All KS2 (Ages 7-11) articles – Page 26
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News & Ideas
Join the school tree planting project
If you’ve got a bit of time to kill over the Christmas holidays, apply for the school tree planting project, created by the Woodland Trust and the government.
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Features
Discovering the great outdoors at The Yorkshire Arboretum
Rachel Bailey spoke to The Yorkshire Arboretum’s education officer Kathryn Hardaker, who organises school visits for Primary school children.
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Features
Linking character education to learning outside the classroom
When thinking about personal development and character education we must not be blind to the world outside the classroom walls, writes Elaine Skates, chief executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom and STO columnist.
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Features
It’s not just Geography at Snowdonia National Park
Education officers from Snowdonia explain why the National Park’s environment is a great one for learning outside the classroom.
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Learning outside the classroom through social action and volunteering
LOtC advocates are keen for students of all ages to get involved in the #iwill campaign. Here’s how you can too.
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News & Ideas
Animal Kingdom exhibition ties in with History, Science and Photography
A collection of natural history images are brought to three-dimensional life in an exhibition showing at the Horniman Museum.
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Features
Cross curricular learning at the living laboratory
School Travel Organiser takes a look at the benefits of booking a visit to the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Wales.
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News & Ideas
Improving lives outside the classroom: conference dates announced
A conference on Raising Standards and Improving Lives Outside the Classroom will take place at The Haycock Hotel in Cambridgeshire on Friday 29th January.
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Features
Focus on: Classrooms in the Forest, Whinlatter
School Travel Organiser finds out why a classroom in the forest serves as a great place to learn.
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Features
Top tips for award winning learning outside the classroom
On 26th November the annual Awards for Outstanding Contribution to LOtC took place in Essex. Here are the tips from every nominee on how to get the most out of learning outside the classroom.
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Features
Focus on: Rippledown Outdoor Learning Centre
School Travel Organsier discovers more about Rippledown Outdoor Learning Centre and what it can offer pupils in KS 1-3.
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News & Ideas
Need For Speed: new Science show to open at the National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum will be offering a new show for schools to celebrate the Flying Scotsman restoration project.
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News & Ideas
Geffrye Museum to launch digital and World War learning sessions
In 2016, The Geffrye Museum will launch its new blended learning digital iPad sessions for Key Stage 2 and 3.
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Features
Focus on: Dudley Environment Zone
School Travel Organiser finds out more about the Ezone in Dudley, which offers skill development and independent learning opportunities for Early Years to Key Stage 4.
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Features
4 curriculum-linked school trips for Spring 2016
The YHA outlines four ideas for school trips in spring 2016, featuring Geography, History and Biology.
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Features
Case Study: St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall
Pupils from Marazion School discover everything St Michael’s Mount has to offer.
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Features
Case Study: Florida
Find out how pupils from Barry Island Primary School got on when they took a school trip to Florida.
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Features
Case study: Student businesses at Giles Brook Primary School
Year 6 students from Giles Brook Primary School in Milton Keynes have been given a six week homework task to set up and start their own businesses from £1 given to each of them from the school fund.