The Virtual Nature School (VNS) is a non-profit programme created in response to the needs of children and families during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The programme was set up during the first lockdown in March 2020 to provide home learning support for non-keyworker families, and initially funded by not-for-profit organisation Living Classrooms.
VNS is led by Claire Warden, manager of Auchlone Nursery and the creator of Living Classrooms and Mind Stretchers Academy.
Dr Warden said, ‘Covid hit, and it was really hard, because children were used to being outside, but were trapped inside. We needed a solution.’
Online sessions featured learning provocations presented via video to support and encourage families to carry out outdoor play-based tasks, and then evaluate learning.
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