Implementation

The whole of St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is very committed to outdoor learning therefore every class in the school has at least one designated outdoor learning session per week as well as outdoor learning being incorporated, as much as possible, into our everyday lessons. Outdoor learning is planned to enrich and enhance the children’s in-school learning experiences. This gives every pupil in the school the opportunity to enjoy and learn from our wonderful natural world on a regular basis. Children have the opportunities to learn specific outdoor skills. For example, using flint and steel to light fires to teach them about fire safety; respect for the environment, themselves and others; working within safe boundaries which they learn to recognise and manage themselves. As well as these regular experiences of the outdoor world, the school conducts special outdoor learning days allowing the children to collaborate and work with different children from different age groups in the outdoor environment. As a school, we send our Year 4 pupils to Halton Gill Bunk barn in association with the Country Trust Educational Charity - here they embrace their local surroundings and apply the skills taught. This gives the children a rich learning and life experience and an insight into some of our local history. Outdoor learning takes place on our school grounds.