High-Quality Outdoor Learning: Beyond Forest School and Playground Time
I’m often asked what “good” outdoor learning actually looks like. Gardening, forest school, school camps, class trips, playgrounds… they are all types of outdoor learning,
I’m often asked what “good” outdoor learning actually looks like. Gardening, forest school, school camps, class trips, playgrounds… they are all types of outdoor learning,
In the previous post in this series, we explored what community involvement can look like when it is deliberately small-scale, optional and supportive rather than
Now that we have spent some time unpicking what outdoor learning is not, it is worth turning our attention to a quieter, more persistent issue:
There’s a particular feeling you get when you walk into a room full of people who just get it. We all work in different ways,
In the first post in this series, Community Involvement in Outdoor Learning: The Realistic Case, we were clear about one thing: community involvement is optional.
In recent years, there has been increasing concern about the mental health of children and young people. It is something I hear from schools, social
Outdoor learning has grown in visibility over the past decade. More schools are heading outside, more policies mention it, and more practitioners are curious about
There is no shortage of advice encouraging schools to “work with the community.” Much of it is optimistic, well-meaning, and quietly disconnected from the realities
This weekend I travelled to the IOL Adventure for All Conference 2025, held at the incredible Bendrigg Trust Outdoor Education Centre — one of the
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