All Coronavirus articles
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News & IdeasField Studies Council’s chief executive urges the PM to allow residential school trips
The Field Studies Council’s (FSC) chief executive has written to the Prime Minister asking him to rethink school guidance for the autumn term and to consider allowing overnight residential trips.
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Interview
TV presenter Paul Rose on how lockdown has highlighted the importance of travel
In an exclusive interview with STO, the adventurer, who has presented various BBC documentaries, spoke about why now is the opportunity to rethink how children learn.
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Case Studies
Pupils overcome challenges for successful half-term ski trip
Matt Clayton, teacher and assistant vocational curriculum manager at Queen Ethelburga’s school in York speaks about his favourite trip over the last year - a ski trip to Sestriere which brought out the best of his pupils.
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Features
Academy trust chief on reconnecting pupils to outdoor learning, day trips & residentials
Wayne Norrie, chief executive of Greenwood Academies Trust, explains why they’re committed to giving the children access to outdoor learning and residential visits as soon as they can.
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News & Ideas
School travel sector urges Government to open up residential experiences
A number of providers and associations in the school travel sector have asked the Department for Education to allow residential trips to resume from the autumn term.
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News & Ideas
Free school sessions at RAF Museums in London & Shropshire from September
The RAF Museum is offering free sessions, with activities to meet social distancing guidelines, until January 2021.
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News & Ideas
Council for Learning Outside the Classroom releases guide to help teachers
The resource details ways in which teachers can continue to offer outdoor education, taking into consideration the risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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News & Ideas
Non-overnight school trips can resume from the autumn term
The government has confirmed that schools can resume non-overnight domestic educational visits from September.
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Features
Teacher Jon Clarke reflects on 12 months of school travel
Jon Clarke, shadow headteacher of Learning Away Champion School Walsall Academy, reflects on the last 12 months and how things have changed.
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Case Studies
How one school trip went virtual with videos, podcasts and even home cooking
Ian Mitchell, deputy headteacher of Kingswood House School in Surrey, talks about their pivot to a virtual school trip experience that included videos, podcasts, web links, Microsoft Teams… and even cooking.
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News & Ideas
Take part in our short survey and help us to help you
We’re asking readers to spare just a few minutes to complete our School Trips Learning Outside the Classroom survey.
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Features
Turning learning inside out and adjusting to a new normal
Anne Hunt, chief executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom on how schools and providers can adjust to a new normal.
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News & Ideas
How one teacher went from life-changing trips to making life-saving masks
Instead of heading off on a school trip of-a-lifetime to Vietnam, teacher Jacqui Hargreaves found herself designing and making protective visors to help in the fight against Covid-19.
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News & Ideas
Covid-19: advice for teachers getting ready for life beyond the classroom
The Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel has issued updated advice for teachers about planning and managing learning outside the classroom.
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News & Ideas
Schools asked to share Science Centre memories in campaign to save them from closing
Schools are being urged to get behind a campaign to support more than 40 of the UK’s Science Centres by sharing their photos and memories of visits.
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News & Ideas
Hardship fund should be available for schools that have had trips cancelled
A coalition of not-for-profit school residential and educational providers has said more needs to be done to ensure that outdoor learning isn’t forgotten about.
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News & Ideas
“We must continue engaging young people in the natural world” says Field Studies Council
The outdoor education charity welcomed the plans to increase the time people can now spend outside, saying it’s essential we get children out of their ‘home classrooms’.
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News & Ideas
Drusillas Park releases online education activities for KS1-3
While physical school visits aren’t possible at the moment, children can still learn plenty about animals and their environments with a range of free home education resources released by the zoo.
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Opinion
How we can build travel back up post-coronavirus
Nicola Astle from Rayburn Tours on the lessons we can learn from how children have adapted during the coronavirus pandemic.
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News & Ideas
Consortium wants greater support for schools and clarity for providers
The leading governing bodies and associations involved in the educational visits sector have joined together to ask for greater clarity and support for schools and educational visit providers during this time of uncertainty.
