Using the coast for outdoor learning?
Keep Scotland Beautiful has just announced the annual Scotland's Beach Awards 2023 celebrating the achievements of well managed beaches for people and the environment across the country. 52 beaches have been awarded excellence in three key areas: Access, facilities and safety Local environmental quality Community and heritage
Ulva Primary School’s One Planet Picnic
Eco-Schools Scotland shared the story of Ulva Primary’s Shore School sessions. ‘We did it to reduce food waste. We used recycled containers and brought in homemade and home grown food. We used no wrappers so it was less carbon. The food was delicious and the picnic was amazing.’
Outdoor learning has improved our pupils’ attainment
This TES news article (25 June 2021) by head teacher Jay Helbert, shares how a strong ethos of outdoor learning has been a big part of the solution to the damaging impact of Covid lockdowns at Inveraray primary school in Argyll. Practice includes outdoor learning to deliver formal learning across [...]
Beach school offers a different context for learning
This article in The Guardian (14 May 2021) describes a beach school in Cornwall which supports vulnerable children, where the classroom is the surf, the dunes, and the rock pools.
