Features – Page 24
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Focus on: The Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum
The Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum in Rochdale aims to tell the story of firefighting in the Greater Manchester region and educate and promote fire safety.
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History and English at the Long Shop Museum
The Long Shop Museum offers a learning programme for Key Stage 2 pupils that focuses on the Industrial Revolution.
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History, travel and business for schools at Beamish museum
Beamish The Living Museum of the North will be expanding its attractions. STO looks at what will become available.
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Case study: Goldilocks on trial with the NCCL
Here’s what pupils from Manchester learnt when they put Goldilocks on trial as part of a courtroom workshop delivered by the National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (NCCL).
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Case study: World Travel, Kerala, India
Camping in tea plantations and travelling in packed buses were among the many experiences that greeted a group of London teenagers during a recent trip to India.
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Focus on: Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral’s education programme offers cathedral tours and workshops designed to complement curriculum studies in subjects including Religious Education (RE), as well as SMSC development (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural), an important criteria marked out by Ofsted.
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Learn in the same room as Shakespeare did
Rachel Bailey explains why she thinks Shakespeare’s Schoolroom & Guildhall is a great place for schools to visit.
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English and Drama in Alice in Wonder-Llandudno
STO finds out about Llandudno’s ties to the novel Alice in Wonderland and how these can support a Key Stage 2 school trip.
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5 places to study to Computing
Computers, computing and technology have become an integral part of modern day society and play a part in our everyday lives in many ways. It is now almost impossible to envisage a world without computers or the internet.
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A Q&A with the Mayflower’s head of creative learning
Rachel Bailey speaks to Sara Scott, the newly appointed head of creative learning at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.
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5 places to study Art
School Travel Organiser picks out five places where students can develop their creativity and enjoyment of Art.
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Learn in the home of Winnie the Pooh
STO focuses on Ashdown Forest, which was the original setting for AA Milne’s famous Winnie the Pooh children’s stories.
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Education on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
The Keighley and Worth Valley (KWV) Railway boasts what’s called ‘The Learning Coach’. Here’s what pupils can learn there.
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CLOtC 2016 conference speakers; who are they?
The 2016 Council for Learning Outside the Classroom conference takes place on 24th November 2016 at The Learning Hub at Birmingham Airport, and its speakers have now been announced.
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Top 9 educational spots in Iceland
The land of active volcanos, waterfalls, glaciers and a whole lot of snow can offer a lot to schools.
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Learning at The Lightbox
The Lightbox Gallery and Museum in Woking inspires creative learning in subjects including Design & Technology, Art & Design, History and English.
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A day at the dump: education at Carymoor landfill site
Rachel Bailey reports on why learning at a landfill site like Carymoor Environmental Education Centre has its perks.
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5 ways schools can celebrate and learn from Roald Dahl Day
STO has compiled a list of ways for schools to celebrate Roald Dahl Day.
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Itinerary idea: Maritime History at the SeaCity Museum
School Travel Organiser looks at one of the ways schools can spend a day at the SeaCity Museum in Southampton.
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Focus on: Poole’s Cavern and Country Park
Aneducational visit to Poole’s Cavern includes a cavern tour which fits in with Key Stages 1 and 2.