Erasmus+ Project — Outdoor Education and Digital Literacy
Our Erasmus+ Outdoor Education and Digital Literacy project is centred on creating meaningful opportunities for pupils to engage with the curriculum in real outdoor settings. Rather than treating the outdoors as something separate from classroom learning, the aim of the programme is to bring our day-to-day learning outside, where pupils can explore, apply, and experience their work in authentic contexts. We want outdoor spaces to become extensions of the classroom — places where lessons, projects, and ideas can be revisited, re-imagined, and understood in new ways.
A key part of this project is developing strong bridges between indoor and outdoor learning through the thoughtful use of digital technology. Using tools such as iPads, Chromebooks, photography, mapping apps, and digital storytelling, pupils will be able to document their work, reflect on their experiences, and share their learning with others. Technology is used not as a substitute for real-world experience, but as a way of connecting, recording, and deepening it.
We have completed the construction of a dedicated outdoor classroom in time for the 2025 school year, supported through a combination of fundraising and Erasmus+ funding. This space is designed to act as a physical and symbolic bridge between the indoors and the outdoors — a place where pupils can move naturally between classroom learning, outdoor exploration, and digital reflection, strengthening wellbeing, curiosity, confidence, and engagement in learning.
