Creative Partnerships: Creating purpose, permission and passion for outdoor learning in school ground

This review is based on evidence from four primary and first schools in north-east England, each of which has used the opportunities offered by Creative Partnerships to develop learning experiences in their school grounds. The motivations for initiating the work; the nature of learning; the use of the school environment and the relationships have been unique to each school, as have the physical, cognitive and affective outcomes. This publication explores the themes that have emerged across the case studies and illustrates them with evidence from each school. The review was conducted between March and July 2011, during the final Creative Partnerships funding period. The following schools participated in the project and we would like to thank them for their time and the openness with which they engaged with the review. Farne Primary School, Newcastle St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Stobhillgate First School, Northumberland Tweedmouth West First School, Northumberland The key criteria for inclusion of the four schools in this review was that they had each prioritised the development of learning in the school grounds through the Creative Partnership project. The schools were self-selected through positive responses to introductory requests for engagement. In each school the focus of the review was to understand how and why they had developed their work, what the learning experiences were for pupils and teachers, and what the valued outcomes were. We were interested in how the work related to the wider curriculum and how the key participants had been engaged. We also explored the issues that emerged as the work progressed.

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