Community Involvement in Outdoor Learning: Knowing When to Stop
In education, starting things is often celebrated. New initiatives, new partnerships and new ideas carry energy and optimism. Ending things, by contrast, is rarely talked
In education, starting things is often celebrated. New initiatives, new partnerships and new ideas carry energy and optimism. Ending things, by contrast, is rarely talked
There are some outdoor spaces that schools rarely consider, not because they lack value, but because they feel emotionally complex. Cemeteries, churchyards, memorial gardens, and
Much of the conversation around inclusion in schools quite rightly focuses on children. This post widens the lens slightly. If community involvement in outdoor learning
Woodland holds a powerful place in the story of outdoor learning. For many people, it represents freedom, imagination, and a return to something more natural.
Throughout this series, we have returned again and again to the idea that community involvement in outdoor learning is optional, contextual and bounded. This post
For many schools, parks and local greenspaces feel like a step up from the playground. There is grass instead of tarmac. Trees instead of walls.
At this point in the series, it should be clear that caution around community involvement is not a lack of imagination. It is a professional
When I started Love Outdoor Learning, I could never have anticipated the reach it would have. In this academic year we have had engagement from
It’s 9am and the temperature outdoors is already in the low twenties (70°f) and due to be warmer. It is one of those rare Scottish
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