The Natural Connections Demonstration project has published evidence on the benefits of outdoor learning to pupils, teachers and schools.
Children from 125 schools across the South West of England are happier, healthier and more motivated to learn thanks to a new project commissioned by Natural England that has turned the outdoors into a classroom and helped schools transform ways of teaching.
The project, which is funded by Natural England, Defra and Historic Englandand delivered by Plymouth University, is the largest project of its kind in England and has already helped more than 40,000 primary and secondary school pupils get out of their classrooms and into the outdoors – whether that’s a maths lesson in a local park or drama out on the school field.
Read more: http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/6636651036540928
