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We believe that young people should have access to frequent, continuous and progressive experiences in the school grounds, educational visits further afield, and residentials, and that these experiences should be utilised as a tool for teaching, learning and delivering the curriculum.
This blog aims to support teaching and learning outside of the classroom.If you are interested in writing for us, please email Emily Carlill at emily.carlill@lotc.org.uk.
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Category Archives: Natural Environment
Wild at Recess!
Happy New Year to all our followers old and new! This week’s guest blog comes to us from the USA , thanks again to Steve Cooper for writing something light and lovely to start the new year. View Steve’s previous … Continue reading
A Miracle on 34th Street? The true meaning of learning in natural environments
This festive post comes to us from Sue Waite, Project lead for the Natural Connections Demonstration Project and Associate Professor (Reader), Plymouth Institute of Education Christmas is coming and the John Lewis advert has some of us dabbing tears from our eyes … Continue reading
Case Study -The benefits of camping with year 2 pupils
Thank you to Chris Loynes for Sharing this Case Study from Learning Away, an initiative of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. For more information, resources and case studies visit: http://learningaway.org.uk The benefits of camping with year 2 pupils The Bulwell EAZ … Continue reading
What did Ofsted ever do for us?
This week’s blog comes to us from Juno Hollyhock, Executive Director at Learning Through Landscapes. One of the repetitive messages that circulate within our sector is the refrain that says if Ofsted were more supportive of learning in the natural … Continue reading
A Special Place to Learn
This week’s blog comes to us all the way from down under, from Clarice Lisle, Year 4 coordinator at Ballarat and Queen’s Anglican Grammar School, Victoria, Australia. This is the story of a unique place-based learning program we have for our Year 4 … Continue reading
Anaesthetized by screen. Energized by green
This is the second post written for us by Dr Tonia Gray, for more about Tonia please see her last post here. At a recent School Principals’ Conference in Australia, a tweet went out: Students need technology to thrive, “home … Continue reading
Look! Look! Taking Tiny Ant Steps and Making Big Strides…
This week’s blog comes to us from Louise Graham, who works with collaborations of schools across North Devon as hub leader for the Naturally Healthy Devon Schools project. http://www.naturallearning.org.uk/NHDSP. Louise is a primary school teacher and forest school leader working near the … Continue reading
Vitamin N: The missing ingredient in the 21st Century Curriculum
This week’s blog comes to us from Dr Tonia Gray, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney, Australia. As a senior member in the Centre for Educational Research at UWS, Associate Professor Tonia Gray … Continue reading
Initial Teacher Training Findings from FACE – Building Confidence
This week’s blog article comes from Hannah Martin from Farming and Countryside Education What is the best way to help young people learn more about the natural environment? Who can share with them a love of food and farming? There … Continue reading
Building Teacher Confidence in Learning in the Natural Environment
This week’s article has come from Martin Northcott, Outdoor Education Manager at Plymouth City Council, the Plymouth Hub Leader for the Natural Connections Demonstration Project. To build confidence learning in the natural environment it’s important to have a clear aim. … Continue reading
