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Schools in UK Receive Over Half a Million Pounds to Become Supergrounds

10/11/2008

Learning through Landscapes, the national school grounds charity, today announced the names of 138 schools across the UK that will each be awarded £4,000 by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS). The awards from the RBS Supergrounds scheme will enable each school to create an improved outdoor area for education, play and learning, which the children will help to design. RBS Supergrounds has already transformed over 500 school grounds across the country since it was launched four years ago. The £6 million programme, developed by RBS, is managed by Learning through Landscapes with local support from environmental charity Groundwork.   In the four years, RBS Supergrounds has made learning more exciting, as 78% of the schools say their improved grounds have introduced new ways of teaching and 68% say children’s attitudes towards learning have improved.  82% of school children are also having more fun, and this has led to an increase in physical activity in 65% of the schools, helping to improve the children’s health and fitness.