More than 345,000 in 52 countries have already signed up to take part in Outdoor Classroom Day on 18 May - a record number of nurseries and schools. More than 150,000 UK children have signed up so far.
The initiative started in 2012 with only a handful of schools in London celebrating outdoor learning as part of a new campaign called Empty Classroom Day.
Now an annual event, the organisers say that the campaign is designed to raise awareness of the fact that spending time outdoors is not just good for health and wellbeing, but also has strong links to improved attention and concentration, increased productivity and learning, better behaviour, and more positive relationships between adults and children.
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