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Create an outdoor classroom

Not sure how to get students learning in the outdoors? These resources will inspire you, and help you plan a range of outdoor classroom activities aligned to the Australian Curriculum. Books, lesson ideas and printable materials will help you communicate about you 'Outdoor Classroom Day'.

Structure and features

For teachers

Individual lesson plans and resources sheets are sourced from a broad range of experts and organisations, and designed to deliver the Australian curriculum. Complete lesson plans are mapped from R-6 learning areas, with level descriptions and content descriptors. Use the tabs to browse the resources, or use the search bar to find specific health material.

The following lessons are related to the Personal, Social and Community Health strand of the Australian Curriculum:

  • teacher resource: exploring play spaces
  • teacher resource: the value of play
  • year 5 health
  • sponge bulls-eye: lower primary
  • sponge bulls-eye: upper primary.

 

Teacher notes

Strand

  • personal, social and community health.

Focus areas

  • active play and minor games
  • lifelong physical activity.

Cross curriculum links

  • Maths
  • English
  • HASS
  • Science
  • The arts.