Outdoor Learning
What is Outdoor Learning?
At Holly Grove we understand the advatages of and promote learning outside the classroom. Our aim is for all children to access and achieve through a wide range of experiences. Learning outside the classroom develops and broadens the childrens knowledge in an holistic way.
At Holly Grove we aim for a pupils to be creative thinkers and think 'outside the box' as well as being able to showcase their individuality. We inspire children to be motivated and make the most of their educational experiences showing skills of perserverence, determination, resourcefulness and reflectiveness.
Learning Outside the classroom experiences include, trips, visitors to school, walks around the local environment, educational overnight stays, forest school session on site.
Aims
All children
- Have access to out of the classroom experiences
- Have visitors come into school to heighten and develop topics
- Have the opportunity to take part in off site events and trips
- Reflect upon their opportunities
- Take part in forest school sessions
- Develop and aquire new skills
- Take part in risk and challenge experiences
- Work with a range of differing materials
- Take their learning outside
- Develop a respect for the environment
- Take care of the world around them
How Outdoor Learning links with our Torch Values
holly grove torch values in outdoor learning.pdf
What our children say about taking part in Outdoor lessons...
Intent
Learning outside the classroom aims to develop a wealth of skills, risk and challenge and a greater understanding about the world around us through offsite visits, visitors to the school, educational overnight stays and forest school sessions. Below is the intent of a Forest School session.
Outdoor Learning Intent format.pdf
Implementation
The document below shows a set of key skills that we believe to be important to enhance and build upon the children previous knowledge from EYFS to Year 6 through Forest School sessions.
what you can expect to see in a lesson.pdf
What you expect to see in a unit of work.pdf
Our Outdoor Learning Curriculum
Outdoor Learning Vocabulary.pdf
Outdoor Learning at Holly Grove
Take a look at all the fantastic learning that has been taking place in Outdoor Learning across the school.
Year 3/4 Forest Schools
Useful Outdoor Learning Information
Please look at these websites to discover more about outdoor learning
Learning Outside the Classroom
Useful Outdoor Learning Ideas
Outdoor Learning can also be fun to do at home. Here are a few ideas about what you could do to challenge and enhance your child's experiences.
Birds in Winter Feed the Birds
Den Building How to build a den outdoors
Knots How to tie simple knots
Mud Kitchen How to build your own
Visit Outdoor Spaces Cannock Chase our local beauty spot
National Trust How to become a member