National Education Nature Park
June 2026
Here are the latest updates from the National Education Nature Park team.
Nature Discovery Week
What’s living and growing on your school grounds? Nature Discovery Week (Monday 29 June – Friday 3 July 2026) is the perfect opportunity to find out together! Head outside with your class and explore with one or more of the National Education Nature Park’s nature surveys and be part of something bigger.
Does planting wildflowers attract pollinators?
Check out the latest blog where the Nature Park Community Science team explores the evidence to see how planting wildflowers can attract pollinators, even in the smallest of spaces!
Bringing nature into small spaces at a city school
Read how Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School in Cornwall has transformed its concrete and tarmac school yard into a thriving environment for nature and child-led learning.
Changing grey to green educator guidance
You might be making changes on your site this term, and our educator guidance walks you through the process. There are six key options for transforming your site: creating a pond, planting grassland, growing flowers and fruit, adding trees, building a green wall and capturing rainwater. See how to get started and create these habitats on your site.