National Education Nature Park - incoming...

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This is a cross-posting from another of my blogs.

It's been started in advance of the development of the new GCSE in Natural History which was announced over a year ago, and which will begin to share specifications and other advance material shortly, we presume, so that teachers who might want to start offering the specification are given the details they need, along with the publisher(s) who will be developing resources. Anthony Bennett and I are preparing some ideas to support teachers.

We also have a Facebook page which you are welcome to follow.

Visit the GCSE Natural History blog here - the first 35 posts are already up there, and you might find something of interest.

I've been following the development of the National Education Nature Park, and discovered a few weeks ago that I know someone who is one of the key people involved in delivering on the project, so hoping to get a little more involved as the project develops and moves into the later stages. 

The National Education Nature Park is part of a suite of activities which are aimed at delivering on the promises of the Government's plans to help fight climate change. This is the DfE's Sustainability Strategy.

There is also a Climate Action Award Scheme for schools.


And this video is helpful as an introduction to the key ideas.


Some key information:

The Natural History Museum are leading the delivery of these initiatives, in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society and supported by Royal Society (RS), Royal Geographical Society (RGS), Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), Learning Through Landscapes (LtL), UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) and the National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBNT). You can find out more information here: National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Awards Scheme | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk).

The National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Award will launch in the Autumn and education settings will be able to register to participate in May.

Another video:


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