National Curriculum Outdoors - a complete scheme of work
Overview and introduction to the books
The National Curriculum Outdoors series of five books - KS1, Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 - published by Bloomsbury Education offer a research-based objective-led scheme of work for each year group, providing learning across the whole of Key Stages 1 & 2 aligning activities with the National Curriculum programmes of study and with school expectations to show progression in knowledge, understanding and skills, enabling children and teachers to experience the health and wellbeing benefits of learning in natural environments.
The progression lesson plans for English, maths, science, history, geography, art and design, design and technology, music, French language (at KS2) and RE have been carefully planned to ensure progression across the key stages, providing a structure for children to learn whilst enabling primary teachers to grow their confidence in teaching outdoors.
Bloomsbury's Launch Video for the books
The books have been written by Deborah Lambert, Michelle Roberts and Sue Waite and have a foreword written by Juliet Robertson.
As authors, we have many years of experience in practising high quality curriculum-based outdoor learning and the research underpinning such practice.
Find out our thinking behind the books by watching the launch video!
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Have a look inside the e-books
Check out these sample pages from the e-books:
Key Stage 1: https://bit.ly/3dM4p3q
Year 3: https://bit.ly/2BVSHG5
Year 6: https://bit.ly/2VzIczl
CLOtC : The National Curriculum Outdoors – Meet the Authors webinar
Recorded: 1 December 2020
Written by outdoor learning experts Sue Waite, Michelle Roberts and Deborah Lambert, this award winning, hugely successful, series of books support teachers in linking curriculum objectives to a progression of outdoor lesson plans for every subject and year group.
At this online session, hear from the authors themselves how the books evolved, the research behind the content, and how educators can use these to develop the outdoor learning at their schools.
A whole school approach: supporting materials
The 'National Curriculum Outdoors - a complete scheme of work' provides an opportunity for a whole school approach to outdoor learning.
Find the free online resources to use alongside the books, including a year by year curriculum coverage grid, parity grids for both Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence and the new curriculum for Wales, by clicking on the link below.
3 people passionate about outdoor learning
The 'National Curriculum Outdoors - a complete scheme of work'
3 people passionate about outdoor learning come together to produce a resource to help you take your learning outdoors in a meaningful and memorable way.
Outdoor Learning Success Stories webinar
The 'National Curriculum Outdoors - a complete scheme of work'
In place of their annual conference, Peninsula Research in Outdoor Learning (PRinOL) held a successful webinar on 27 January 2021 for which authors Sue Waite and Deborah Lambert were the opening speakers. The theme was ‘Success in 2020’ and over 120 people listened to ways we celebrate teaching and learning outdoors.
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Schools provide a universal access point for equity of opportunity for engagement with nature through outdoor learning and activities and the associated potential benefits for health and wellbeing.
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Welcome to the website for Bloomsbury's Award Winning 'National Currculum Outdoors' series of books