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Outdoor Learning Live

Each half term, from November onwards, we run Our January session saw RSPB join us for a Big
virtual Outdoor Learning Live pupil workshops. Schools birdwatch special. 126 classes from
In these sessions we deliver a highly interactive 70 different schools joined us for the event,
live virtual lesson in the morning to stimulate encouraging thousands of pupils to go outside
and inspire the learners. We then challenge the classroom and participate in this important
them to get outside of the classroom and try citizen science project. We plan to make this an
some of the outdoor activities that we have annual event, with RSPB tracking the increase in
shared with them. These activities are linked to school participation in the birdwatch in Wales
the Eco-Schools topics and can be linked to the as a result of our support.
curriculum. They help engage the pupils with
the outside world, ultimately helping to foster

an interest in the environment.

Our session for the second half of Spring “Diolch yn fawr for the wonderful live

term, celebrated Keep Wales Tidy’s Spring session this morning and this afternoon. It
Clean Cymru campaign and the wider made the bird watch into more of an event
Great Big School Clean. It was fantastic and the children were totally inspired to
to see so many schools going out litter get out and bird watch. They enjoyed the
picking and helping improve their local games, chat and quiz too.
environment after the session.
- M. Picton, Teacher, Pennar Community
School, Pembrokeshire

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