School INSET and staff Professional Development
Flexible training tailored to your needs
Author Deborah Lambert provides flexible and creative outdoor professional development for teachers and schools, working with the DfE Teachers' Professional Development Standards to promote effective teaching and learning outdoors.
School staff training sessions can range from a 30-minute webinar, a one-hour staff meeting, 2-3 hour twilight session or whole day; a one-off or a series of sessions as part of a sustained, coherent programme of structured in-school activities, supporting you and your colleagues to embed outdoor learning approaches and deliver creative and memorable learning activities across the whole school.
Each session provides you with ideas, knowledge and skills to more confidently deliver creative outdoor learning in your own setting,
Now also available online as a practical interactive workshop session.
Training includes an exclusive 25% discount code for your school to use to purchase National Curriculum Outdoors books from Bloomsbury Education. Contact us using the form below to find out more!
Cornwall: Taking the Curriculum Outdoors CPD day
You are invited to a Taking the Curriculum Outdoors CPD day.
This whole day* practical training day will be based on the ideas in Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors series of books and delivered by co-author Deborah Lambert. Explore a range of simple and effective practical activities in a series of practical sessions for English, maths, art and design, Geography, RE / PHSE demonstrating how to make the most of your outdoor areas. Included is an exclusive Bloomsbury author 30% discount code for National Curriculum Outdoors books - a saving of £45 on a full set of the books. The books will also be available to purchase on the day. Sports Premium can be used to fund the course and the purchase of the books.
- Venue: Higher Wheal Martn, St Austell, Cornwall.
- Dates: 21st May, 14th June, and 2nd July.
- Cost £85 per person.
Numbers are limited to ensure maximum participation, with strict Covid measures in place.
* Half day also available.
To book your place or to find out more, use the 'contact us' link below:
Taking Art Outdoors
A practical workshop to inspire KS2 teachers to deliver art in the outdoors based on the Y3 - 6 books from the award winning 'National Curriculum Outdoors' series and delivered by Deborah Lambert, the writer of the units who, incidently, comes from a family of artists and for whom Art was the focus of her teaching degree!
Explore the progression in knowledge and skill from Y3, 4, 5 to 6 and take the time to immerse yourself in practical art activities.
A practical KS 1 workshop is also available.
A 1.5 hour staff meeting or 3-hour twilight session.
Cost guide: 1.5 hours staff meeting from £80.00*
* in Cornwall and Devon. For other geographical areas additional charges apply or ask about our online staff meeting training.
Book your training using the contact us form below.
Contact us using the form below to find out more!
Taking Maths Outdoors
Have you enjoyed the use of Raccoon Circles in the National Curriculum Outdoors series of books?
This training, delivered by Deborah Lambert, writer of the maths units, demonstrates how the majority of the KS 1 & 2 maths objectives (and EYFS ELGs) can be covered with only a length of tubular webbing and natural materials or features of your setting.
This practical and interactive training session includes a set of Deborah's 'Taking Maths Outdoors' booklets showcased in the KS2 National Curriculum Outdoors series.
Choose the duration, from a 1.5 hour staff meeting to a whole day.
Cost guide: 1.5 hours staff meeting from £110.00*
* in Cornwall and Devon . For other geographical areas additional charges apply.
Book your training using the contact us form below.
Contact us using the form below to find out more!
Taking Literacy Outdoors
Have you enjoyed the English and cross curricular English activities and challenges in the National Curriculum Outdoors series of books?
This whole school training, with a Literacy focus, introduces you to techniques and activities that promote speaking and listening, problem-solving skills and collaborative learning, explores ways to promote debate, discussion, explanation and narration, with focus on building vocabulary and effective communication skills.
Examine your own setting with new eyes for subtle or radical adaptations and innovations using what you have to create writing spaces, whilst considering how to overcome barriers such as access, sustainability, organisation and space use.
Choose the duration, from a 1.5 hour staff meeting to a whole day.
Cost guide: 1.5 hour staff meeting from £80.00*
* in Cornwall and Devon. For other geographical areas additional charges apply.
Book your training using the contact us form below.
Taking Religious Education Outdoors
Did you know that the National Curriculum Outdoors series of books also includes units for Religious Education?
This practical workshop training, delivered by Deborah Lambert, writer of the RE units aims to inspire KS2 teachers to deliver RE in the outdoors based on the award winning Y3 - 6 'National Curriculum Outdoors' books introducing you to techniques and activities that promote speaking and listening, exploring ways to promote debate, learning about a range of religions, expressing ideas about the nature, significance and impact of religions and exploring the skills needed to engage with religions. reflecting the non-statutory aims of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales (REC), ‘A curriculum framework for religious education in England’ (2013)
A practical KS 1 workshop is also available.
Choose the duration, from a 1.5 hour staff meeting to a 3-hour twilight or half day.
Cost guide: 1.5 hour staff meeting from £80.00*
* in Cornwall and Devon. For other geographical areas additional charges apply.
Book your training using the contact us form below.
Taking the Curriculum Outdoors CPD day
A whole day, whole school 'Taking the National Curriculum Outdoors' training day in your own setting in the areas of Cornwall*, Devon*, Somerset, Dorset, South London, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, Hampshire and West Essex, based on the ideas in the National Curriculum Outdoors series of books, with one trainer** per group of 10 - 12 people to ensure maximum participation.
Tailored to your requirements, a day could include a range of simple and effective practical activities in a series of 45 minute sessions for English, maths, art and design, music, RE and history - or a variety of subjects of your own choosing - in your own setting, demonstrating how to remove barriers to outdoor learning to make the most of your outdoor areas,
Training includes an exclusive author discount code for your school to use to purchase National Curriculum Outdoors books from Bloomsbury Education.
Cost: full day: from £890 per setting
Cost: twilight / half day: from £425 per setting
* For schools in Devon and Cornwall:
price includes a set of Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors books
** for groups larger than 12 additional charges may apply.
Contact us for more information using the form below!
'Taking the National Curriculum Outdoors' online
These practical online webinar workshops led by Deborah Lambert co-author of Bloomsbury's National Curriculum Outdoors series of books, provide you with knowledge, ideas and confidence to take the curriculum outdoors.
The workshops range from a 30-minute webinar for those in a hurry, to a 3-hour CPD training session* with supporting resources arriving not only in your inbox but in your letterbox too!
These innovative workshops introduce practical activity ideas (and the theory underpinning them) to try out in your own space or setting using simple and readily available resources. with sample lesson plans, selection of practical activities to try out, a Y1-Y6 whole school curriculum map for outdoor learning based on the National Curriculum Outdoors series of books, the opportunity to share experiences with other practitioners and an exclusive author discount to purchase your own copies from Bloomsbury.
Cost: from £25 per delegate
Book your training using the contact us form below.
* this CPD training can be also delivered as two 1.5 hour staff meetings, or series of online session to support specific age groups, subjects. or areas of need.
Flexible Training
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Just get in touch to see how our flexible approach to training and support can help you develop creative use of your school setting in the way you need.
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Flexible outdoor learning training from Deborah Lambert, co-author of Bloomsbury's award winning series of books 'National Curriculum Outdoors; a complete scheme of work'