“So we decided to develop our entire curriculum to include outdoor learning, to help tackle some of these issues and improve the children’s experiences.”
“We’ve seen first-hand that, after Covid and lockdown restrictions, some of our children have developed issues with their wellbeing – confidence, communication and separation issues to name just a few,” says Andrew Neale-Crane, an early years and English leader at Yorkmead Primary in Birmingham. “So we decided to develop our entire curriculum to include outdoor learning, to help tackle some of these issues and improve the children’s experiences.”
Yorkmead Primary is one of thousands of schools across the UK that has looked to better its outdoor learning provision recently thanks to funding received through the Local School Nature Grants (LSNG) scheme, funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery.
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