Outdoor Play Open Afternoon
Today we welcomed Foundation stage staff from the following schools to our Open Afternoon for Outdoor Play :
Bridge Integrated PS Banbridge
St Patrick’s PS, Belfast
St John’s PS, Kingsisland
Gibson OS, Omagh
St Colmcille’s PS, Carrickmore
Forthill Integrated PS, Lisburn
St Oliver Plunkett’s, Toome
Presentation PS, Portadown
Sacred Heart PS, Dundrum
Moy Regional PS
Principal, Mrs Lowry showed the teachers around our outdoor learning spaces and discussed ways to plan and organise outdoor play, blend learning into play and make use of effective observations.
Comments from visitors included:
“A very informative and interesting afternoon! The area is exciting and inviting for children and so good to see! Excited to go back and plan out our area.”
“Such a brilliant session. Going away with so many excellent ideas. The kids in your school are so lucky!”
”A really informative visit. Such fantastic ideas that I will definitely adapt to suit our outdoor play”.
Killylea Primary School, 150 Killylea Road Killylea Co. Armagh BT60 4LN Northern Ireland Phone: 02837 568621