An Aylesbury teacher named Simon Poote won a national award for his work encouraging outdoor learning. He transformed the school grounds of Long Crendon School into an outdoor learning area where the children helped with projects like digging, gardening, and building dens. Poote was recognized for maximizing limited resources to create an engaging learning environment for students.

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2. Simon Poote is from Long Crendon School, he was awarded
for his transformation of the school grounds, a project which
the children helped with to create a space that they could use.
They got their hands dirty helping with digging, laying
underground pipes, gardening and building dens.
When asked for his top Learning Outside the Classroom tip,
Simon said
"Look at your provision and try to find a patch of
land that you can adopt as your own outdoor
learning area. Once you have a patch (big or
small) let the children help develop it into a space
that is theirs.
"Give them a sense of ownership by digging and
laying underground pipes, creating small mounds
and undulations, sowing wildflower seeds, building
dens.
"Ask the school community for old kitchen pots and
pans, see if there are any skilled tradesmen that
are willing to help build a small kitchen/den. The
more you get people involved (especially the
children) the more it will develop and evolve."
Cath Young of YHA, which sponsored the LOtC Innovator
award, said:
"We particularly love the way Simon has used
limited resources and how the site has evolved,
making it a wonderful and engaging environment
for different stages of development."
Elaine Skates, Chief Executive of the Council for Learning
Outside the Classroom said:
Simon Poote is from Long Crendon School, he was awarded
for his transformation of the school grounds, a project which
the children helped with to create a space that they could use.
They got their hands dirty helping with digging, laying
underground pipes, gardening and building dens.
When asked for his top Learning Outside the Classroom tip,
Simon said
"Look at your provision and try to find a patch of
land that you can adopt as your own outdoor
learning area. Once you have a patch (big or
small) let the children help develop it into a space
that is theirs.
"Give them a sense of ownership by digging and
laying underground pipes, creating small mounds
and undulations, sowing wildflower seeds, building
dens.
"Ask the school community for old kitchen pots and
pans, see if there are any skilled tradesmen that
are willing to help build a small kitchen/den. The
more you get people involved (especially the
children) the more it will develop and evolve."
Cath Young of YHA, which sponsored the LOtC Innovator
award, said:
"We particularly love the way Simon has used
limited resources and how the site has evolved,
making it a wonderful and engaging environment
for different stages of development."
Elaine Skates, Chief Executive of the Council for Learning
Outside the Classroom said:

3. "Simon has used his passion, enthusiasm and
creativity to create an outstanding learning space.
"His innovative approach to transforming the
grounds at Long Crendon School with limited
resources is exemplary and means that more
children can experience the world beyond the
classroom walls. I would like to congratulate Simon
on this well-deserved award."
Over five thousand votes were received for this year's awards
in the categories of Best LOtC Advocate, Best LOtC Innovator,
Best LOtC Inspiring Educator, and Lifetime Achievement in
LOtC.
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"Simon has used his passion, enthusiasm and
creativity to create an outstanding learning space.
"His innovative approach to transforming the
grounds at Long Crendon School with limited
resources is exemplary and means that more
children can experience the world beyond the
classroom walls. I would like to congratulate Simon
on this well-deserved award."
Over five thousand votes were received for this year's awards
in the categories of Best LOtC Advocate, Best LOtC Innovator,
Best LOtC Inspiring Educator, and Lifetime Achievement in
LOtC.
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