What's New? – Page 15
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News & IdeasNational Gallery displays children’s versions of Vernet painting
Pupils from 40 primary schools across the UK took part in the annual Take One Picture exhibition, taking inspiration from Claude-Joseph Vernet’s A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas.
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News & IdeasWicked Writers competition: children’s essays about what matters to them
The winners of the 2023 Wicked Writers: Be The Change writing competition, have been announced.
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News & IdeasIn pictures: 14 English Heritage attractions which are great for educational visits
Discover a broad range of historical periods across these 14 sites, ranging from the Romans and Tudors, to the Saxons and Victorians. You can use the arrows to the right and left of the image gallery above to scroll through the pictures, and expand the gallery by clicking ...
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News & IdeasRoyal Albert Hall’s Future Makers concert returns for schools
Teachers are being invited by London’s Royal Albert Hall to book a visit to see Future Makers this autumn, designed especially for educational visits.
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ColumnWays schools can reduce their environmental impact when travelling
Jake Wiid, senior adviser at EVOLVE Advice, on considerations for schools looking for a more sustainable approach
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SponsoredConway Centres: Adventure awaits at four sites across Cheshire and North Wales
With four centres across North Wales and Cheshire, we look at why schools choose Conway Centres for making life-long memories with their pupils.
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FeaturesYoung V&A: an extraordinary place for imagination, play and design
We went along to the official preview of Young V&A in London, the UK’s first national museum created with and for young people, to find out more about what schools can get out of a visit.
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FeaturesThe results: School Trips & Learning Outside the Classroom Survey 2023
Knowing more about our readers and online audience can only be a good thing. So, to help us create the best content and to uncover trends and views of interest to schools and providers, we asked readers to complete a new survey.
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News & IdeasMBE awarded to School Travel Organiser CEO Graham Yandell
Chief executive of Yandell Media Group, Graham Yandell, has been awarded an MBE in the first King’s Birthday Honours List.
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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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FeaturesFlanders Fields: visiting Belgium’s landscapes that are changed forever
STO’s editor Keeley Rodgers heads to Flanders in Belgium to find out what’s new for school groups.
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News & IdeasEnglish Heritage’s Richborough Roman Fort open for school visits
A reconstructed Roman gateway and rampart providing panoramic views across Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre in Kent has been opened by English Heritage and offers educational visits.
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School Travel AwardsSchool Travel Awards 2023 social media highlights
We’ve been inundated with pictures, reactions and comments following the 2023 School Travel Awards ceremony in London. Here’s some of our favourites and you can find more by searching for #SchoolTravelAwards on social media.
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Case StudiesPupil’s experience of a ‘whirlwind’ school trip to Paris
11-year-old Austin Albanese-Gill from Hills Academy, Bedford, shares his highlights of a recent school trip to Paris.
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School Travel AwardsSchool Travel Awards 2023: inspiring winners honoured at ceremony
The best attractions, providers and experiences for school trips were revealed during the 2023 School Travel Awards ceremony in London.
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News & IdeasBletchley Park’s new learning centre to support STEM studies
A state-of-the-art learning centre is now available for school groups after a £13m redevelopment of Block E at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire.
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News & IdeasRAF Museum’s KS2 Dambuster activity packs for Bomber Command display
The team have produced the History, Science and Maths activity pack for Key Stage 2 pupils to be used before, during and after a visit to the RAF Museum London.
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School Travel AwardsSchool Travel Awards Partners on why they love supporting educational visits
We asked our valued 2023 School Travel Awards Partners what they love most about working with schools and the benefits of an adventure away from the classroom. Here’s what they told us.
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News & IdeasFree teacher taster visits to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is providing free taster visits for teachers for the first time to help them pre-plan their educational visits to the heritage railway.
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ColumnLearning Outside the Classroom: why it should be a professional qualification
Professor Mick Waters, former director of the Curriculum at the QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority), explores how a qualification for learning outside the classroom could work.