Learning outdoors is a key part of our curriculum here in Lochwinnoch Primary School and  we have gained 3 John Muir awards so far!

The John Muir Award encourages people of all backgrounds to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places. The award encourages participants to discover wild places, to explore these locations, to work hard to conserve them, and then to share news of their hard work.

We achieved our awards by looking closely at our school grounds, carrying out surveys of the plant and animal life which thrives there,  comparing our grounds to truly wild places in our village and looking at ways to encourage and increase the biodiversity of our school grounds.

We also visited the RSPB for specialist workshops, learned lots about nature and John Muir and shared what we learned at our school assembly.