{"id":1140,"date":"2025-11-05T13:52:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowearlyyears\/?page_id=1140"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:43:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:43:59","slug":"curriculum-and-outdoor-learning-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowearlyyears\/curriculum-and-outdoor-learning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Our vision is for outdoor learning to be an integral part of Glasgow\u2019s Early Learning and Childcare offer with each child enabled to access the outdoors daily, to experience regular encounters with natural environments and to have the opportunity to engage in rich outdoor experiences both within the nursery setting and beyond. We believe in supporting children to experience and engage in adventurous play where they can learn to assess and manage risk within a supportive environment.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Outdoor Position Statement, Glasgow City Council, 2025<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>GLASGOW TOOLS AND SUPPORTS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h3><strong>Glasgow ELC Outdoor Position Statement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignleft wp-image-1665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10037\/2026\/01\/09122423\/Outdoor-capture-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10037\/2026\/01\/09122423\/Outdoor-capture-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10037\/2026\/01\/09122423\/Outdoor-capture-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10037\/2026\/01\/09122423\/Outdoor-capture-624x434.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10037\/2026\/01\/09122423\/Outdoor-capture.png 1011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This guidance document sets out some of the key drivers in establishing outdoor early learning environments, from the benefits to the compliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It focuses on three key questions:<br \/>\n1. Why should we go outdoors?<br \/>\n2. How do we go outdoors?<br \/>\n3. What do we do when we are outdoors?<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Download: <a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/10037\/2025\/05\/09130342\/OELE-28.1.25-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outdoor Position Statement &#8211; GCC &#8211; 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><strong style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowearlyyears\/cpl-list\/\" rel=\"noopener\">CPL Page<\/a>\u00a0and use the search term\u00a0<strong>\u2018Outdoor\u2019<\/strong> within the <strong>&#8216;TARGETED&#8217;<\/strong> section to identify all relevant training opportunities, or click on the CPL category <strong>\u2018Outdoor\u2019<\/strong> on the right of this page to find relevant upcoming in-person training events. *Note Mar 26: Training opportunities coming soon*<\/p>\n<h1><strong>NATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Type <strong>&#8216;Outdoor&#8217;<\/strong> into the search function on right hand side of top row, to identify all relevant national documents and policies.<\/p>\n<p>*March 26 &#8211; there is a temporary fault with this function which we are working to fix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our vision is for outdoor learning to be an integral part of Glasgow\u2019s Early Learning and Childcare offer with each child enabled to access the outdoors daily, to experience regular encounters with natural environments and to have the opportunity to engage in rich outdoor experiences both within the nursery setting and beyond. 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