The Guardian asks: do children face problems playing outside where you live?
Play Scotland have shared this national survey being conducted by The Guardian newspaper on the availability of outdoor play space. Do children play outside where you live? Did you grow up playing outside – and if you did, do children still play out there? Have you or your children received [...]
How to survey and boost biodiversity in your school grounds
Take a look at Natural Nations resources, with some great surveys and lesson activities available, shared here by Learning Through Landscapes. You can also take part in citizen science, by sharing your data to this Natural Nations data page.
Primary school children spend less time outdoors, University study finds
Primary school pupils in Scotland spend less time playing and learning outdoors than they did before the Covid pandemic, according to new research by the University of Stirling. Find more information about these findings from this University of Stirling news report (3 April 2023).
Report highlights need for school children to be more connected to nature
This NatureScot press release (30 March, 2023) shares this new report from NatureScot and partners. This is the most extensive research to be published since 2014 on this topic. This report highlights how Scotland’s children could be offered increased amounts of outdoor learning and play. This approach can stimulate a [...]
The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey returns!
NatureScot shares information on The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey in this Scotland’s Nature blog post (10 October 2022). Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is calling on people all over Scotland to explore outdoors and look out for tufted ears and bushy tails between 10-16 October (National Red Squirrel Week). Why not [...]
Clueless about nature? 1 in 4 people don’t know caterpillars turn into butterflies
Children & Nature network (28 June 2022) have shared a report on recent survey in the UK. This ‘found that many adults are unfamiliar with basic nature concepts, unable to identify more than a few of the most common species of birds and insects. Despite this, four in five respondents [...]
Calling parents and carers – STEM Strategy Learner, Parent and Carer Surveys
Education Scotland are looking for learners (P6 to S6) and parents and carers to help shape the next stage of Scotland’s STEM Education and Training Strategy. Please complete this short survey and share with parents and carers. Surveys close 1 July.
Connecting communities with their greenspaces through outdoor play
Inspiring Scotland’s Thrive Outdoors programme has helped many community-based organisations transform previously little used community greenspaces into thriving outdoor play areas. Connecting families across Scotland with local charities, it has encouraged use of local greenspaces in both urban and rural locations to facilitate outdoor play. Using community greenspaces in innovative [...]
