Learning in local greenspace case studies

Find out how we are working with partners to support educators to access South Lanarkshire's new Local Nature Reserves.

Learn about the professional learning Nature School Leads participated in and how this impacted on their colleagues and learners.

Find out how teachers gained the skills and confidence to lead learning in local greenspace and how outdoor learning supported pupils and teachers in Covid times.

Find out how pupil wellbeing improved and how they experienced a progression of place in outdoor learning from their school grounds to local greenspace and further afield.

Find out how teachers were gradually empowered to take on greater responsibility for outdoor learning and how they ensured they didn't negatively impact on the greenspace through overuse.

Find out how staff worked with partners to find learning opportunities and resolve perceived safety issues, gaining confidence to lead their own learning in local greenspace.

Find out how staff shared their enthusiasm and skills to enable other groups to use their local greenspace and how pupils shared their experiences with their families.

Find out how St Crispin’s pupils’ confidence and independence grew while making a difference in their local greenspace.

Find out how learning in their local greenspace has helped develop and sustain Outdoor Learning at St Paul’s, with a whole school Adventure Day and many families engaging with the space.

Find out how getting creative helped pupils develop an ownership of their local greenspace.