Learning Outside the Classroom Awards

 Time’s running out – The Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Learning Outside the Classroom recognises individuals or teams who ensure that young people have inspiring learning experiences.  The Council for Learning Outside the classroom invites nominations in the following categories: LOtC Inspiring Educator LOtC Innovator LOtC Advocate Lifetime Contribution to LOtC The deadline is this Friday 21st July 2017.…

Wildlife Watch

Wildlife Watch is the junior branch of The Wildlife Trusts. It’s on a mission to put wildness into families, teenagers & children. Wildlife Watch runs two blogs. One is Benny the Blenny’s blog which is quite hard to say but which “explores life beneath the waves around Britain with Benny the Blenny”.  The most recent post was on Dad’s…

Monday round up – July 17 to 23

1. The GA Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group are conducting a survey to help determine how best to help teachers plan, deliver and develop fieldwork.  You can take part here.   The GA is publishing a guide for A level students that is structured around the enquiry cycle and includes a range of the qualitative…

Slimbridge activities

Slimbridge has announced a range of activities for children (and adults): Home Educators Summer   Thu 20 July 2017  View event details Dusty’s Wildlife Rangers  22 Jul 2017 – 3 Sep 2017  View event details Summer Movie Competition  22 Jul 2017 – 5 Sep 2017  View event details Bird Watch Morning  Sun 23 July 2017  View event details For the…

Wild Family Day Out

Circle of Life Rediscovery says: Does your school have an inset day on July 20th?   If so join a Family WILD DAY OUT!  Switch off your phones and bring your children to the forest to discover and explore a whole new WILD world!  You will learn about nature while having fun discovering the treasures of…

Bak in the lift agane – a cautionary tale

Today’s post is from Ben Balin, the chair of the West Midlands Sustainable Schools Network [@wmsussch ]. Somewhere among the chatter of these volatile past few weeks, I have started to pick out a familiar refrain that had been silent for some time.  It is twitching its nervous little nose like a hedgehog cautiously re-emerging from…

WorldWise Week

Thanks to the GA for alerting us to WorldWise Week (WWW), formerly known as Geography Awareness Week.  This provides teaching resources with activities for students at all key stages and abilities linked to the current theme.  The resources are for use either during the designated WWW (during the last week of June) or at any other…

CJS Focus

We regularly feature the work of the Countryside Jobs Service, although we don’t always explore the full range of what its website has to offer.  Today’s blog looks at the CJS library of feature articles previously published in CJS Focus.  These are articles written for CJS by a range of organisations and charities.  There is information…

Monday Round up – July 10th

1. Tony Juniper,  environmentalist, President of the Wildlife Trusts, author, advisor to business and governments, Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to conservation.  Tony’s latest book, the Ladybird Guide to Climate Change, is co-authored with the Prince of Wales and Dr Emily Shuckburgh, was published in…