Keep up to date with news and blogs on outdoor learning and play.
Outdoor learning news and blog posts from LtL
This page collates our latest news and blog posts from staff and guests.
If you have a news story or blog that you would like featured here, please email us on enquiries@ltl.org.uk.
If you are looking for practical outdoor learning lesson or activity ideas, advice on school grounds development or training for outdoor learning and play, you are in the right place.
New resources for outdoor learning and play
We are delighted to share with you the first set of newly designed resources for outdoor learning and play. As a charity with curriculum-led outdoor learning at its core, we want to ensure our activities cover […]
How can educators best support children through climate anxiety?
Learning through Landscapes CEO, Carley Sefton, reflects on how The Big Ask, the recent climate anxiety report and the Pre-COP26 youth summit must provoke some big conversations. Last week was […]
An Advisory Visit to a nursery in the Scottish Borders
A few months ago Jane Mackenzie, Training and Development Officer at Learning through Landscapes, carried out an Advisory Visit at a small nursery in Scotland. This is the story of […]
Over 200 children to receive wet weather clothing
Thank you! Thanks to the support of everyone who liked, shared and donated to our Crowdfunder campaign last year, 7 primary schools across the UK have each received 30 sets […]
An important update about the ISGA Conference
Our Scotland Director, Matt Robinson, explains why we have made a difficult decision… In light of the growing number of serious cases of Covid in Scotland, we have taken the […]
Natural Nations: new surveys and next steps
When we first began our Natural Nations project in December 2019, we could never have predicted the pandemic disruption that lay ahead. Funded by Erasmus+, Natural Nations is working with […]
5 top tips for protecting bees and other pollinators
DEFRA’s Bees’ Needs Week may be over for 2021, but bees and other pollinators need to be looked after all year round. Pollinating insects are critical for food production and […]
A chance to benefit from international education expertise
Mary Jackson, Learning through Landscapes’ Head of Education and Communities, explains why this year’s International School Grounds Alliance conference is especially important. On 23 and 24 September this year, the […]
Learning through Landscapes CEO, Carley Sefton, reflects on pandemic resilience
As I packed my office plants into my car last April, I did not expect that they would still be in my home office over a year later. In that […]
An Open Letter to Education Ministers
Teachers and school leaders from across the four nations have written an open letter to Gavin Williamson (Secretary of State for Education), John Swinney MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Education and [...]
My School My Planet – new research findings
As we tackle the question of how to return to school, new evidence from our My School, My Planet project shows that dedicated outdoor education programmes can support disadvantaged pupils [...]
LtL Training update – face to face work
I wanted to write this piece to explain our current Covid controls while delivering in school, early years or childcare settings. Our decisions are based on Government advice and our […]
Learning through Landscapes CEO, Carley Sefton, reflects on a difficult year
This week my family and I sat down to watch the live streaming of a socially distanced version of A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic. It was wonderful, and […]
LtL Training Update – November 16th 2020
Dear colleagues We have continued our work in schools and early years settings as we believe that outdoor learning and play have never been more needed than now. Outdoor learning […]
Help end clothing poverty for UK schoolchildren
We need you to help end clothing poverty in UK schools and make sure every child can get outdoors, whatever the weather. Make a donation here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/end-clothing-poverty-for-uk-schoolchildren Give a child […]
Natural Nations: Having a field day in the Swedish press
During Spring lockdown in the UK, Spain and Malta, our Swedish friends and Erasmus + Natural Nations partners Naturskolan i Lund and Lund University were able to make significant progress with testing pilot biodiversity surveys in […]
Asking a favour
Dear friends old and new of LtL, On behalf of LtL I would like to express a heartfelt thank you for all your support over the past few months. We […]
Natural Nations: birds, bees and happy collaboration
‘Really happy that we now have a way forward and a great understanding of what is going to happen next’ […]
Sefari learning resources
A slightly different set of resources from our colleagues at SEFARI (the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes) who are sharing educational activities and resources for teachers, parents and […]
Natural Nations: Swedish schools open for survey testing
Our newest Erasmus + transnational project had just got going when Coronavirus arrived and forced us to put the brakes on! Fortunately, the teams from Malta, Spain, Sweden and the […]
Learning to Return Outdoors – learning outdoors as schools return
“I am Carley Sefton, CEO of The Learning through Landscapes Trust (LtL). LtL is a charity founded 30 years ago to promote the use of school grounds in education. LtL […]
A Nana in lockdown – tales from the garden pond
I am a Nana in lockdown and been given two new names by my four fabulous grandkids who I’m sadly not able to hug and squeeze. Well not yet anyway. […]
Lose yourself in loose parts play
Hello! I’m Steve Moizer, one of the Training and Development Officers at Learning through landscapes, based in the Scottish office on the beautiful University campus in Stirling. For many years […]
Children’s mental health during lockdown
Dr. Helen Dodd of the University of Reading is working on two studies that are tracking children’s mental health during lockdown. The aim is to work out what children/families are […]
