This guide offers UK primary educators practical strategies and resources to integrate the five pathways to nature connection—sensory engagement, beauty appreciation, compassion, emotional literacy, and meaning-making—into inclusive outdoor learning, enhancing student wellbeing and engagement.

Integrate the five pathways to nature connection in primary education to boost wellbeing, behavior, inclusion, social-emotional skills, and environmental literacy using accessible resources and training.

Integrating nature’s beauty into the UK primary curriculum enhances learning, wellbeing, inclusion, and eco-literacy through outdoor resources, SEND-friendly lessons, and a whole-school nature-connected approach.