Schools Professionals Partners
Some of our resources are available free-of-charge from this page thanks to subsidies from government or business.  From this page you can download a selection of our resources looking at how school grounds can contribute to sustainability education. Most of these resources were originally produced for our membership services Schoolgrounds-UK and Early Years Outdoors.

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Sustainable school grounds
  Biodiversity Resources

This information sheet produced by Grounds for Learning provides a comprehensive list of where you can go for information about biodiversity.
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  Learning about Sustainable Development in the school grounds.

Learning about sustainable development is now part of the curriculum across the UK. This is about ensuring pupils not only aquire knowledge and understanding of the principles of sustainable development, but also the skills and values needed to do something about it. 
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  Researching a Wildflower Area

Carry out a survey of the wildflowers already in your school grounds and then research what else could be introduced to a wildflower area.
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  Small steps to a sustainable future

Here are some ideas for getting active and learning about sustainability. You could plan a different activity for every day, hold a one-day festival of sustainability, or spread sustainable learning across the year.
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  Small steps to sustainability

The daily experiences of young children shape their knowledge and understanding of the world and the attitudes and lifestyle they go on to develop. This Playnotes provides ideas for outdoor experiences with care for themselves, for others, and for their environment at the core.
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  Sustainable development activity sheet

Whether you want to plan a week of activities, hold a one-day festival of sustainability, or spread sustainable learning across the year, you'll find plenty of ideas here to have a great time while learning about sustainability.
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  Wildlife activity sheet

Use this Early Years Outdoors Activity Sheet to check out how much wildlife you have outside at different times of the year. Then go onto provide for birds with these ideas for nesting boxes and food.
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