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The National Curriculum Outdoors series of books have been written by Deborah Lambert,  Michelle Roberts (and her guest writers) and Sue Waite and have a foreword  written by Juliet Robertson. 

The link below will take you to our author pages. 

Find out more about the author team and see links to further reading and research

The award winning 'National Curriculum Outdoors: a complete scheme of work' series of books provide an opportunity for a whole school approach to outdoor learning. 

The series provides progression in knowledge and skills across the key stages and is clearly linked to the National Curriculum objectives.

The books can be purchased directly from Bloomsbury and other book retailers. 

New Bloomsbury publication 2024! 

Supporting schools to deliver the DfE Sustainability and Climate Change strategy - outdoors

Co-author Deborah Lambert  - trading as Taking Maths Outdoors - provides flexible and creative training for teachers and schools working with the DfE Teachers' Professional Development Standards to promote meaningful, effective and memorable outdoor learning practice for all curriculum subjects.

Taking Maths Outdoors has a dedicated YouTube channel to support the delivery of  maths outdoors.  

Co-author Michelle Roberts (Wild Tribe Outdoor Learning) provides curriculum linked outdoor learning with children and  outdoor learning practitioner award training for teachers and teaching assistants to schools in Cornwall and Devon. 

Wild Tribe also has a dedicated You Tube channel to support home learning - outdoors! 

Based on (and extending) the progressions in Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors series of books, this practical training day is delivered by author Deborah Lambert. 

Participants will explore a range of practical activities aimed at building skills, knowledge and growing teacher confidence in the delivery of outdoor learning .

Being an outdoor learning coordinator / practitioner in a setting can seem a lonely job at times! 

Would you like to be part of a network of like minded practitioners? 

Deborah Lambert is chair of the Natural Schooling Research Interest Group (RIG).

We welcome new members and meet on line once a term to share ideas, share research and practice around a theme. 

Deborah led the Erasmus+ Natural Schooling project, innovating curriculum delivery through outdoor learning with schools in the UK, Sweden, Spain & Italy. 

Intellectual Outputs (IO) 1 handbook, IO6 project evaluation report (written by Josie Cuffe & advised by Sue Waite) & IO7 free training programme for those wishing to develop a Natural Schooling approach in their own settings (written by Deborah) are available from the project website. 

The authors have many years of experience in practising high quality curriculum-based outdoor learning and the research underpinning such practice. 

Find out about the awards the National Curriculum Outdoors books have achieved.

Find out what people are saying about the books, support and training

Deborah Lambert is a former primary and SEND / SEMH teacher, now FdA and BAAP lecturer for the Learning Institute and outdoor learning consultant, who delivers tailored outdoor training for teachers and schools as 'Taking Maths Outdoors'. 

Michelle Roberts is an assistant headteacher and founder of the outdoor learning   programme 'Wild Tribe' which delivers training and resources for teachers with an emphasis on engaging with the curriculum outdoors. 

Sue Waite is a former Associate Professor in Outdoor Learning at Plymouth Institute of Education. She led Natural Connections - the UK's largest learning in natural environments research project - and has conducted many research projects on outdoor learning.