Five ways to celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day

1st October 2020

Outdoor Classroom Day may look a bit different during the pandemic, but one thing remains the same – huge numbers of teachers and parents around the world want to support children’s health and wellbeing by making the most of time outdoors. 

Whether you’re teaching in school, delivering lessons remotely or homeschooling – here are five ways to celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day.

Five ways to celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day

1. Take at least one class outdoors on the day. If you’re an outdoor learning pro, use the day to celebrate what you’re doing already. If you’re new to getting outdoors, use our lesson ideas to get started.

2. Play around with playtime. Outdoor play is critical to children’s health and wellbeing. Try out some of these top tips from OPAL on Outdoor Classroom Day and witness the impact better playtimes can have for everyone. 

3. Set children an outdoor task to do at home. If any of your students are learning from home on the day, share outdoor learning and play ideas with parents. From mud play to dressing up in nature, there are lots of easy ideas in our resources section.

4. Use the journey to and from school to explore nature. From collecting natural items to playing a game of outdoor bingo, there are lots of ideas on our outdoor journeys Pinterest board.

5. Get a friend involved! Share this post with a friend or colleague to help grow the movement and make sure more children experience the benefits of spending time outdoors.

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Do you believe that children need time outdoors every day, at home and at school? Join the Outdoor Classroom Day community today! Together, we will make sure children experience the benefits of the outdoors as we move through the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Thank you for supporting Outdoor Classroom Day!

Thanks for joining the movement we can’t wait to see what you get up to on the day! Please share this with your colleagues and friends to help us make it possible for every child to get outdoors to learn and play every day 🙂 Check out the resources tabs for ideas for the day – and to make learning and play part of every day!

Wohoo! Top marks for signing up!!!

Thanks for joining the movement, we can’t wait to see what you get up to on the day! Please share this with your colleagues and friends to help us make it possible for every child to get outdoors to learn and play every day 🙂

Thank you for supporting Outdoor Classroom Day!

We’ll send you a newsletter shortly. Time to play is critical for every child – share your moments with us by tagging #OutdoorClassroomDay and make every day a day to learn and play outdoors!

Wohoo! Top marks for signing up!!!

Thanks for joining the movement, we can’t wait to see what you get up to on the day! Please share this with your colleagues and friends to help us make it possible for every child to get outdoors to learn and play every day 🙂

Thank you for supporting Outdoor Classroom Day!

We’ll send you a newsletter shortly. Time to play is critical for every child – share your moments with us by tagging #OutdoorClassroomDay and make every day a day to learn and play outdoors!