This is how Harriet Marshall begins her recent exploration of Teaching the SDGs – 17 Goals to Transform Our World and Our Classrooms Since their launch in September 2015, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been increasingly taken up by schools as both an educational theme and learning tool. A growing number of teachers around the…
The Global Learning Programme (GLP) says that it is building a national network of like-minded schools, committed to equipping their pupils to make a positive contribution to a globalised world by helping their teachers to deliver effective teaching and learning about development and global issues at Key Stages 2 and 3. It says that by…
1. NAEE has published its Annual Review for 2016 / 17. You will find it here. The review sets out key developments in the year, reflections on the context in which our work is carried out, and commentaries on the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Tbilisi conference. It also contains contributions from Mya-Rose Craig, David Fellows, Melissa Glackin,…
The Forest School Association, the UK’s professional body and voice for all things Forest School, has launched a scheme for recognising Forest School Providers who are following good Forest School practice. This is the FSA Recognised Forest School Provider scheme. The first successful applicants have been added to the publicly accessible map and database. Gareth Wyn…
Brilliant Birds, by Matthew Morgan & Suhel Ahmad, is a beautifully produced sequel to ‘British Wildlife’ by the same publisher. Stunning illustrations of birds from all over the world feature on colourful themed double page spreads. Birds are grouped according to the kinds of interesting facts which make them memorable to children – by colour:…
Todays post is from Ronald Rovers and is a cautionary tale about our habit of using resource stocks in our pursuit of the good life at a speed beyond natural replenishment. This is how it begins: “Suppose you eat a orange from a well known brand like Jaffa from Israel, you might expect there is nothing…
Everyone knows that education has a role to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and there is to be a St George’s House Consultation on the theme of Young People and the SDGs on 30 November / 1 December. The organisers say: We already know that a number of schools have programmes focusing on this, but if…
You can read all the latest Natural England newsletter here. Environmental education highlights include: The state of school residentials in England: 2017 A new study examining ‘the state of school residentials in England: 2017’ has been released by Learning Away. The study assesses the quantity and quality of residentials currently delivered in schools and is…
Laurence Ball writes … As someone who works in primary education, I often find myself walking a fine line between the creative and the coverage, the educational experience and the mastery. These outcomes often seem to be in opposition to one another. In our bids to meet government floor targets, the temptation to simply fill…
1. NAEE‘s Annual Review for 2016 / 17 has now been published and is available here. The Review sets out key developments in the year, reflections on the context in which our work is carried out, and commentaries on the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Tbilisi conference when so much was promised. It contains contributions from Mya-Rose…
The Parent Co website had a feature last summer by Jackie Semmens who describes herself as “a writer by nature and a mother by nurture”. Jackie writes about family, nature, and the experience of motherhood at ananchoredhope.com . Her article for Parent Co explores how to handle questions from young children about nature, and about why we…
Today’s post is c/o the BERA Blog. Its focus is the whys and why nots of taking primary pupils on a farm visit and is written by Leanne Mattu and Bethan Wood. It draws on research funded by the Mains of Loirston Charitable Trust into the use of farm visits for primary school pupils, and how…