Outdoor Learning

Imagine a world in which the only concrete experience is literally a concrete experience – where people grow up in an urban environment…

Your next school trip could be the most impactful educational experience your students will take part in this term, but it’s easy to fall…

When our biology department undertook a Royal Society funded project to find out if being amongst nature affected pupils’ wellbeing, we…

I’m 16 and I live in Camden with my mum and dad; I come from a large family, where I’m the middle child of five. When I first started…

School trips… They can be expensive, not only for parents, but also for the school, due to the need to train staff, cover lessons and buy…

School visits to historical sites in the UK are becoming increasingly important to teachers like me who want to bring history lessons to…

Be honest now: when planning a school trip, do you consider whether the trip is ethical or sustainable? No? Don’t worry, you’re not…

Residentials are often the most memorable experience of students’ school days. Learning Away’s research has declared them as…

Primary schools seem to have ‘got it’; they see that being outside and having daily contact with nature contributes to both the physical…

If you’re a veteran of departmental field trips with your pupils you’ll know that no matter how great your lesson plans, how inspiring…

Learning Away began working with 60 primary, secondary and special schools in 2009, to demonstrate the benefits of high-quality residential…

Q Every year, like many schools, we take our Year 9s on a tour of First World War Battlefields, as part of their 20th century history…

I’m going to put my cards on the table straight away: I am as passionate about learning in the outdoors as I am in helping pupils reach…