The Foundation Phase places great importance on children using the outdoors to experiement, explore and take risks. Many schools and settings have invested considerable time, energy and money in improving provision for outdoor learning to meet these aspirations.
In this report, published by Estyn, inspectors evaluate the impact of learning outdoors on children’s development. In most cases, children enjoy learning outdoors, persevering with tasks for longer periods and showing more enthusiasm for attempting new things. Overall, children’s outdoor learning experiences were judged to be ‘good’ or ‘better’ in two-thirds of the sessions inspectors observed and schools have made better use of outdoor space than settings.
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