Start planning your No-Mow May
Plantlife share Now is the time to prepare your No Mow May lawns, find out what you need to do. This series of videos talk you through your grass management season. Have you considered this option for your school grounds? A richer more diverse grassland gives many more opportunities for [...]
Download new outdoor lesson ideas from Learning Through Landscapes!
Spring is here, marking the perfect opportunity to add some new outdoor lesson ideas to your repertoire. From coding with sticks to creating Arcimboldo portraits on the school grounds, there are a range of exciting new activities to choose from. Browse and download LTL’s outdoor lesson ideas now — they're [...]
Keeping children safe – including outdoors and on outings
The Care Inspectorate have described how practitioners have been exploring ways of incorporating SIMOA the elephant into their learning about safety. They have published a bitesize session to be used alongside our SIMOA keeping children safe practice notes. You can watch this bitesize here.
Tips and treats from the John Muir Trust
Check out the John Muir Trust’s e-newsletter (sign up here). The March 2024 edition includes an intern’s tips to avoid ticks and is in the clover when she discovers the many benefits it brings to wild places. Plus enjoy the latest edition of SCRA's Scramble magazine - a Junior Ranger special!
Finding Nature News: Nature play for gender equity
Check out this lead story in the Children and Nature Network March bulletin. Director of Green Schoolyards and Communities Priya Cook takes a close look at how incorporating natural elements into schoolyard design can help encourage girls to get active, and the accompanying Stat Sheet.
The Shapeshifting Hares of the Gàidhealtachd
In this Scotland’s Nature blog post (26 March 2024), also available in Gaelic, Roddy Maclean considers the place of the native hare in Gaelic folklore and landscape.
