Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Column
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ColumnBuilding connections outside of the classroom
Anne Hunt on how learning beyond the classroom creates crucial links with arts, nature, science, and heritage.
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ColumnLOtC Quality Badge: what it means and how it can help schools
Matilda Miles explains the benefits of the LOtC Quality Badge and how it helps teachers when choosing where to go on visits.
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ColumnReaching your full potential and celebrating success
Matilda Miles from the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom explains why the School Travel Awards are so beneficial and how schools can gain support to create outstanding learning opportunities.
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ColumnHow to get the most out of school visits to museums and galleries
Matilda Miles, from the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, explores what’s on offer at some of our museums and galleries, and how they can provide an engaging and inspiring environment.
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ColumnUsing local areas to create effective and memorable experiences
Emily Carlill from the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom explains how teachers can use their local area and the winter season to create effective and memorable experiences.
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ColumnBouncing back into the new school year
This is a time of year full of excitement, enthusiasm, perhaps a little bit of apprehension, but mainly of possibilities, shiny stationery and new starts. Trends for school trips are on the up - and there’s lots of help out there to make yours a success, says Emily Carlill from CLOtC.
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ColumnMaking the most of every opportunity
How local spaces can inspire students away from the desks, the importance of the School Travel Awards and updates you on how the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s latest project is going.
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ColumnSupporting students to blossom and flourish
After the winter hibernation, spring delivers the promise of bright new beginnings and an opportunity to embrace the outdoors, says CLOtC’s Emily Carlill.
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ColumnFuture outdoor experiences and new natural learning evidence
Anne Hunt, of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC), has her say on updated Government guidance and the need for children to reconnect with nature thanks to new evidence.
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ColumnRecognising champion schools and champion teachers
Kim Somerville, chief executive officer of CLOtC, on how you can embed learning outside the classroom across your whole school using an awards framework that gets your school the recognition it deserves.
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Column10 ways to make LOtC visits part of your every day
Kim Somerville, chief executive for the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC), shares some top tips to make sure your next school trip works for everyone, all of the time.
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ColumnWhat a difference a decade makes
Kim Somerville on 10 years of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.
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ColumnEmbracing every opportunity
Kim Somerville on some of the School Travel Awards finalists who embrace opportunities.