Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s 2016 Conference

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s 2016 conference will take place on Thursday 24th November at the Learning Hub at Birmingham Airport. This is an opportunity to keep up-to-date with the learning outside the classroom sector (LOtC), and meet others working in LOtC. There will be “inspirational speakers reflecting on topics relevant to LOtC, sharing their experience of implementing high…

RSPB needs …

RSPB is looking for “an enthusiastic team member with varied experience of managing the delivery of environmental education on multiple nature reserves or similar sites. You will also have experience of successfully delivering projects using volunteers.” S/he will be responsible for ensuring RSPB’s national Schools on Reserves provision is of a high quality that meets…

LEEF Update

Here are details of two LEEF summer activities … Joint LEEF/Bgen/BGCI Networking Day, Thursday 25 August, 10-3pm, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. LEEF’s annual joint networking event with Botanic Gardens Education network and Botanic Gardens and Conservation International will be held at Kew this year.  Activities will include an opportunity to tour behind the scenes of the alpine…

Learning at Westonbirt

Learning With Nature has just been awarded the licence to provide learning sessions for the Forestry Commission at Westonbirt Arboretum. As well as pre-school sessions built around favourite story books, and KS1 activities linked to the National Curriculum, they will also offer sessions for SEN children and self-led activities.  

STOP painting those tortoises!

The Guardian reports that wildlife officials in Florida have urged people not to illustrate the shells of a threatened tortoise species, after several animals were found daubed with paint. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released photos of gopher tortoises that were painted red and a shade of turquoise. The FWC said…