This expert-led, full-day session explores contemporary art and creativity in the outdoors. Gain confidence and learn innovative ways to engage young children with contemporary sculpture. Be inspired to support children’s creative making and consider how sculptural play and experimentation supports meaning making. Understand how installation, sound, light and materials can translate to your environment and enriches your curriculum.

Spend time beneath the trees in YSP’s ‘Hidden Forest’, an outdoor creative space specifically designed for young children. Explore how a well-planned outdoor area is a powerful learning environment for young children and consider how contemporary sculpture, art-making and creativity in the outdoors benefits wellbeing and encourages rich play.

Benefits

• Enhance the quality of creative making and learning within your indoor and outdoor environment
• Develop a clearer understanding of how the characteristics of effective learning and critical skills, such as language for thinking, can be supported through art and creativity
• Consider practical ways to effectively embed and extend these in your curriculum.

Don’t miss this opportunity to develop ideas, share strategies and experiment alongside Early Excellence, YSP Creative Learning Team and your professional peers.

The day will begin with a walk through the sculpture park so do come dressed for the outdoors.