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Outdoor Lesson Ideas

Bring your curriculum to life with outdoor lesson ideas that are creative, inclusive, and easy to implement.

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Early Years | Mathematics

Bigger or Smaller

Use simple find and share challenge cards for building vocabulary around size and scale in early years' mathematics.
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Camouflage Caterpillars
Early Years | Mathematics

Camouflage Caterpillars

Use this early years activity to start to understand the natural world and how camouflage is used for protection. This…
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Poetree
Primary | Literacy & Language

Poetree

Use this primary language and literacy activity to inspire creative poems using all the senses. This outdoor lesson idea supports…
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Scale Dinosaurs
Primary | Cross-curricular

Scale Dinosaurs

Turn your playground into Jurassic Park with scale models of dinosaurs and their footprints.
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Make a Solar Kettle
Secondary | Science

Make a Solar Kettle

Use this secondary science activity to investigate solar power with your pupils. This outdoor lesson idea gives pupils a practical…
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Talking Tokens
Secondary | Cross-curricular

Talking Tokens

Use natural materials to facilitate debate.
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Measuring Microclimates
Secondary | Climate | Cross-curricular

Measuring Microclimates

Use this secondary geography activity to explore how different areas of the school grounds are affected by weather and climate.…
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A Little Whittling
Early Years | Art & Design

A Little Whittling

Use this design and technology activity to practise toolwork safely and create your own whittled object. This outdoor lesson idea…
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