This weeks links (2021-01-31)

In brief:

100’s of wonderful outdoor and nature-based ideas from around the world-wide-web – UPDATED JAN 2021 (2021-Jan-09) [Creative STAR Nature Play & Learning Collection]

❝ This blog post I created last April to support educators access outdoor ideas and materials.Here’s the revamped list which we’ll continue to add to, as we find the material or things get sent our way – please do tell us, if you find a great website or resource. As usual, you will have to decide what activities are appropriate for the children you work with or for your own. ❞

Young people’s wellbeing in 2021 (2021-Jan-13) [Outward Bound Trust]

❝ Outward Bound taught me how to overcome problems and challenges in my life and this pandemic was one of them. Unlike many people who freaked out, I was calm and simply planned and did what I needed to do to make sure me and my family were going to be okay
— Young person, Outward Bound Covid-19 survey ❞

Some reading/listening:
* 📻 The Inspector Chen Mysteries [archive.org]
BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry.
Through thrilling crime drama, these ten mysteries paint a portrait of modern life in communist China, depicting traditional Shanghai life amidst the old alleyways and how it is rapidly changing with modernisation.