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Outdoor learning: helping to heal our young people
It has long been recognised that outdoor learning can be beneficial for health and wellbeing. NatureScot recently published the evaluation of a large collaborative outdoor learning project – the Learning in Local Greenspace project – which ran between 2015 and … Continue reading
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Tagged green health, Green infrastructure, greenspaces, outdoor education, Outdoor learning
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School proves learning outdoors really works (and is fun!)
Friday at SNH’s Battleby Offices – means fun and challenges for visiting pupils from St John’s RC School in Perth. Come rain, hail or shine, for the past academic year, P5-7 have been out and about learning, playing and having … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor learning, Scottish Natural Heritage, Young people
Tagged outdoor education, outdoors, schools, SNH
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Teaching in Nature – taking learning outdoors
Sharon Cunningham, our Outdoor Learning Officer, tells us more about engaging young people in outdoor learning through the Teaching in Nature programme. “I feel more confident taking pupils out to natural places for learning. It [Teaching in Nature] has allowed … Continue reading
Learning in Local Greenspace
David Clelland, one of our graduate placements, tells us about his involvement with outdoor learning in the year ahead. My placement at SNH started in the middle of August working in the Clydebank office. Here’s a little bit of what … Continue reading
Ginormous whirligigs and camera trapping – a year at Caerlaverock NNR
Our graduate placement at Caerlaverock NNR, Ellie Oakley, reflects over the year and looks back on the highlights and achievements. Last year, I had to make a decision to either carry on with my study of Countryside and Environmental Management … Continue reading
The Great Outdoors – Young People, Outdoor Learning and the 2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity
Scotland is facing key pressures on its biodiversity. Some of these pressures are physical, such as pollution, the overuse of resources, or climate change. Others are more about the way we (under) value nature and the goods and services it … Continue reading
John Muir Award growing by 15% a year in Scottish schools
As the John Muir Trust celebrates another successful year in Scotland, Toby Clark, John Muir Award Scotland Manager, takes a closer look at what is being achieved in Scotland’s schools. The John Muir Award encourages people from all backgrounds to … Continue reading
News from St Cyrus
Therese Alampo is the Reserve Manager at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve. In today’s blogpost she looks at the links being forged between National Nature Reserves and education. Scotland’s National Nature Reserves (NNRs) are selected as the best examples of … Continue reading
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