Motion

Curriculum Mainstreaming and Strategy for Outdoor Learning in Schools

Curriculum Mainstreaming and Strategy for Outdoor Learning in Schools
That this Assembly commends the Committee for Education’s stakeholder engagement, partnership with the Northern Ireland Forest School Association and research into outdoor education in schools; recognises the many inclusive learning and development benefits of outdoor education; further recognises the urgent need for all schools to have the opportunity to realise these benefits; calls on the Minister of Education, by the end of 2026, to define and embed weekly, progressive and sustainable outdoor learning opportunities as a core component of the curriculum for pupils aged 3-18; and further calls on the Minister to develop, with the sector, an outdoor learning in schools strategy which regenerates this pedagogy by addressing systemic factors within the education system to do with leadership support, time, curriculum, policy and resourcing and to make it easy to go outdoors.
Committee Motion
11/11/2025
11/11/2025
24/11/2025
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