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Outdoor learning – the benefits beyond KS2
Imagine a world in which the only concrete experience is literally a concrete experience – where people grow up in an urban environment…
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Try something different for your next school trip
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…
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How taking learning outside can impact student wellbeing – and outcomes
When our biology department undertook a Royal Society funded project to find out if being amongst nature affected pupils’ wellbeing, we…
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“I Should at Least Have a Go…”
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…
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Why school trips lead to better progress
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…
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Why it’s important to take students to historical sites
School visits to historical sites in the UK are becoming increasingly important to teachers like me who want to bring history lessons to…
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School trips and ethical tourism
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…
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5 reasons to say ‘yes’ to the next school residential
Residentials are often the most memorable experience of students’ school days. Learning Away’s research has declared them as…
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How to make better use of your outside spaces
Primary schools seem to have ‘got it’; they see that being outside and having daily contact with nature contributes to both the physical…
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3 Great trips for your science department
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…
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Residential trips on a budget
Learning Away began working with 60 primary, secondary and special schools in 2009, to demonstrate the benefits of high-quality residential…
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Meet the expert: advice on school trips
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…
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Using mountains to teach maths
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…