Resources

Whether you’re looking for play ideas to do at home, outdoor lesson ideas for school, or guidance on making time outdoors part of every child’s day, you’ll find it here!

We’ll keep updating these resources. If you have lesson ideas you would like to share please use the form below, or why not post on Twitter or Facebook?

Use the tabs below to browse the resources, or use the search bar to find more specific material.

  • My Outdoor Classroom Nature Passport Pack – printable Nature Passport activity booklets for students; five detailed lesson plans linked to the curriculum; and, can even be used in conjunction with the free Nature Passport app (optional).
  • Australian Curriculum Lesson Plans – lesson plans designed to deliver the Australian curriculum in the outdoors.
  • NSW Curriculum Lesson Plans – lesson plans designed to deliver the NSW curriculum in the outdoors.
  • Ideas – nuggets of inspiration to spark ideas for what you can do on the day and all year round.
  • Outdoor Library – a core set of detailed books we’ve developed covering all aspects of how and why to get involved.
  • Materials – everything you need to tell parents, pupils and the community about your day.
  • Partner Activities – Tools and activities from Outdoor Classroom Day partner organisations.
My Outdoor Classroom Nature Passport PackAustralian Curriculum Lesson PlansNSW Curriculum Lesson PlansIdeasOutdoor LibraryMaterialsPartner Activities
Construct a Mini Cairn

The Construct a Mini Cairn activity is both art, physics and a mental work! It is loved by yoga teachers and children alike. For young children, it’s…

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    Thanks for joining the movement we can’t wait to see what you get up to on the day! Please share this with your colleagues and friends to help us make it possible for every child to get outdoors to learn and play every day 🙂 Check out the resources tabs for ideas for the day – and to make learning and play part of every day!

    Wohoo! Top marks for signing up!

    Thanks for joining the movement, we can’t wait to see what you get up to on the day! Please share this with your colleagues and friends to help us make it possible for every child to get outdoors to learn and play every day 🙂

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    Time to play is critical for every child – share your moments with us by tagging #OutdoorClassroomDay and make every day a day to learn and play outdoors!