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Learning beyond their comfort zone
Never work with kids and animals, the saying goes. Yet several years ago, as a newly qualified secondary school teacher, I somehow found…
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Easy ways to take learning outside
Countless studies have examined outdoor learning and the benefits of taking education out of the classroom. It can develop essential…
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How to keep your outdoors learning inclusive
Learning outside the classroom opportunities such as educational visits, residentials and trips overseas can have a transformational impact…
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Sound advice on school trips
Q I have recently taken a senior leadership role at a small, coastal academy school. For as long as most staff here can remember, it has…
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The value of school trips
The ITV documentary School Swap: the Class Divide, aired during the summer holidays, featured a comprehensive head teacher and three pupils…
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What does a brilliant outside building look like?
There is a distinct shift in the wind when it comes to the explicit views of Ofsted and the benefits to schools of learning outside. Only a…
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Running a successful residential school trip
What if you could achieve breakthroughs in learner engagement, progress and attainment, and teacher-student relationships, while also…
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Make your playground a rich learning environment
For most early years and primary children, outdoor play is a regular and significant part of the school day. Early years staff understand…
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Learning Outside The Classroom – Across The Curricul
Teaching and learning in the outdoors is fairly well explored and documented throughout the primary and early years curriculum. At that…
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Why outside play matters at KS3 and 4
Learning through play is strongly associated with the early years, but seems to get lost after Key Stage one, let alone by the time children…
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Creating extra classroooms
In the US, 34 of the 50 states play host to a new form of schools known as ‘Virtual Schools’. They have no classrooms or playgrounds…
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Play equipment beyond KS2
Mention the concept of ‘playing’ to anyone over the age of about eight and you’re likely to be faced with a look of aggrieved…
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Opening doors through educational trips
With finances tight, the demands of the curriculum pressing and league tables an ever-present menace, it can take an Herculean effort to…