A whole school approach to learning in local greenspace

Perhaps colleagues have seen the impact of learning in local greenspace on your pupils and your community and are keen to get involved?  Maybe you have been given the role of developing outdoor learning in your establishment and don’t know where to start?  Perhaps you are a school leader looking for guidance on how to embed outdoor learning?

Whole schools learning in local greenspace can follow the same process as an individual teacher.  You can use the different sections of this resource to consider why you should learn in local greenspace and find, access, use and improve your local greenspace.  Additional strategic thinking and planning would be beneficial, e.g. 

• carry out a baseline assessment of current practice, barriers and opportunities;
• develop a bespoke action plan;
• consider your outdoor learning in relation to school improvement planning, the National Performance indicators and other relevant policies;  
• revisit and revise your action plan regularly.