Outdoor Learning Workshops

What's included in an outdoor workshop?

A memorable, outdoor experience for your children to bring your topic to life!
2 hours of outdoor fun per class, all fully resourced by us - meaning the staff get to enjoy it as much as the children!
All activities are closely linked to the National Curriculum and delivered by qualified Primary Teachers to deepen your children's learning.
An affordable alternative to a trip with a half day visit (1 workshop) at £225 or a full day visit (2 workshops) at £350.

Children gathered around watching a demonstration using sticks.

Why choose an outdoor workshop?

Taking learning outdoors is proven to boost children's engagement, working memory and communication skills!

Our outdoor workshops bring the messy, muddy, exciting experiences to your school. We design them to be a session to fuel excitement around your topic whilst ticking off curriculum objectives. Just take a look at the pages for each workshop below to see how much fun children have!

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Available Workshops

Find out what's involved in each of our workshops below

Great Fire of London

Space Explorers

Castles

Science Week

Our workshops enrich your curriculum and engage your children in their learning.

Less hassle than a trip - no need to book coaches for travel, no extra staff required for ratios
All risk assessments and resources are provided
Workshops are delivered in your own school grounds giving you a new insight into how to use your outdoor space.

We were teachers too, so we know that you need someone to come in and deliver an experience that will keep your children buzzing about their learning for the weeks ahead, whilst also keeping everything straightforward and simple for staff to organise too - so this is exactly the experience we aim for!

Workshop Enquiry

Where do you deliver the workshops?

Primary schools in Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster, Selby, Huddersfield, Bradford, Harrogate, Wetherby & York.

We aim to make our workshops affordable for the children to enjoy and therefore only deliver them to areas local to our Education Officers. Schools located within 15 miles of one of our Officers will have travel included - additional milage will be charged at 45p per mile.

If you are located just outside of these areas, please still get in touch. During our quieter periods of the year we may be able to reach you.

A map displaying Leeds, Doncaster, Harrogate, Bradford, Rotherham and the surrounding areas.

HOW DO I BOOK?

Fill out the booking enquiry form with the required information.
We will email you back to organise the details and preferred date.
We then require a contact for the person responsible for fulfilling payment to confirm the booking.
They will receive an invoice and be asked to agree to our Payment & Cancellation Policy.
Once we’ve received this response your workshop is booked!

You can sit back and relax knowing that you and your class have a fantastic outdoor workshop to look forward to!

Workshop Enquiry

Quite period discounts

During our quieter periods of the year we offer a 10% discount on our workshops when you book for them to be delivered on these days.
Please specify whether you would like one of these in your enquiry form.

Dates for 23/24 academic year:
6th - 16th September 2023
10th - 19th January 2024
15th - 19th April 2024
6th - 17th May 2024
15th - 19th July 2024

It was great seeing the children work collaboratively and trying new things. Especially seeing children who work well outside, have a chance to shine. I loved seeing them getting muddy and having fun!

Year 1/2 Teacher - Waterfoot Primary - Rossendale

The wattle and daub houses were my favourite part of the day and I loved that everything was provided, it was so well thought out!

Year 1 Teacher - Darrington CE Primary School - Wakefield

It was great to see outdoor learning bring KS1 topics to life! The whole workshop was great, Hollie & Jenny were brilliant!

Year 2 Teacher - Holmesdale Primary School - Sheffield

What a fantastic workshop! So well organised, planned and resourced! All the children had such a great time getting stuck in with their learning in such a hands on way! Thank you!

Year 2 Teacher - Rawcliffe Bridge Primary - Doncaster

Who is Alfresco Learning?

We are an outdoor learning company founded by Hollie & Jenny, two primary teachers who developed an approach of combining the curriculum with the outdoors. Our outdoor workshops is where Alfresco Learning all began!

We visit schools each year spreading outdoor learning joy and inspiration to KS1 and our workshops will soon be expanding to KS2!

To find out more about us and our growing company head to the about tab at the top of this page!

The Co-Founders of Alfresco Learning sat on a grassy space with notepads and smiling