PUPILS at a Somerset school can now step outside their normal classrooms into a new huge learning facility.
Shipham First School has recently had its grounds transformed to make the most of the outdoor space.
The grounds now boast a rough area to find out about the natural world, new play equipment and a new stage area.
Older children have used the outdoor classroom for a number of reasons from practicing measuring and weighing to learning French and cooking around a campfire.
The whole school also helped to design and build willow huts and a tunnel and year four children in the green club have made a vegetable garden.
The Woodland Trust has recently donated some small trees to the school which the children are planting in and around the rough area.
Headteacher Antonia Gwynn said: “We encourage the children’s creativity and independence in every way we can.
“We find that for many children learning is really effective in the outdoor environment – they experience more and they remember more.”
The school and pre-school still has spaces available for September.
For more details ring 01934 843485 or 844511 respectively.
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