Learning Outdoors compendium

On #internationalplayday, we launched the compendium of outdoor activities from the Erasmus+ project G.R.O.W. – Grow our world inside out, which for two years promoted a wide range of initiatives to make outdoor learning effective at the Hortênsia Diogo Correia Primary School in S. Pedro do Estoril. A community was born in a walled school,Continue reading “Learning Outdoors compendium”

Families’ Nature Saturdays

São Pedro School opens regularly on Saturdays to welcome the entire community running activities promoted by the APSPE Parent’s Association. This year, as part of the Erasmus+ project, natured based activities are being developed together with local partners and parents. Movimento Bloom organized this unique opportunity for families to rediscover at the same time theContinue reading “Families’ Nature Saturdays”

Sharing School Ground’s Nature

As part of the G.R.O.W. project, games, dynamics and playful activities to reconnect children with nature are being implemented in the extracurricular context by the NGO Movimento Bloom  whose mission is to promote, encourage and disseminate environmental conservation among children, families and education professionals through initiatives that aim to create an emotional connection with Nature,Continue reading “Sharing School Ground’s Nature”

Outdoor Classroom for families

APSPE – Hortênsia Diogo Correia School Parents’ Association invites all families to a fascinating meeting with Leonor Pêgo – that has been developing outdoor classes together with the school teachers within the Erasmus + projetct – where nature shows us how curricular goals are learned… outside! Next Saturday, June 17th at 10:30 am at Ludobilioteca.AtContinue reading “Outdoor Classroom for families”

Weekly Outdoor Classes on the Go!

The G.R.O.W. project is offering support classes on outdoor learning to the entire teaching staff of Hortênsia Diogo Correia School. Since October and over the next few months, all classes and teachers benefit from weekly outdoor classes with the support of Leonor Pêgo a well known person in this area! She is doing a fantasticContinue reading “Weekly Outdoor Classes on the Go!”

Brunch of Outdoor Learning & Play ideas

As part of the G.R.O.W. project the entire S.Pedro’s school community – parents, children, family members, educational team, teachers and non-teachers from the Agrupamento de Escolas de Alapraia and Vitamina, project partners, such as Cascais City Council and IAC – Instituto Apoio à Criança – have been invited to the Parent’s Association first public initiative,Continue reading “Brunch of Outdoor Learning & Play ideas”

Approved application!

Under an application approved to the Erasmus+ Programme, proposed by the Parents Association of Hortênsia Diogo Correia Primary School in S. Pedro do Estoril, a transversal project of learning in a natural context will begin in this school, already this school year, which aims to effectively integrate the naturalized outdoor school space in the educationalContinue reading “Approved application!”