How to Maximise Your School Grounds For Outdoor Learning
School Outdoor Learning share some tips on how to develop your outdoor area, including low cost options, and share the evidence for the benefits of outdoor learning.
Food For Thought Fund – 2022-23 – Applications Close 22nd June!
The Food for Thought Education Fund gives financial support to develop Food and Health as a context for learning. The fund aims to improve practitioner confidence in providing progressive, high quality, skills based learning experiences which help to embed food education into the ethos of the establishment. It also provides [...]
Can you take part in an Earthwatch education survey?
If you a teacher or teaching assistant based in the UK, Earthwatch would like to hear from you! Earthwatch are seeking to create a brand new programme to bring nature and environmental sciences into your school grounds and to build on the success of their Tiny Forest x Schools programme. [...]
How to grow wildflowers
Great advice on growing wildflowers from the Grow Wild crew at Kew Botanic Gardens, whatever the size of space you have. Here’s a video shared by a Grow Wild UK youth group.
Climate Ready School Grounds project
Learning through Landscapes and Architecture & Design Scotland are collaborating on the ‘Climate Ready School Grounds’ project through 2022-23. The project will connect the Scottish Learning for Sustainability, Learning Estate Strategy and Climate Change Plan. This will be done through consultation and collaboration, and sharing guidance with both architects and [...]
Plantlife’s No Mow May is back!
Please encourage your friends, family and colleagues to be sparing with their lawnmowers for No Mow May. Enjoy nature on your doorstep! Why not leave some areas unmown in your school grounds as well?
Gardening with and for children – evidence of the benefits
C&NN’s Research Digest in March has highlighted extensive research on the benefits of gardening, including academic, environmental, mental and physical health benefits of gardening for children. Read the March Research Digest.
Why children need to be more active in school playgrounds, and what is stopping them
This Child in the City article (28-03-2022) shares research which explores barriers preventing some children being physically active at break times. Children are also facing a reduction in the amount of time outside provided by schools, as well as exercise outside school hours.
