Welcome to Dynevor Days
Over the years, the Old Dy’vorians’ Association has supported schools by making donations to enhance pupils’ experience. We have been encouraged by the use schools have made of these funds and the enthusiasm of the children involved.
Dynevor Days is our most ambitious project so far.
We hope you will be as excited as we are about the new initiative you will read about on this site.
Welcome to the second year of Dynevor Days
Dynevor Days was established to provide outdoor learning experiences for Year 6 students in participating Swansea city centre schools.
Year 6 students are preparing for the next stage of their school career, stepping up from primary to secondary. Historically, many would have followed in the footsteps of their siblings, parents, even grandparents by heading for Dynevor School and whereas the school closed in 2002, the Old Dy’vorians’ Association (ODA) has remained active with an agenda to enhance local school pupils’ experiences.
Influenced by the enthusiasm shown by schools which had received ad hoc awards from the ODA to support outdoor learning, the Dynevor Days project was launched last year. Whilst the project follows the principles of Wales Outdoor Learning Week, the exigencies of the school calendar make it appropriate to allow schools maximum flexibility in scheduling Dynevor Days.
Many studies have shown that quality outdoor learning experiences can benefit children in a number of ways. Learning Through Landscapes promotes the benefits of outdoor learning.
“Taking learning outdoors can enhance education and improve mental health
Outdoor learning improves child development, supports mental health and wellbeing, deepens nature connection and promotes more inclusive and engaging learning.”
The Muddy Hands report on Outdoor Classroom Day sums it up wonderfully.
“Children’s lives are now far more stressful than in the past, alongside higher academic expectations, there are pressures created by social media use, which can monopolise children’s time and attention, affect their body image, or expose them to age-inappropriate content. Many children are under more time pressure, more peer pressure and more pressure to succeed. Getting outdoors is the cheapest and easiest way to reduce this pressure so children (and adults) feel less stressed.”
And let’s face it – happier, healthier children are more motivated and eager to learn; a winning outcome from all angles.
For further information on outdoor learning, we recommend:
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C. FarrantThank you so much for the information; the website looks fantastic.
Thank you so much for the instructions too, everything reads fantastically well.
Please pass on our appreciation to the web designers and to the donor.
