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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: School Grounds
Taking learning outside the classroom
Blog post written by YPO. Compared to 50 years ago, children are spending less and less time outdoors, even more so after the events of the past six months and the developments in technology over the years – in fact, … Continue reading
The space to learn
Responding to the impact Covid-19 has had on learning and meeting guidelines around physical distancing is requiring schools to be innovative in how they deliver the curriculum and support pupil health and wellbeing, writes Justine Lee from the Council for … Continue reading
Posted in Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, Learning Outside the Classroom, School Grounds
Tagged Covid-19, Heart of England Forest, Kendall C of E Primary School, Learning Beyond the Classroom, Learning Outside, Local Spaces, Outdoor Learning, Outdoor Lessons, School Grounds, The Garden Classroom
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How to deliver food growing programmes in schools…and make them sustainable.
Blog post written by: Mike Edmondstone, Schools Communications Officer for the Edible Playgrounds programme from charity Trees for Cities. At the risk of hubris, I think it’s safe to say most readers of this blog are already well versed in … Continue reading
9 ways to take your maths lessons outside
Blog post written by: Adam Harvey, Primary School Teacher in Guernsey and developer of resource website: http://www.educateoutside.com. Maths is a great lesson to take outdoors with endless possibilities for teaching many different subject areas. I first started taking my lessons … Continue reading
Posted in Learning Outside the Classroom, Maths, School Grounds
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My Five Years Learning Outside the Classroom at The Park Primary School, Bristol
Blog post written by: Kirstin Whitney, Primary School Teacher in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire on the outskirts of Bristol. She has taught ‘Outdoor Learning’ for the past 5 years across all ages and developed the school grounds to accommodate the outdoor … Continue reading
Could gardening help the mental health of school children?
Blog post written by: Mike Edmondstone, Schools Communications Officer for the Edible Playgrounds programme from charity Trees for Cities. Philip Hammond’s budget announcement in late October about a £2bn real-term increase in mental health funding will surely be welcomed by … Continue reading
Case Study- Natural Connections at Torpoint Community College
John Golding from Torpoint Community College explains his experience of being involved with the Natural Connections Demonstration Project, and how he has developed outdoor learning at the school. At Torpoint Community College we got involved in the Natural Connections Demonstration … Continue reading
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The Noise of Exciting Learning
This week’s article has been carefully compiled for us by Robert Williams, Outdoor Education Adviser, Buckinghamshire County Council. rwilliams@buckscc.gov.uk based on an original article for IOL’s Horizons Magazine written by David Crossland. David has worked in outdoor adventure learning as a teacher, lecturer, … Continue reading
Going Wild at the ASE Conference
On 9th January Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield, authors of the Going Wild books were invited to give the key note Margaret Collis Lecture at the ASE Conference, which they saw as a wonderful opportunity to speak to an audience … Continue reading
Learning Outside the Classroom 