News & Ideas Full Archive – Page 17
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Science Museum Group launches free online CPD sessions for teachers
The group, which includes the Science Museum in London and the National Railway Museum in York, has launched the free resources in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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DfE recognises “enormous benefits” of residentials amid hopes for Easter 2021 restart
The Department for Education has concluded its review into the guidance against overnight educational visits with a possibility of them resuming from Easter.
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KidZania London searching for ‘Ambassador Schools’ to help spread the word
KidZania London is on the hunt for three new Ambassador Schools to help support the attraction in its mission to offer the best educational experiences possible.
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Plans to introduce a GCSE in Natural History welcomed by TV presenters & charities
It would be one of the first new GCSEs to be introduced to UK schools since computer science back in 2014.
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Voyager School Travel unveils live online escape room for French studies
Language travel provider, Voyager School Travel, has launched a live language experience for students who missed out on their French trip due to Covid-19 - a virtual escape room game called Asteroid Alert.
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MPs urged to support #saveoutdoored campaign as the issue is raised in Parliament
Teachers, parents and people from across the outdoor education sector are being encouraged to ask their local MPs to help back the campaign to save the sector.
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British Pantomime Academy to take Cinderella & Aladdin shows into schools
The British Pantomime Academy is aiming to take its Cinderella and Aladdin shows on the road to schools this December, in a bid to give young people a “rewarding, fun and engaging experience”.
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Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust’s new sessions link to climate change & plastic pollution
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) will offer schools new sessions linking to climate change and plastic pollution at a variety of its centres across the UK for future visits.
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LEGOLAND® unveils its new Mythica world including the UK’s first ride of its kind
The new multi-million-pound land created by children, LEGO® MYTHICA: World of Mythical Creatures, will feature new rides at LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort, opening next spring.
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“Support our sector or face a lost generation of learners” says the Field Studies Council
The Field Studies Council (FSC) has said that thousands of students could become part of a lost generation of learners unless England and Wales follow Scotland’s lead in financially supporting outdoor learning centres.
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Video & pictures: #saveoutdoored campaign poster tours the UK
The #saveoutdoored campaign is being supported across the UK as centres come together to highlight the plight of the sector.
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Ocean Conservation Trust launches virtual lessons and tours of the National Marine Aquarium
The Ocean Conservation Trust, which runs the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, has released downloadable lessons and virtual tours, using the ocean as a hook for teachers to deliver all subjects of the curriculum.
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Kingswood activity centres to offer adventure days for schools
Kingswood is welcoming schools back to its residential centres for day trips, meaning pupils can still get all the benefits of an overnighter in one day.
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More support to save school trips & outdoor education as the DfE agrees to a review
Teachers, providers, TV personalities and MPs continue to add their voices to the campaigns to #SaveOurSchoolTrips and #saveoutdoored, and we banged the drum through our Oct / Nov edition.
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TV presenters Kate Humble & Paul Rose give their support to school visits
Adventurers Kate Humble and Paul Rose have given their support to school visits as a generation of young people risk missing out on experiences.
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Anglia Tours aims to bring history closer to home with new packages
Anglia Tours is offering a range of options to help support classroom-based teaching, taking pupils to range of historically significant places across the UK.
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Bore Place launches new session for secondary school starters
Bore Place in Kent, a 500-acre site which includes an organic dairy farm and market gardens, has created a new workshop which aims to help Year 7 pupils when beginning secondary school.
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Virtual Washington DC visits can be organised in time for the US election
As the US counts down to the general election on 3rd November, teachers can organise virtual trips to Washington DC, the home of American politics.
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Outdoor education sector urges Boris Johnson to “allow overnight school trips”
The UK Outdoors group is writing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to highlight the impact of the ongoing ban on overnight educational visits.
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Access to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity education programme expanded online
The Sky Champs’ Education Programme includes reading, writing and mathematical tasks, as well as three school assembly plans and is now available to more schools through an online learning management system.