Do you want to enrich your school grounds but don't know where to start? The following pages outline support and some key offers to Essex schools from ECC and partners:
Schools grounds and Nature Recovery
Climate resilience and school grounds
We also encourage you to check the guide on Climate and Sustainability on Essex Schools Infolink if you haven't done so already
Why enrich your school grounds? Increasing green areas offers multiple benefits including:
- Support wellbeing and positive mental health through a greater personal connection to nature.
- Provide tree shade for students during hot summers, and areas to absorb excess rain water, increasingly important as our climate changes.
- Provide ‘alternative activities’ that benefit physical health whilst supporting engagement with outdoor ‘natural’ environments
- Support connections between gardening, growing and understanding where food comes from, which in turn, supports healthy-eating agendas.