Children planting on a Groundwork Greater Nottingham project

Find out about H.O.P.I.N., a Groundwork Greater Nottingham project working with school children to find out about games of a the past, present, future and games from around the world.

How do we support children and schools?

Many of the schools we are already working with have told us that our activities have helped them to reach their aspirations for a healthy and happy school community, with improved achievements. We work with play schemes, Sure Start groups and Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. We believe that our inclusive and innovative approaches can deliver enduring benefits
for pupils, schools, staff and parents at all levels.

Services for schools

For more information about how Groundwork Greater Nottingham can assist your school, download our Education Services Booklet entitled "Every child matters".

We also offer a range of more in depth literature outlining our services to schools and how Groundwork Greater Notitngham can assist. These booklets can be downloaded using the following links:

		Learning activities on local allotment sites and visits to local natural areas	Download
		Citizenship and Alternative Curriculum activities with outdoor classrooms	Download
		Cultural and local history projects	Download
		Eco-Management & Audit Scheme	Download
		Education for sustainable development, becoming an Eco School, support in learning what can be done to tackle climate change with outdoor classrooms	Download
		Contribute to your extended school approach	Download
		Improving your school grounds, creating a learning garden, engaging your pupils with outdoor classrooms	Download
		Traditional and multi-cultural play activities, environmental play	Download

If you download these booklets from our site, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have this installed on your computer, you can download the Adobe Acrobat software from the Adobe website.

Look at our case studies to find out more about some of our projects involving children and schools.