YCLA
Award

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

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

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Caring for nature

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Experiencing gratitude

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Living  more in harmony  with nature

Nature Explorer 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

The Nature Explorer Award is Level 1 of the Young Conservation Leaders Award scheme (YCLA)

Find out more about the Young Conservation Leaders Award here