, Queen Margaret University
• Carol Murdoch, founder, Love Outdoor Learning
• Davina Bowers, head, the Forest Nursery and Junior School at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
• Louise Licznerski, founder, Little Bugs Nursery, Fife
• Jo Cooke, ranger, Midlothian Council
• Rob Heasman, Beeslack High School, Midlothian

Chair: Gail Halvorsen, chair SEDA Land