Nature Play WA in the News

Nurture In Nature Radio – Passport to an Amazing Childhood with Griffin Longley

May 24, 2016 | Comments Off on Nurture In Nature Radio – Passport to an Amazing Childhood with Griffin Longley

Welcome to Nurture in Nature Radio – the podcast aimed at connecting kids, families and people of all ages with nature. This is Episode Number 003: Passport to an Amazing Childhood with Griffin Longley Today on the show, host Tania Moloney interviews one of Australia’s most passionate Nature Players, Griffin Longley. Listen to the interview at […]

One in five feel unsafe walking in their local neighbourhood

April 4, 2016 | Comments Off on One in five feel unsafe walking in their local neighbourhood

by Phil Hickey ONE in five West Australians feel unsafe walking in their neighbourhood because of busy traffic and speeding motorists, the first survey of its kind shows. Just over half of respondents to the RAC Walking Survey said they did not walk for the recommended 30 minutes a day. The main barriers to walking […]

Eye health ‘time bomb’ as kids stay indoors, increase screen exposure

December 19, 2015 | Comments Off on Eye health ‘time bomb’ as kids stay indoors, increase screen exposure

by Louise Merrillees Children are at risk of developing short-sightedness as screen time cuts into outdoor playtime, reducing their exposure to outside light, a study has found. Edith Cowan University Medical Sciences professor Wei Wang co-authored a recent study of nearly 5,000 Year 11 and 12 students in Beijing and found the levels of myopia […]

Nature Play WA Playground Audit

July 27, 2014 | Comments Off on Nature Play WA Playground Audit

In 2014, the school completed an audit of our play areas with Nature Play WA to identify areas of improvements, with the vision of creating such an environment for our students. Since then, staff and parents, in liaison with community members, have designed and developed four major Nature Play areas in the school so students […]

Kids told to play in Nature’s playground

November 3, 2011 | Comments Off on Kids told to play in Nature’s playground

by Lakshmi Singh Curtin University research claims that in just one generation, outdoor play has decreased from 73% to just 13% of total play time. Instead, the vast majority of children today indulge in more than the recommended two hours of screen use by watching TV/DVDs, playing electronic games and using computers. The Western Australian […]

WA kids told to get barefoot, wet and dirty to make them better adults

October 4, 2011 | Comments Off on WA kids told to get barefoot, wet and dirty to make them better adults

By Courtney Trenwith Climbing a tree. Catching a tadpole. Making a mudpie. These childhood memories are fast fading in a world infiltrated by mind-goggling computer games and addictive television programs. But Western Australia is leading a new charge to get kids barefoot, wet and dirty, all in the aim of making them smarter, wiser and more […]

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