Outdoor Learning - Early Day Motion 944 - Reminder
Reminder to contact your MP
Tim Farron MP is hosting a ‘Drop-in Session’ in Westminster on April 1st for MP's to find out more about the reformed Outdoor Learning APPG, his Outdoor Learning Bill and Early Day Motion: ‘Wellbeing Benefits of Outdoor Education to Young People’
Motion
Wellbeing benefits of outdoor education to young people.
That this House recognises the significant benefits of outdoor learning for children and young people; urges the Secretary of State to undertake a review of the value of those benefits;
Notes that more time learning outdoors provides an opportunity for children to learn skills and characteristics to cope with many of the societal problems of climate change, worsening child mental health, and high child obesity levels; Further notes that there is significant evidence that outdoor learning and youth work enables better engagement with education, builds proenvironmental behaviours from a young age, and establishes team work and resilience in young people;
Recognises that practices build on a long heritage of outdoor learning in the UK with global significance.
