Learning through Landscapes, The UK School Grounds Charity

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

All of these initiatives seek to promote and enhance the development, use and value of early years outdoor spaces in diverse and innovative ways.

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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.

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).

Spaces to Grow

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

Supergrounds

Supergrounds is a £6 million community investment programme, funded by RBS group and delivered through Learning through Landscapes, that helps primary schools improve their school grounds.

John Laing London School Grounds Awards

The annual John Laing London School Grounds Awards Scheme is available to all LEA maintained schools in the Greater London Area. Thanks to generous funding from the Laing Charitable Trust, there are more than 50 prizes of funding and bespoke advice and support available to schools and settings that are involving their pupils in making effective changes to their outdoor spaces.