1. Level 2 Award in Outdoor Learning Practice
Outcome 2:
Understand the learning opportunities available in outdoor learning
2.2.Describe how outdoor learning can benefit individuals

2. The benefits of outdoor learning
Cover curriculum subjects in engaging & novel ways
Increase physical activity of all participants
Improve specific skills and give opportunity to develop life long learning interests
Introduce new areas of learning not previously experienced
Engage children in a positive way with local natural environments

3. Benefits also include…..
New opportunities to succeed within peer group
Builds new practical skills including appropriate risk taking (its fun and enjoyable!)
Is often purposeful, outcome related & rewarding
Promotes social skills
Builds resilience, creativity & problem solving skills

4. Nature needs children
Less than 10% of children regularly play in natural spaces (Natural England 2009)
Poverty places limits upon children’s opportunity to access outdoor spaces (Thomas Thompson 2004)
Environmental memory cannot be formed without environmental experience
People who feel connected to their local natural environments are more likely to change their behaviour out of concern for the environment (Mayer and Frantz 2004)

5. Outdoor Learning Practitioner Course What are we going to be doing?
Being active learners
Learning new / improving our practical skills in the outdoors
Improving our skills base for using OL in delivering the curriculum
Learning how to start developing grounds to provide a rich resource for OL
Learning about our natural environment
Getting new ideas, being creative, making achievable plans.
Putting ideas into practice
Having fun!
Networking with other like minded professionals
Using the expertise of the tutors to get advice for our setting
How do you learn?