This guide offers practical, inclusive strategies for primary teachers to integrate nature-connected learning via five sensory pathways, boosting pupil wellbeing, eco-literacy, and engagement, including SEND support.

Connecting nature in primary classrooms boosts pupils' emotional intelligence, wellbeing, and engagement through outdoor learning, sensory activities, and inclusive, compassionate teaching strategies.

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.

Seven nature-connected teaching strategies—sensory activities, compassion-based education, emotional engagement, outdoor learning, PSHE nature projects, trauma-informed practices, and inclusive resources—boost pupil engagement and wellbeing. Implementing these via CPD and a whole-school approach fosters curiosity, empathy, emotional literacy, and mental health, enriching learning for all students.

Nature-connected learning enhances children's emotional wellbeing, curiosity, and engagement through outdoor experiences, sensory activities, compassion, and accessible resources, enriching education and pupil wellbeing.