Nature Explorer Award

Key Stage 2 Year 6

  • Two fully-prepared lessons to support delivery of the Award

  • Children complete a Nature Journal over 4-6 weeks

  • Cross-curricular links

  • Teacher training included

YCLA
Award

Award programme structure:

Two fully-resourced lessons for teachers to deliver

List of suggested activities 

The Programme culminates in a ceremony when children are presented with a certificate and badge

Children complete a nature journal over 4-6 weeks recording:

  • Encounters with local nature

  • Visits to green spaces

  • Personal investigations

  • Actions and reflections

By the end of the programme, our fully-fledged nature explorers will have learned that connecting to nature through their senses

Connecting to nature through their senses

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Caring for nature

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Experiencing gratitude

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Living  more in harmony  with nature

Nature Explorers Award

  • Activity journal

  • Hands on projects

  • Nature connection

The Bloom Workshop coupled with the Award Scheme was the best extra-curricular provision we have ever done! The workshop leaders were so adaptive and engaging. It was an amazing opportunity for young people  who so often struggle to access the academic curriculum, to learn through experience.

Year 7 SEND lead teacher

‘In our journals we’ve written about so many things we’ve seen, heard, touched, smelt and tasted. We’ve thought about how nature is all connected… This project has made topics in geography and science feel real and important…..We’ve learnt so much on this journey.

Year 6 pupils assembly presentation

Cost

We have funding for London Schools through the Conservation Foundation, with 50% and 100% subsidies available. Please complete the booking form or contact us for details.

You may book a taster session but the full benefit of being in nature is gained through a sustained programme of one session per term. Progression of knowledge and understanding is built into this programme for each year group.

Standard fees for non-maintained schools are £500 for a 2 hour workshop for up to 30 pupils led by two members of Bloom staff.

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We are supported by the Conservation Foundation.

View their website here

The Nature Explorers Award (YCLA) is Level One of the Young Conservation Leaders Award.

Find out more about the Young Conservation Leaders Award here