Creating themed artwork from natural materials. Now is your chance to get outside and explore your local surroundings. Use what natural materials you find and reuse them to create an artistic masterpiece. This activity is suitable for any Primary age group and has really good potential to be extended into other areas of the school curriculum. Perfect for Writing lessons and Drama activities.

Experience the wonders of the Great Outdoors with this simple Colours of Nature resource. This resource is for use in the outdoors and also in a classroom setting. This resource is suitable for both KS1 and KS2 levels. It can be used as a stand-alone resource within a Forest Schools or Outdoor Learning context and can also support extended Literacy-based activities or Art. The resources develops great self-awareness and further interest about the wider world around us. Especially focusing on Nature’s diverse range of colours. It can also help to develop simple Literacy skills through descriptive sentence work and poetry. It also provides children with the opportunity to develop nature’s colourful pallete through painting and colour mixing. More information can be found on my website www.garethmate.com

Here is a Christmas Holiday recount template for your pupils to reflect upon and complete after the festive season. This can be done in school, through distance learning or for homework! This template includes a planning sheet, targets and self-reflection boxes, as well as writing paper. Happy Christmas! www.garethmate.com

A very simple activity that encourages storytelling in the wonderful outdoors. An activity that can be easily adapted in order promote key skills like storytelling, together with Drama, and Speaking and Listening. Suitable for any age and outdoor environment. www.garethmate.com

This resource allows you to create a very simple Sound Postcard. Maximise your time in the Outdoors by listening to the sounds you hear all around you. This is designed to used in both KS1 and KS2. A very simple resource. You can find more information on my website www.garethmate.com

Here is a selection of thinking tasks that will support the History topic of Ancient Egyptians. There are 8 different thinking tasks that can be used in any History lesson. They can be delivered as a stand-alone activity or further developed into a mini topic, to support other ideas. These tasks are ideal for developing Creative Thinking and Speaking and Listening within your class. They can be used across both KS1 and KS2.

An Art / Literacy activity sheet for use in the outdoors and also in the classroom. This resource is suitable for both KS1 and KS2 levels. It can be used as a stand-alone resource within a Forest Schools or Outdoor Learning context and can also support Literacy-based activities back in the classroom. It is ideal for Speaking & Listening or small group work. This resource promotes a response and great understanding to what can be found all around us and how we can develop this into something more creative and interesting. It develops great self-awareness and further interest about the wider world around us. More information on www.garethmate.com