Outdoor learning

Outdoor education plays a really important part in our curriculum offer. Back in 2019, outdoor education was part of our Pupil Premium approach to raising standards here at Greatwood. We quickly saw the benefits and decided that this approach should be a non-negotiable for all of our children.

All children from Year 1 to Year 6 access three weeks of bespoke outdoor education every year. It runs every single afternoon and all day on a Friday. Our Nursery and Reception children access one week of Outdoor-Education.

You can find out more about the outdoor education curriculum for each year group using the links to the right. 

There is no cost to our families for any of the activities and we even provide waterproofs and walking boots wherever needed. 

Some of the activities that Greatwood children have enjoyed include: pony trekking, dry stone walling, orienteering, den building, willow weaving and cooking on a campfire. 

We are delighted have been twinned with Whitewoods in Pateley Bridge as part of NSAT's farm twinning programme. Dr Peter Brambleby and his wife Michelle Brambleby have welcomed us to their land over 20 times already and we will continue to work in partnership with them for the forseeable future.