About Taking Maths Outdoors
Working closely with schools enables her to stay right up to date with current requirements and approaches.
Trading as "Taking Maths Outdoors," teacher, lecturer and author of Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors series, Deborah Lambert supports schools by offering flexible and creative outdoor training for teachers and educators. She also delivers engaging and memorable curriculum learning days for pupil classes in Cornwall and beyond. Since the release of Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors series, Deborah has been delighted to be a guest speaker and workshop provider at various events and conferences across the country.
Specifically providing clear progression in knowledge and skill across units and key stages, Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors series supports a whole school approach. Underpinned by current theory and research, lesson are explicitly linked to the National Curriculum objectives and programmes of study and add depth and meaning to curriculum learning. Deborah wrote the units for Maths, Geography, Art and Design, Design Technology, RE, and French for the series, along with the Year 5 History unit and Year 6 English and Science units, using ideas and planning from her class curriculum days and teacher INSET days.
The latest in the series, Sustainability and Climate Change (SCC) Curriculum Outdoors, provides a handbook for teachers, fully supporting the DfE SCC Strategy and the National Education Nature Parks programme.
Deborah wrote the model science and geography UKS2 lesson progressions for chapter 5 using ideas from her class curriculum days and Arena Earth Tribe Leaders award for schools, collaborating with Michelle Roberts to write the sustainable leadership section, chapter 2
As a primary teacher for over 35 years Debbie has experience within the education sector as a class teacher of EYFS–KS2 in over 30 primary schools and Special Schools at KS1-4. She has most recently tutored in Further Education and Higher Education as a FdA and BAAP lecturer for the Learning Institute (part of Worcester University).
Deborah is the chair of the "Natural Schooling" Research Interest Group (RIG), which meets termly to discuss outdoor learning and facilitate international networking opportunities set up as part of the Erasmus+ 'Natural Schooling improving pupil outcomes through curriculum innovation' project, which was led by Deborah. The handbook, project evaluation report, lesson plans and a training programme for those wishing to develop a Natural Schooling approach in their own settings, written by Deborah to support the project is freely available at https://naturalschooling.eu.
As a Wild Tribe trainer, Deborah delivers and supports the Wild Tribe Practitioner and Wild Tribe Leaders staff training.
She also delivers the Wild Tribe Explorers program, designed to enhance pupil health and well-being. This is one of a variety of programs for children as leaders that Deborah has written for Arena, including Wild Tribe Literacy Leader, Wild Tribe Maths Leader, Wild Tribe Rangers, Earth Tribe, and Wild Tribe First Aid Leaders, which supports the DfE's Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSE) requirements.
She is also a PE trainer for the ARENA Sports Partnership, where she develops and implements PE and maths programmes of study .
Deborah also collaborates with Ellie Jackson, author of the Wild Tribe Heroes series of books, writing the curriculum lesson plans for the series. These are freely available to download from the Wild Tribe Heroes website. https://wildtribeheroes.com/teaching-resources/
As an experienced OFQUAL First Aid assessor and trainer, Deborah delivers courses for QNUK and World Class Training, both aligned with the Institute for Outdoor Learning. This role has even provided the opportunity to deliver CPD first aid training to Santa's Elves and Rangers in Lapland!
If you are interested in Deborah Lambert providing training and support for your setting or event, use the 'contact us' form below.
Publications:
Waite, S. (2017), Children learning outside the classroom: from birth to eleven, Second edn, SAGE, Los Angeles. Chapter 15.
Lambert, D., Roberts, M. & Waite, S. (2020), The National Curriculum Outdoors, Bloomsbury Education, London (series of 5 books KS1, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6).
Morgan, A, Lambert, D., Roberts, M. & Waite, S. (2024), The Sustainability and Climate Change Curriculum Outdoors, Bloomsbury Education, London.
Lambert, D (2024) Nature Schooling, in Institute of Outdoor Learning, Horizons Issue 104 pp32-33
Lambert, D (2023) Erasmus+ Natural Schooling; using curriculum innovations to improve student outcomes project training programme for teachers. Available online (free download): https://naturalschooling.eu/natural-schooling-training-program/
Wild Tribe Heroes curriculum-linked planning for EYFS, Key Stge 1 and Key Stage 2 (free downloads). Available from https://wildtribeheroes.com/teaching-resources/
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