The Countryside and the National Curriculum: questions submitted by the Countryside Alliance Foundation, June 2009

Four questions were submitted to the omnibus about the importance placed on pupils learning about the countryside, the role of the countryside in cross-curricular learning, advice and resources for teachers for outdoor educational trips and barriers in taking pupils to the countryside. The findings from this series of questions have shown that the vast majority of teachers felt that it is important for pupils to learn about the countryside within the National Curriculum. However, just over half (55 per cent) of all respondents commented that teachers do not currently receive enough advice or resources to enable them to use outdoor educational trips to the countryside in cross-curricular learning. Most respondents felt that the countryside could play a greater role in cross-curricular learning in the future; however at present, there are a number of barriers which are preventing teachers from implementing such activities.

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