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How to make better use of your outside spaces
Primary schools seem to have ‘got it’; they see that being outside and having daily contact with nature contributes to both the physical…
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3 Great trips for your science department
If you’re a veteran of departmental field trips with your pupils you’ll know that no matter how great your lesson plans, how inspiring…
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Residential trips on a budget
Learning Away began working with 60 primary, secondary and special schools in 2009, to demonstrate the benefits of high-quality residential…
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Meet the expert: advice on school trips
Q Every year, like many schools, we take our Year 9s on a tour of First World War Battlefields, as part of their 20th century history…
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Using mountains to teach maths
I’m going to put my cards on the table straight away: I am as passionate about learning in the outdoors as I am in helping pupils reach…
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Could you be an Educational Visits Coordinator?
I spent a recent Saturday morning partly listening to Radio 4. The guests included a science teacher who, as part of an extra-curricular…
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School trips – the risk management issue
‘‘Elf ‘n’ Safety’ is often perceived to be the nemesis of those working in learning outside the classroom (LOtC). Health and…
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An educational theme park trip? Absolutely!
I am fortunate enough to have an educational role with the unique backdrop of the rollercoasters and rides of THORPE PARK Resort. As you…
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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…