All Residentials articles
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News & Ideas
“Down but not out” after Outdoor Education Bill vote
Martin Davidson, chief executive of The Outward Bound Trust, vowed to continue the mission to make outdoor residentials part of the curriculum after the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill was defeated by one vote.
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News & Ideas
New PGL programmes for Key Stage 2
PGL has launched two programmes under its REACH Framework to introduce young adventurers to new outdoor learning experiences.
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Features
How to evaluate residentials and use the results
Learning Away expert Peter Carne OBE, on how to evaluate the impact and success of residential trips.
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Features
SEND considerations to make when taking learning outside the classroom
Becky Baldwin, learning outside the classroom coordinator at Castle Manor Academy in Suffolk, explains the considerations needed to take students with SEND on educational visits.
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News & Ideas
Bristol pupils enjoy a week of adventure in Snowdonia
South West-based coach company, Bakers Dolphin took the party of 48 students, aged between 13 and 15, from three different city schools for a five-day Outward Bound experience in Aberdovey.
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Features
The benefits of banning phones from school trips
Teachers have shared the positive impact that a ‘technology-free’ residential had on their pupils at Land & Wave in Dorset.
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Video
Watch: Pakeman Primary School pupils interviewed about residential
This moving video features interviews with children at Pakeman Primary School in north London about the impact the experience had on them.
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News & Ideas
Cirencester Deer Park students experience first ever residential thanks to UKSA
Cirencester Deer Park School in Gloucestershire has seen some of its students experience their first ever residential as a result of funding from UKSA.
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News & Ideas
Schools can win a Farms for City Children residential in sustainability competition
Grow24 is a cross-curricular competition aimed at primary students which focuses on their connection with nature and sustainability.
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News & Ideas
Resilience-building fencing sessions to be rolled out across Kingswood sites
Outdoor education group, Inspiring Learning, has launched a new partnership with British Fencing to deliver fencing sessions across its 11 Kingswood sites which are designed specifically to build resilience among young people.
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Case Studies
A school’s experience of a Farms for City Children residential
Katie Campbell, year lead and class teacher at Kelvin Grove Primary School, London, describes the impact a residential with Farms for City Children had on pupils.
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Features
Field Studies Council: celebrating 80 years and 3.7 million student visits
The UK’s leading environmental education charity is celebrating its 80th anniversary having welcomed more than 3.7 million students through its doors.
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Column
Are classrooms the enemy? Outward Bound Trust CEO on the Let Us Out campaign
Chief executive of The Outward Bound Trust, Martin Davidson, on why they’ve launched the Let Us Out campaign for residentials.
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Sponsored
5 reasons for schools to visit the award-winning Conway Centres
With over 45 years of experience, the Conway Centres are experts in providing unique residential visits for schools across the UK.
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News & Ideas
PGL unveils Breakthrough Fund to support schools with residential costs
Outdoor adventure centre provider PGL will launch a Breakthrough Fund to give pupils the chance to benefit from residential outdoor learning trips, irrespective of their financial situation.
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Case Studies
How an Outward Bound Trust residential improved confidence
We hear from Hammersmith Academy about their transformative Key Stage 3 Outward Bound residential in the Lake District.
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News & Ideas
200 children summit mountains in call for curriculum changes
More than 200 young people joined the Protest in the Peaks calling for outdoor residentials to be made part of the school curriculum.
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Sponsored
University of Edinburgh campus offers pupils the perfect base to explore
Summer Stays at the University of Edinburgh offers a campus lifestyle to educational and sports groups seeking facilities to sleep, eat, learn and train.
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News & Ideas
Campaign to make outdoor residentials part of the curriculum
The educational charity has united with three politicians to make residential outdoor learning part of the curriculum across the UK.
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News & Ideas
Duke of Edinburgh celebrates outdoor learning at London residential centre
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visited Woodrow High House, one of two London Youth residential centres, to meet with local school children as part of his patronage of the charity and to celebrate the importance of learning outside the classroom.