All Programmes

The Programmes team manage a range of initiatives, both national and regional, which work with key groups within school communities.

All of these initiatives seek to promote and enhance the development, use and value of school grounds in diverse and innovative ways.
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Learning Together

With generous funding from DEFRA's Environmental Action Fund and a partnership between the NCPTA and Learning through Landscapes, the Learning Together programme supported over 2,000 PTAs interested in helping schools make the most of their grounds.

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Greener Grounds

ExxonMobil Link Schools have been able to transform their grounds into exciting places for playing and learning with the help of the Greener Grounds programme.

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Grounds for Improvement

Grounds for Improvement was an exciting initiative aiming to demonstrate the value of a commitment to good practice in school grounds improvement and outdoor play provision by working with a targeted group of schools from across England.

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School Grounds of the Future

School Grounds of the Future was an exciting programme of support which demonstrated how school grounds can be transformed and managed as high quality environments for the benefit of children's learning and development.

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National School Grounds Week

National School Grounds Week is our annual celebration of school grounds.  This week of focused activity encourages schools and early years settings in all parts of the UK to get outside and use their grounds and outdoor spaces.

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Sense of Time and Place

Sense of Time and Place was the name given to a special national pilot project aimed at engaging young people (11-18yrs) and secondary schools in their heritage.

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Secondary Research

What sort of school grounds do secondary pupils want? How can school grounds development projects benefit the curriculum and boost achievement and motivation? How can secondary schools get pupils involved in school grounds development?

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Growing Schools Garden

There have now been two Growing Schools Gardens exhibited at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, the first in 2002 and the second in 2007. Both gardens are part of the highly acclaimed DCSF Growing Schools Initiative. Designed as a centre of excellence in school grounds use, the gardens continue to offer inspired ideas to increase pupils' interest and involvement in the national curriculum in their new locations – the first at the Environmental Education Centre in Eltham, South London, and the second at Birmingham Botanical Gardens (opening 2008).

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Growing Clubs

Growing Clubs was a joint venture between the Department of Health and DfES which encouraged healthy eating in children at school. LTL was comissioned to work with 15 London schools to develop growing activities through extra curricula clubs.

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Spaces to Grow

LTL in London has been working in partnership with Kent EYDCP and up to 15 early years settings across the county...

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