The project is called Social & Emotional Learning through bringing nature back to schools  in short SEL for Schools. We are aware of the impact Covid has/is still having on […]

The Learning through Landscapes ‘Forest Kindergarten’ qualification is a Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) course, developed since 2009 in partnership with Forestry Scotland. The course development saw early years educators leading […]

Forest Kindergarten and Forest School share a partial title, and an engagement with nature. They are however two very different courses, and this article lays out those differences.   Forest […]

We were pleased to be one of a number of organisations asked to share our expertise in consultation with the Department for Education and the Natural History Museum recently, as […]

Our Scotland Director, Matt Robinson, reflects on prioritising play and how to improve the quality of breaktimes. High-quality play is an essential part of childhood. Article 31 of the UN […]

Claire Abercrombie, one of our Training and Development Officers, recently helped St Mary’s Catholic Primary Academy to boost their outdoor learning. Delivering outdoor learning training in schools means that I […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘Really happy that we now have a way forward and a great understanding of what is going to happen next’                      […]