Whatever the weather NN014 / C17
Summary
This course is designed to alert teachers to the potential for reinforcing children’s learning through outdoor experiences in an environment that is richly resourced with materials that can be adapted or used in different ways.
Participants will have opportunities to experience the unique characteristics and features of outdoor learning, highlighting the positive impact on children’s well-being and development as well as the capacity for enhanced science learning.
The outdoor sessions will enhance personal encounters with nature which will suggest greater possibilities in the curriculum with the understanding that learning in the outdoors complements indoor learning and is equally important.
Research has shown that using the outdoor environment can enhance science learning since the encounter with nature becomes holistic, where knowledge and experience interact with all the senses. (Jordet, 2007; O’Brian and Murray 2007).
Outcomes
You will be able to:
- Be introduced to a diverse set of outdoor activities designed to support science learning outside the classroom
- Become aware of a range of approaches to integrating outdoor learning with the curriculum
- Experience methods which will encourage their pupils to use their senses and be physically active in their learning
- Encouraged to expose their pupils to first hand contact with weather, seasons and the natural world
Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whatever the weather - day1 | 23 November 2017 | 09:00-16:00 | National Operator |
| Whatever the weather - day 2 | 24 November 2017 | 09:00-16:00 | National Operator |
| Whatever the weather - day 3 | 09 March 2018 | 09:00-16:00 | National Operator |
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Cost
* Your school or college will receive the subsidy on successful completion of the CPD and impact toolkit. Find out more. | ||
|---|---|---|
| State-funded school or college | Activity fee£50.00 +VAT | Subsidy available*£420.00 |
| Fee-paying school or college (independent) | Activity fee£50.00 +VAT |
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