I whole-heartedly believe that our education system could do a better job of supporting these young children; by teaching them in a way that is naturally more engaging to them.

Throughout my teaching career I dabbled with provision in KS1 but always found the constraints around resourcing, staffing and balancing the curriculum input difficult to achieve. Once I tried curriculum outdoor learning I knew I had dropped onto something special.

My class were engaged again.

I didn’t need to worry about curriculum coverage as every outdoor lesson was covering our key objectives and I found a new way to apply my creative thinking to the classroom. I’ve never been someone who can just go through the day to day grind, I need spark, creativity and joy to keep me motivated. Finding new ways to combine the curriculum with nature provided just this.

Since then it has been one big leap of faith to leave the classroom, join forces with Jenny, turn down the prospect of progressing my career and to share this new found approach with teachers everywhere.
I love watching as educators become grounded and refreshed simply by being outdoors. Creating a positive impact on teacher and pupil wellbeing is what drives me to continue spreading Alfresco Learning’s approach to curriculum outdoor learning.