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.…
The latest edition of CJS Professional is now online, and you can read it in full here. CJS says that the big news stories this month include: badger disease control methods are back in the news [more to read here] a chance to brush up on your identification and field survey skills in September [more to…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
Kat Wooley Education Officer & Trainee Forest School Practitioner, Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust The county of Yorkshire is big: approximately 11,903 square kilometres (thanks Wikipedia) and has a population of just over 5 million. Yorkshire also has a wide and varied landscape, which is rather exciting for staff at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to…
The British Science Association website has a new look. The BSA, well known for its CREST awards. You can read about a recent celebration of school awards at Buckingham Palace. On Tuesday 27 June, students from three local schools were invited to the special, science-themed launch party at the Palace. They met the BSA’s new…
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…
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…