A summary of outdoor learning resources

Published 09/10/2020.  Last updated 28/07/2023
sourceLearning resources categoryOutdoor learning

Why take learning outdoors?

Being outdoors and active is a vital part of growing up and living a healthy and fulfilled life. Outdoor learning benefits children, young people and adults alike. It engages our hearts through what we feel and the emotions we experience; our heads through what we think, see and say; and our hands through our physical experiences including how we move through the space the outdoors provides. Outdoor learning can happen anywhere – from the school grounds to local greenspace, from the high street to national parks; from outside your front door to the rest of the world.

Outdoor learning resources

To see a full range of online curriculum resources for outdoor learning please visit our Outdoor Learning /Learning for Sustainability Wakelet. This bank of resources has been collated in partnership with a wide range of outdoor learning and Learning for Sustainability organisations to meet the needs of practitioners across a wide range of sectors.

Key outdoor learning policies and documents

Further resources and support

Professional learning

Research

Case studies

ASN

Early Learning and Childcare

Primary

Secondary

CLD

COVID-related guidance

A summary of outdoor learning resources

Published 09/10/2020.  Last updated 28/07/2023
sourceLearning resources categoryOutdoor learning

Why take learning outdoors?

Being outdoors and active is a vital part of growing up and living a healthy and fulfilled life. Outdoor learning benefits children, young people and adults alike. It engages our hearts through what we feel and the emotions we experience; our heads through what we think, see and say; and our hands through our physical experiences including how we move through the space the outdoors provides. Outdoor learning can happen anywhere – from the school grounds to local greenspace, from the high street to national parks; from outside your front door to the rest of the world.

Outdoor learning resources

To see a full range of online curriculum resources for outdoor learning please visit our Outdoor Learning /Learning for Sustainability Wakelet. This bank of resources has been collated in partnership with a wide range of outdoor learning and Learning for Sustainability organisations to meet the needs of practitioners across a wide range of sectors.

Key outdoor learning policies and documents

Further resources and support

Professional learning

Research

Case studies

ASN

Early Learning and Childcare

Primary

Secondary

CLD

COVID-related guidance