Are you a member of CLOtC? If you are, you’ll know that the recent members’ newsletter contained: curriculum updates to help you make what you do more effective ideas on fundraising information about resources and events to help you provide effective learning experiences. Examples included: There is a wealth of research, including Ofsted guidance, which demonstrates that learning outside…
Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods, will be the keynote speaker at a Montessori conference in London on March 12th 2016, and he may be staying on for a few more days for other presentations. We’ll keep you informed. We think that there a quite a few children in the woods these days, but we do…
If so, do you know Outdoor Families magazine? If not, you can sample the November edition here, and see what it has to offer.
Here’s a YouTube video made by the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust about what it does. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has 44 members of staff, supported by 478 volunteers and 13,953 members. Established in 1962, it manages 42 nature reserves across windows ultimate key Derbyshire, covering more than 688 hectares. It is part of a nationwide network of 47…
The Government has just made available a funding programme of £1.5 million to support the creation of pocket parks in deprived urban areas outside London. Communities are invited to submit applications, with the support of their local authority, for up to £10,000 capital and up to £5,000 resource (revenue) funding. The deadline is 5:00pm on Thursday 10…
Think Global is recruiting for two Programme Managers. At least one of them has to be a qualified teacher, but the other could have other relevant experience. Here’s the link to the information on their website. The closing date is Monday 30th November – in two weeks.
Ben Ballin, from Tide~ global learning, has contributed a post to the Cambridge Primary Review Blog. It’s titled From pessimism to hope: global learning and sustainability, and you can read it here. It begins: When the Cambridge Primary Review conducted its Community Soundings in 2007, it encountered a widespread sense of the world as a threatening place for children. The Review’s Final…
Wind power generated a record 140% of Denmark’s electricity needs one day this autumn. This enabled the country to export surplus energy to neighbours including Germany, Norway and Sweden. Data shows that Denmark generated 116% of its electricity needs from wind turbines, and that by 3am one Friday morning the figure had increased to 140%.…
The Economist has a readable article on the current El Niño which is already wreaking its chaos on the world’s weather systems and economies. There’s a great map which shows that where the losers are from all this – and where the winners are as well, as El Niño is a double-edged sword with rich…
Here is a list of professional development opportunities from Think Global up to March 2016. Click on the link for the details. 16 November 2015: Making sense of British Values (Salisbury) 19 November 2015: Moving from RRSA Level 1 to Level 2 (London) 19 November 2015: Climate Conference for Schools (London) 20 November 2015: Global Teachers Award Level 2…
The Ordnance Survey launches its 9th Geovation Challenge on Nov 25th and the team is on the lookout for bright ideas that can improve our relationship with water. The OS says: A water crisis that is fuelled by ever increasing challenges from the effects of climate change and phenomenally growing societies. A crisis of resilience and sustainability:…
Rocky Rex is a new science blog that’s aimed at non-experts. It mixes climate change with other things, to illustrate that climate science is mainstream. The picture on the right shows Rocky. Recent posts are about the atmosphere, greenhouse gases, earthquakes and volcanoes, ice ages and glaciers, hurricanes and tropical storms, the oceans, natural cycles, and up-to-date data on climate…