Outdoor Nature-Based Learning for Primary Schools
Discover the diversity of our planet through hands-on, nature-based learning with Forest School: KS2 Biomes & Habitats. This inspiring activity pack from The Muddy Puddle Teacher® helps teachers and Forest School leaders explore ecosystems, biodiversity and environmental responsibility through practical outdoor experiences.
Designed for KS2 learners, this resource transforms woodland areas, playgrounds and school grounds into immersive environments where children investigate how animals and plants survive in different habitats. Through exploration, building and creative play, pupils develop a deeper understanding of ecosystems while strengthening teamwork, curiosity and resilience.
🌍 What’s Inside the Pack
This Forest School resource includes a variety of engaging outdoor activities, including:
🔥 Fire Circle Learning
Children gather around a safe, supervised fire to share stories about different biomes around the world. Activities explore how humans and animals survive in extreme environments and include simple cooking tasks that link survival skills to environmental understanding.
🛠 Tool Skills and Craft
Pupils practise safe tool use while carving habitat markers, building shelters for clay animals and creating structures that represent natural ecosystems. These hands-on activities develop practical skills and encourage creative problem-solving.
🌿 Child-Led Exploration
Open-ended woodland activities allow children to design their own biome zones, build miniature habitats and role-play predator and prey relationships. These sessions promote imagination, collaboration and scientific thinking.
🌱 The Muddy Puddle Teacher® Outdoor Toolkit
Activities are designed to use simple, sustainable outdoor resources including:
🌈 Coloured ropes to map global biomes and create food webs
🎋 Bamboo canes for building shelters and ecosystem structures
🪵 Clay to model animals, plants and habitat features
🟢 Hoop method for sorting species and exploring food chains
🔺 Cones, chalk pens and loose parts for investigation stations
These resources help teachers turn outdoor spaces into interactive learning environments that support curiosity and exploration.
⭐ Why Teachers Love This Pack
✔ Encourages curiosity about the natural world
✔ Builds teamwork, creativity and resilience
✔ Supports science and geography learning through play
✔ Reduces planning time with ready-to-use Forest School ideas
✔ Engages learners who thrive through hands-on outdoor experiences
✔ Perfect for woodland areas, school grounds and outdoor classrooms
👩🏫 Perfect For
Forest School leaders
KS2 primary teachers
Outdoor learning coordinators
Schools exploring Biomes & Habitats topics
Nature-based and environmental education programmes
🌿 Explore the World’s Ecosystems Through Forest School
With Forest School: KS2 Biomes & Habitats, children investigate the connections between animals, plants and environments through immersive outdoor learning. By building, experimenting and discovering in nature, pupils develop both scientific understanding and a deeper respect for the world around them.
Because sometimes the best way to learn about the planet…
is to explore it in the forest.
