Juliet Robertson's Comments

Thanks Juliet congratulations - where will I find the International Link?
Yeshi

Dear Juliet

Yes i know Penny. I meet her in the past. If I meet her again I will tell her your regards

Best wishes

Wolfgang

Yes, I have read your blog, too, Juliet. It's nice to see here, too!

Hi Juliet
Thanks for your advice via Fiona at GfL - we shall see how it goes!
Will you be joining us at the World Outside the Classroom conference in the summer? I don't know if you have been to Coombes Primary School yourself before, if not this is such a fabulous chance to be part of the Coombes experience as on the first day of the conferene we will join with lessons outside, working with children to explore maths, science, drama and so much more. I am really looking forward to it.
As for the final day, we have Sharon Danks from California, Helen Tyas Tunggal from Learnscapes in Australia, Petter Åkerblom from Sweden, Frode Svane from Norway and, just confirmed, ko Sendar who designs amazing play structures in Japan. So some real experts in creating great outdoor spaces for children.
Please do spread the word - this is such an exciting event to be part of, and we want as many people as possible to share in the experience!
Bye for now
Mary

I know.. I don't know what's going on at Amazon.. our publishers say they should have it. It is cheaper to get it from http://bit.ly/goexplore anyway!

SAGT is normally really good fun. I think that is the next time I'll be up your way. If you come down towards London we should definitely meet up.

Thank you so much Juliet. Such a stunning buzz of support! I really hope that you like the book when it lands. We had a stunning reception to it at the GA conference (around 1 in 6 people who went bought 1 or 2 copies) and a great time doing missions with 25 geography teachers who loved it... We're going to be at SAGT in October. Are you going?

Oh I wish! Such a beautiful country. I went to Edinburgh once and loved it!

Thank you Juliet. It is always a work in progress and in need of some serious updates too :) I hope you find it useful in some way or another.

Love the Iditanature idea! I'm going to try to get it going in my school too. I have a fascination with the Iditarod as it is. Just wrote a novel where one of the characters is an Iditarod winner actually and another character is a nature magazine writer. Using the Iditarod as a way to launch a movement to get children outside is a fun notion.

Thanks for sharing the Iditanature idea with folks via your blog, Juliet. I envision this activity as something parents could do with their kids, teachers could do with their students, afterschool program or club leaders could do with their kids every year...I talked with several teachers and parents about this today and they were excited to figure out how to make it happen for their kids by March 6, too.

Thanks, Juliet, wouldn't have found it if it hadn't been for your link on Twitter! Snowed most of the day yesterday on Banchory but rainy now so hopefully it will disappear fast. Working from home today as Inverurie Academy is shut.
Ruth

Hi Juliet,

I'll certainly share details of our Mud Games with everyone here, plus pictures :) They ought to be good. I'll also post more info for the event here when we iron out a few details. I'd love the Mud Games to become national and international!!

Cheers,

Carmen

Konnichiwa,Juliet-san.

Thanks for the message. Yeah, I knew this channel by the C&NN member's recommendation through the twitter.
Very interesting activities for the children. Actually I don't join to any nature clubs in Japan right now,I love the outdoor activities,though. But if you interested in having connection to the Japanese children's nature oriented activities,I'll try to search it.
By the way, are you planning to visit to Japan?? That's fantastic. We also have original way to coexistent with nature. Please enjoy the far far east nature.
Oh, I've never knew Swedish Skogsmulle,but he reminds me of Japanese fairies.

Thanks,

I hope your dreams come true.
Tetsuya
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Hi Juliet,
Thank you for the welcome. There was an error in my blog address that I have now corrected. Look forward to learning more about everyone.
Thanks again!
Daniele

Agh, terrible miscommunication at our end. Sorry about that )<:

Who are you developing your App with? For our bid we're focusing on London for marketing reasons, but in reality it will work anywhere so we're keen to include more remote/rural areas too.

You too Juliet. Tell me, did Alan get back to you with ideas for your geology work?

Hi Juliet
Nice to meet with another Scot on C&NN. Thought you might like my guest post featuring my favourite Scottish beast- The adorable Highland Cow :10 Great ways for kids to spend time outdoors: http://bit.ly/9EyhwJ
Best wishes
Marghanita

That's my kind of poetry! Your site will be bookmarked in advance!

Playing Conkers on Nintendo Wii, part2

No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
The best thing about conkers on Nintendo Wii
Is the immediate access, the no need to wait
For the tree to grow leaves, to blossom, bear fruit
Which expand in the weak autumn warmth here as we

Gaze up expectantly, almost unbearably
Patient, while younger fools chuck up their sticks
To gain nothing, while we take deep breaths, time splits,
And the apple of spikes separates from the tree

And drops. In that moment a billion years
Of tree evolution come to fruition for me
As the fortress of pointy flesh breaks into three,
Releases its perfectly polished encapsulation of my tears

Stuff that! I just switch on the TV.
That’s the best thing about conkers on Nintendo Wii.




No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
The best thing about conkers on Nintendo Wii
Is that I don’t need you, or anyone else, just me.
My opponent is a digital process
That appears to be defeated at my command. Oh yes.

I decide the level. I decide the skill
Of my silent enemy passively holding
Its quivering string in the drama unfolding
In the box in the corner. I move in for the kill.

No one can stop me. No one can cheat;
Soak it in vinegar or WD40;
Use last year’s conkers and say this is a 3,714er.
There is a pure, clean logic that cannot be beaten

And it doesn’t matter if I’ve had a painful day at school
Where no one was my friend and I was made to look a fool
And I came home to a note that said, ‘Your dinner’s in the bin.’
If it’s me and me only, I always, always win.

Working things out? Out there? Not for me.
Who needs anything but conkers on Nintendo Wii?