Natural Scotland Week 2026
Natural Scotland Week 2026
Join us to learn all about our amazing natural world and take action to look after it. This year we will be joined by the National Trust for Scotland and our Gaelic officer to look at the links between Gaelic, Scots and our natural heritage.
All lessons are curricular linked with follow up resources to take learning further.
As our Live Lessons are recorded and distributed online, cameras and microphones will be disabled for attendees. Due to this, our lessons require facilitation by educators within the classroom to ensure pupils can take part in our interactive activities.
Challenge for the week: Name a place for nature
This year we invite schools and nurseries from across the country to work together create more spaces for nature in Scotland. Find a space for nature, give it a name in Gaelic or Scots (or both!) and share it with us.
Only by working together can we have the biggest impact!
The prize draw part of this challenge has now closed, but you can still create your place for nature using the resource above.
Early Years - P3
Join story teller Allison Galbraith, who will be telling her interpretation of David Campbell's modern folk story of the origin of tartan, with some fantastic links to the natural world and a Gaelic song to join in with.
Take learning further by inviting pupils to design their own tartan inspired by the nature around them, and by taking part in our challenge to create a place for nature and give it a name in Scots and Gaelic.
We are grateful to Urban Fox for providing sponsorship for the story teller for this lesson.
Following the lesson, pupils are invited to take part in our name a place for nature challenge (see above for details) as well as our follow on resource:
Design your own nature inspired tartan: we invite pupils to investigate the natural colours of their local area and then design a tartan based on their findings Download Resource.
P4 - S2
Join Chris from the National Trust for Scotland, and our Gaelic officer Jonathan to explore the history of language in Scotland, discover the Gaelic and Scots names of some of our native species and think about how we can bring these languages back in the naming of our local nature.
After the lesson take part in our challenge to create a place for nature and give it a name in Scots and Gaelic, and investigate the naming of places in your local area.
Following the lesson, pupils are invited to take part in our name a place for nature challenge (see above for details) as well as our follow on resource:
Investigate local place names: we invite pupils to find out if any of their local place and natural feature names derive from Gaelic and / or Scots and then try to translate their findings between Gaelic, Scots and English Download Resource.
Assembly
Join us to revisit the learning from the week, take part in a quiz and find out who has won the prizes in our nature inspired challenge.
Live Lessons and Eco-Schools
Don't forget that taking part in any of our Live Lessons and the associated activities can be counted towards an Eco-Schools Scotland Green Flag Award.
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Related Lessons
Thigibh còmhla rinn airson leasan beò ann an Gàidhlig mu dheidhinn ar saoghal nàdarra iongantach.
Join us for a Live Lesson in Gaelic all about our amazing natural world.
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Thigibh còmhla rinn airson seachdain de Leasanan Beò inntinneach mu ar saoghal nàdarra iongantach.
Join us for a week of exciting Live Lessons all about our amazing natural world.
We welcomed Our Heritage, Our Future Project Officer Annie Rodgers to introduce a NEW Eco-Schools Heritage Topic
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