Green Jobs for Nature resource pack for secondary school students and teachers
Check out the Swift Street resources and lesson plans here. The resource pack includes five carefully curated activities, each linked to an identified role within the sector: Ecologist, Environmental Adviser, Conservation Ranger, Environmental Educator, and Media & Communications Specialist. Each activity is designed to take approximately one hour. The Media [...]
Six ways to take part in Outdoor Classroom Day, today and every day
7th November is Outdoor Classroom Day! There are two official days each year to encourage schools to prioritise outdoor learning for their pupils, the next one is in May. Of course, you can (and hopefully will) head outside every day of the week, but today is helpful to raise the [...]
Mucky, Messy and Marvellous
If you enjoyed the Royal Highland Show this year, hopefully you didn’t miss Peatland ACTION’s activities in The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) Centre. Read more about engaging children with Peatland ACTION in this NatureScot post (21 June 2024).
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 [...]
Join Scottish Water Generation H₂O!
We Are Futures are working with Scottish Water to launch the Generation H₂O programme campaign. Scottish Water Generation H₂O is designed to inspire young people across Scotland to become part of a movement to celebrate and protect Scotland’s water, creating responsible water citizens. The free resources include films, challenges, a [...]
Play Scotland encourage autumn play outdoors
In their October newsletter, Play Scotland are playing in the leaves and celebrating being outdoors! They share how it’s essential for our children and young people to have opportunities to understand, value, enjoy and protect our natural world. Playing outside in all weathers is great for this. This newsletter shares [...]
Quick activities to get outdoor in autumn – from LOST’s September bulletin
East Ayrshire’s LOST Team share short, curriculum linked activities for use in the playground. The aim is to help you and your class get outdoors easily, perhaps to revisit learning or to refresh pupils after an extended period indoors. 20 minute activities - early level 20 minute activities - first [...]
BES Encounters – a resource for connecting school to nature
The BES Encounters platform was developed as part of the British Ecological Society’s (BES) ‘Connecting Schools to Nature in North-East England’ project. The Encounters platform has been co-created with teachers and is free for any primary school or organisation/group working with primary school aged children. As a teacher/educator you can log [...]
