Outdoor learning

We are able to offer our pupils an exciting programme of Outdoor Learning in our own grounds at Brantridge School. The staff member in charge is Donna Robbins who is an Outdoor Learning Leader, Level 2 Forest School Practitioner and Outdoor Mental Health Practitioner. Pupils are able to spend at least an hour per week in the purpose-built Outdoor Learning area.

Outdoor learning is a term that covers various experiences that take place outside the classroom.  It involves the transformation of knowledge, skills attitudes and behaviour through direct engagement with the outdoors, it is a specialised learning approach that is child-led and play-based. Pupils enjoy a range of fantastic activities that will help pupils to

•            Connect with nature

•            Gain new skills

•            Personal and social development

•            Care for the environment

•            Increased wellbeing and mental health

Apart from activities being fun, these activities help the pupils to achieve different levels of the Outdoor Learning Pioneer Scheme and includes topic-based activities. Using small achievable tasks and free play, the boys’ confidence will increase, their physical abilities will develop, and their natural curiosity will be stimulated. This will impact positively on their willingness and ability to engage in the classroom environment.

“Outdoor learning can be a catalyst for powerful memorable learning”