2016 Overview
THE BIG NUMBERS 51 COUNTRIES | 3,354 SCHOOLS | 481,261 CHILDREN
FROM CANADA TO KAZAKHSTAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO NEPAL, AND MANY MORE…
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WHERE IN THE WORLD
WHERE IN THE WORLD Country
UK & Ireland Portugal Spain Canada Brazil USA Finland CroaQa Australia France Czech republic Latvia Romania Italy Turkey Poland Saudi Arabia Greece
Schools
1,578 550 217 199 138 93 84 47 24 18 13 10 9 9 8 6 5 5
Children 246,814 48,428 67,123 13,181 18,758 8,857 3,353 1,417 3,702 433 1,286 1,060 716 139 657 255 449 270
Country United Arab Emirates India China Indonesia Slovenia Germany Switzerland Malta Bosnia & Herzegovina South Africa Pakistan AnQgua Kenya Slovakia Brunei Trinidad & Tobago Hong Kong Belgium
Schools 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Children Country 2,625 Lithuania 1,566 Austria 1,430 Fiji 490 The Netherlands 271 Nepal 78 Tunisia 443 Nigeria 59 Sweden 54 Malaysia 53 Denmark 540 ArgenQna 177 Belize 94 Cocos Islands 87 Kazakhstan 48 Chile 27 360 250
51 COUNTRIES!
Schools
Children
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
150 100 84 60 60 40 40 30 30 28 27 23 20 19 17
PLANS… “Taking pictures at the hands and feet to share on social networks and school page” -‐ Portugal “We play and inves.gate on the street” – Spain “Scavenger hunt to find signs of Autumn” – Ireland “Une marche en plein air à la découverte de notre belle campagne!” -‐ France “OriendaQon games and planQng in the yard of school.” – Greece “Leaf crown leaf treading. Make a pile and jumping.” -‐ Turkey “It is the first Qme but it seems a fantasQc idea!” – Spain
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“Kids par.cipate plan.ng seeds and knew parts of flowers and how to grew it with fun” – Saudi Arabia “Geographical invesQgaQon of coastal processes and landforms at Berakas Beach” – Brunei “A range of acQviQes will be available for children and parents to parQcipate in such as weaving, art, story telling, exploring colour in nature” – China “Learning about other animals that we normally assume don't exist as we go about our daily rouQnes (buferflies, ants, beetles, worms etc)” -‐ Kenya “Teach as many different classes outside as possible throughout the day” – UAE “Outdoor reading games and a picnic.” – South Africa
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“Arrange Skype with other country schools students about out door class room day “ – Pakistan “планируем” -‐ Kazakhstan “take students outside to learn about bugs and the importance they have in nature” – Chile “To have outdoor sporQng acQviQes” – Fiji “Beauty in our world' photo taking “ – Canada “We will read the book Minnesota's Hidden Alphabet as a whole group and then in pairs take the iPads outside to capture nature that looks like alphabet lefers.” USA “Paint the wall with water” – Trinidad “Focused workshops in three areas: body and movement, playfulness and art and culture” – Brazil “Play the games of our grandparents” – Brazil “Walk” -‐ Italy
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WE SAW SOME AMAZING ACTIVITIES FOR MANY, IT WAS ABOUT CELEBRATING NATURE
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Outdoor Classroom Day 2017! Thursday 18th May