Fresh air and exercise books at Crann

Meath pre-schoolers started their education ‘al fresco’ yesterday in three of only four outdoor schools in the country.

Nearly 60 children will learn how to count with stones and create with muck and water at the open-air facilities in Navan, Trim, and Ballivor. The only other such school in the country is in Co Donegal.

In Meath, the initiative was started nearly three years ago in Navan by the Crann Support Group and further branches were opened in Trim and Ballivor last year. All schooling is done through Irish.