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‘WE’VE SECURED GRANTS FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AND GREENING OUR ENVIRONMENT’


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nn Edwards CofE Primary is a large village school of 250 pupils, with a strong focus on outdoor learning and


wellbeing. After so many of our inter- school competitions, day trips and residentials were put on hold during the pandemic, we couldn’t wait to restart these activities in September. We applied to the Ernest Cook Trust (a national funder local to our school) for grant support – and were delighted to receive £500 for transport costs to facilitate two trips. We took our Key Stage 2 classes to the Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire, and our Year 6s on a week-long residential to PGL in Beam House, Exeter. The Ernest Cook Trust supports


learning from the land and environmental


engagement. Its application process is quick and simple and the grant we received meant that every single one of our pupils in Key Stage 2 could experience learning outside the classroom in two fantastic and very different settings. The Trust also offers grants to support disadvantaged young people with an outdoor week of learning (the OWL Initiative), as well as running an Everything Outdoors grants scheme. We had further good news when I was


able to secure a £500 grant to support our existing Forest School provision with further resources and training. This came from the outdoor learning and play charity Learning Through Landscapes. The application process was again straightforward and initially involved


completing questions around the demographic make-up of our school, such as the number of Pupil Premium children, and those on Free School Meals. There were questions around our current provision, what we would do with the money if successful, and how it would enhance our current provision. The training we received was centered


around our agreed topic of ‘how to integrate gardening into the curriculum’. It was delivered outdoors at our school site and around 30 staff took part. A


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