About outdoor learning

Curriculum for Excellence through Outdoor Learning

A photo of a young boy in a red jacket sitting under a tree with twigs and branches and gazing up into the canopy

This document will help you understand how to fully use the outdoor learning approach in the curriculum and the capacities and skills that learning outdoors can support and develop.

Experiences and outcomes guides for outdoor learning

Coded guides to help practitioners identify where learning outdoors is most appropriate and valuable.

Self-evaluation

A resource to support staff in all education and lifelong learning sectors to evaluate the potential of their work to help children and young people learn outdoors.

Inclusion and equality

Managing cultural and social diversity is central to planning and must be addressed well in advance when intending to take groups outdoors.

Key documents

Background reading to support integrating and promoting outdoor learning in pupils' learning experiences.