Cath Prisk, CEO of Outdoor People (https://outdoorpeople.org.uk/) and Global Partnerships Director for Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/), is a well respected thinker and advocate for children and the outdoors. She has led large scale programmes, campaigns and research, both in the UK and globally, based around outdoor play and learning. Her work has always supported children, schools and families and has helped governments, corporates and charities to meet their aims. 

In this episode, Martin and Cath discuss the importance of time spent outdoors for children's development. Cath discusses how schools can improve their students' play including how to maximise play areas with limited resources and space. Cath discusses the global growth of Outdoor Classroom Day and why celebrating the outdoors is more important now than ever. They also take a trip to the beach!

Other links mentioned in the podcast:

• Outdoor Play And Learning (OPAL) (https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/)
• Learning Through Landscapes (https://www.ltl.org.uk/)
• Teacher Tom's Blog - (http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/)

Find this episode's supplementary lesson plan here. (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/doorways-podcast.html)

Start your school's journey into sustainability:

• Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/)
  
• Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/)
  
• London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network)
  
• Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/)
  
• Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/)
  

This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)