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LOST have created suggestions and lesson ideas covering all curricular areas to support you to get outdoors, no matter what you are teaching.
We have Teaching and Learning Resources available on our website, mapped out by curricular area, with lesson plans from Early through to Third and Fourth Level.
Autumn ideas
The start of the school year is a great time to start getting outdoors with your class, building routines and learning together. Below are links to resources created by LOST, showing short, curriculum linked activities for use in the playground. We hope these help you and your class get outdoors easily, perhaps to revisit learning or to refresh pupils after an extended period indoors.
We have also created a guide to multi purpose, multi level, cheap, easy to access resources to be used in your outdoor space.
Multi level, multi use resources
Finally, check out our collection of two minute videos, sharing more quick ideas and examples of how you can take learning outdoors with your class.
Two minute video ideas
Autumn is a lovely time of year to get out exploring with your class. There are lots of fantastic sensory experiences and learning opportunities that come along with the changing season. We have some ideas on our website of things you could do to explore and learn this autumn.
Maths Week Scotland
This year's Maths Week Scotland takes place 25 September - 1 October. The theme this year is Maths in Motion. The Maths Week website shares ideas for learners at all stages and lots of encouragement to get outdoors.
We can find Maths in Motion in the outdoor places and spaces all around us and you can challenge pupils to find it. Once you start looking, you will realise that you can see Maths everywhere!!
Here are some ideas to get you started:
As always, we have more ideas for maths outdoors on our website.
Outdoor Classroom Day
Outdoor Classroom Day is coming around again!! This twice yearly event is happening on Thursday 2 November 2023 and teachers are encouraged to take children outdoors on this day to play and learn.
The Outdoor Classroom Day website shares many resources, ideas and inspiration for use on the day, and, throughout the year!
The start of the school year is a good time to start planning any school ground development. Your school grounds and gardens are a rich learning environment, providing opportunities for young people to extend their classroom learning and connect with nature.
LOST have resources to support school grounds development our website. Our intention is to create and develop outdoor learning environments while increasing the biodiversity of the school estate: Greening the School Estate
Learning through Landscapes are an organisation who support schools to develop their school grounds for learning. They provide information on grounds use, design and management and how to maximise quality, outdoor time for all pupils. Find out more information on the LtL website.
We would like to share some helpful, useful links with you to start off the school year. We hope that these will help inspire you to get outdoors with your classes and make get outside that bit easier to plan and resource.
The Royal Horticultural Society have recently renewed the criteria for their School Gardening Awards. These free awards provide a multi levelled structure to develop gardening through the curriculum, with rewards and celebration available at each level.
Target 2030: A movement for people, planet and prosperity is a new action plan launched by the Scottish Government. It places sustainability at the centre of the Scottish education system, including an ambitious commitment ensuring that every school and early learning setting will be sustainable by 2030. There are commitments made to outdoor learning, with recognition of the importance and benefits of outdoor learning appearing throughout.
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