Outdoor learning can have a positive impact on children's development but it needs to be formally adopted by national curricula, a report suggests.

However, despite the support, outdoor learning is still underused in primary schools – particularly in the latter years, when children are aged between seven and 11.

Breen, the education director at The Escondido Creek Conservancy, has been providing outdoor education in San Diego County for the past eight years and is the recipient of the Olivenhain Municipal … ...

Children explore puddles during an outdoor learning session. (Megan Zeni), Author provided 4. Include support teachers. School policies mandate that specific adult-to-child ratios are met when ...

Report identifies ways to boost children's quality of life through outdoor learning. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 07 / 160710212818.htm ...

A teacher supporting students on their first overnight school trip says outdoor learning is playing a key role in boosting pupils' mental health and confidence. Charlotte Anthony, a teacher at ...

Curriculum-based outdoor learning for children aged 9-11: A qualitative analysis of pupils’ and teachers’ views. PLOS ONE, 2019; 14 (5): e0212242 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212242; ...

A group of organisations is asking MPs to look consider more outdoor learning for children to try and improve wellbeing while the coronavirus pandemic continues. The leaders of 32 environmental ...

In our current pandemic reality, teaching children how to cope with stress may be as fundamental a skill as learning the alphabet. Outdoor education teaches children to find solace in the majesty of ...

'Outdoor learning boosts children's confidence' 15 May 2025. Share Save. James Grant. BBC News, Northamptonshire. Reporting from Irthlingborough. Share Save. James Grant/BBC.

Outdoor learning can have a positive impact on children's development but it needs to be formally adopted, external, a report suggests. Childhoods were dramatically changing, with fewer ...