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SCMA Childminders: Outdoor Play
This badge is awarded to childminders who demonstrate an understanding on how to develop and improve the quality and provision of outdoor play.
This badge is awarded to childminders who demonstrate an understanding on how to develop and improve the quality and provision of outdoor play, with a particular focus on the following:
- identifying the benefits of outdoor play
- identifying strategies for risk managing outdoor play
- how it fits into national guidance
To earn this badge you will need to have completed the SCMA Outdoor Play CPL workshop or completed the Outdoor Play eLearning programme
Tell us the following:
- What are the benefits of outdoor play?
- What strategies can and do you take for risk managing outdoor play?
- How do you incorporate national guidance in your play activities?
- Tell us about something you learnt from the course and how you will use this to improve your practice.
You must have completed the SCMA Outdoor Play CPL workshop or the Outdoor Play eLearning programme
Provide a statement, of around 200 words, telling us why you meet the criteria for this badge. Read the criteria carefully before submitting your statement, as your application will be declined if you don’t cover all of it within your evidence. Submit your statement using the badge application form below
Use each point from the badge criteria as a heading. This will help you structure your evidence. Write something for each point in the criteria eg if you are asked to work through a learning resource, you might say “I worked through the resource for half-an-hour each day between Monday 1 April and Friday 5 April and spoke to another childminder or professional about my responses to the exercises within it”. Stick to the criteria and don’t mention anything that isn’t relevant to it.
Remember, the evidence you provide will be viewable by anyone who you show your badge to. Please don’t include confidential or private information within your evidence.
Badge issuer
Scottish Childminding Association
The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the only organisation dedicated to supporting childminders in Scotland. Our aim is to promote childminding as a quality childcare service. We do this in part by helping SCMA childminders to be the best they can be.
Submit your application
The SCMA Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge. By submitting an application you agree to the following statement: “In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own.” The SCMA will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.
Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge