CYP Now - Special Report: Research: Outdoor Learning

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom is a charity that promotes the opportunity for all children to experience life and lessons beyond the classroom as a regular part of growing up. It provides support on the ground, facilitating the sharing of best practice and promoting the benefits of outdoor learning for engaging children in education

Schools run by the Samara Trust have built outdoor learning into everyday practices

Natural Connections Demonstration Project (2012-2016)

Natural England, 2016

Evidence has shown that the challenges and barriers to learning outside the classroom in the natural environment in schools are local, centre on the lack of teacher confidence in teaching outside and the fragmentation of learning outside the classroom service provision. The project was an attempt to understand what was needed to engage schools and how to enable a culture change to encourage more learning in nature. A total of 190 schools took part in the project, implementing a programme of learning in nature across all curriculum areas.

This study aimed to:

Stimulate the demand from schools and teachers for learning outside the classroom in the local natural environment.

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