Primary Programmes

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

All of these 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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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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Art of the Garden

The Art of the Garden programme, with the generous support of Ernst & Young, offered schools the opportunity to create artwork in the grounds which had a spiritual theme.

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Get Moving

Get Moving encouraged greater physical activity and healthier lifestyles among primary school children. The use, analysis and improvement of the school grounds served as a focus point for discussions and activities.

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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.

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