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British Motor Museum launches young artists competition
The competition will give young artists the chance to have their work displayed at the museum’s latest exhibition launching in April.
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Pupils meet animals and enjoy breakfast at Hatton Adventure World
The children, aged 5 - 6, were served a locally-sourced breakfast and handled guinea pigs, lizards and snakes.
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Schools can explore the impact of AI at Bletchley Park
The Age of AI is a new exhibition exploring the development of artificial intelligence and its impact on our lives, which can be included during a school visit to Bletchley Park.
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The Ernest Cook Trust increases its spending by 20%
Education charity, The Ernest Cook Trust has boosted its charitable spending by a fifth during the last financial year to £3.6 million, giving more opportunities for schools to access nature outside of the classroom. See if it could help your school.
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Free school activity days at the National Memorial Arboretum
A programme of free learning activity days for school visits, including a new summer programme and anniversary event, have been launched by the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
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Inspiring Learning Group placed into administration
The move has resulted in the Kingswood brand closing several residential centres, with three acquired by PGL Beyond and two by Halsbury Travel Group.
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New classroom opened at Weston Park to enhance education programme
The classroom has been built as part of plans to grow the Shropshire venue’s outdoor education programme.
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Monkey World: a better understanding and conservation in action
There is more to learning outside the classroom than just monkey-ing around! With over 250 primates, three play areas and 65 acres to explore, Monkey World is the perfect place for your next school visit.
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Heading under the waves on a trip to remember at SEA LIFE
Laura Hollywood, teacher at St Stephen’s CE Primary School, talks us through her pupils’ prize trip to London’s SEA LIFE centre.
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New research outlines the need for educational visits
A survey from outdoor education provider, The Outward Bound Trust, suggests that two-thirds of British adults felt childhood experiences outside the classroom equipped them better for what lay ahead when they left school.
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Rayburn Tours introduces netball festival for schools
School tour operator, Rayburn Tours has worked in partnership with Netball England to launch the Florida Netball Festival 2025, an initiative to get school teams out on a competitive residential to remember.
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Pupils discover Birmingham’s geography in special trip
Learners from Solihull School became some of the first to take part in a series of courses in Birmingham from the Field Studies Council looking at urban regeneration.
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Winchester Science Centre introduces audio description to exhibits
Discovery pens open the door for visitors with visual impairments or children who find big chunks of text hard to read.
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Win class tickets to Wicked with national writing competition
The annual writing competition run by the National Literacy Trust and Wicked Active Learning is inviting young writers (aged 9-14) to advocate for a change they want to see in their communities.
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Discover ancient Egypt with free school visits to Young V&A exhibition
Making Egypt at the Young V&A is the UK’s first child-centered exhibition around creativity in ancient Egypt.
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School Travel Awards: firm favourites and first-time winners recognised
There was a party atmosphere in London at this year’s School Travel Awards, as the class of 2024 were announced at the five-star lunch and ceremony at the Royal Lancester Hotel.
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National scheme to get pupils outside launches in Cumbria
The OWL Collaboration (Outdoor Week of Learning), created by UK educational charity The Ernest Cook Trust, has been extended to Cumbria for the first time, offering learners the chance to enjoy a residential in the countryside.
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Free classical concert tickets for secondary schools in Liverpool
Liverpool Philharmonic is offering over 1,200 free concert tickets to secondary school pupils where they will hear classical compositions by composers from Beethoven to Bernstein.
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The 2025 Learning Outside the Classroom Yearbook is out now
Packed with top tips, invaluable advice and teacher-led discussions, the latest edition of the Learning Outside the Classroom Yearbook is available in print and online for schools that want to organise effective and memorable educational visits.
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Connecting education, health and employment: LOtC supports students to thrive
The 2024 Council for Learning Outside the Classroom’s National Conference had a focus on supporting students to thrive.