Nature Connection – Practical activity ideas to embed in your practice
Some simple nature connection activities that can be built into your existing educational offer. Hear from WWT, Farms for City Children and Ernest Cook Trust.
Supporting SEND students – ensure your setting and activities are accessible and engaging
In this ‘top-tips’ session, multi-award-winning campaigner, Museum professional & SEND Mum Sam Bowen explained why engaging with SEND audiences is so important, not just for them but for education providers too.
Reducing your impact on the environment – operating sustainable practices
Christine Seaward, CEO & Centre Manager, from LOtC Quality Badge holder The Sustainability Centre talks about ways you can adapt to ensure you are creating a sustainable organisation and reducing the impact on the environment.
Effective risk management and minimising paperwork
Dave Scourfield, Educational Visits Adviser for Rochdale Borough Council, explores issues around duty of care and who is responsible for what. For example: what information might be useful to share with a school, and what a school should have in place before a visit in order to meet its employers’ requirements.
How to engage with schools to use your museum and heritage site
Experts from GEM (Group for Education in Museums) discussed the best ways to promote your educational offer to, and engage with schools and support them pre-visit, during and on their return to the classroom.
Current thinking in Education: how to support the curriculum across the year groups (Secondary)
Martin Campbell, Executive Principal of the Meridian Trust, talk about the ways in which providers of educational programmes might be able to adapt and tailor their practices to better support schools and help students achieve the desired learning outcomes.
Building relationships and communicating with schools
Wildfowl and Wetland Trust’s (WWT) Head of Learning and experts from Buzz Education – a professional educational marketing agency who are dedicated to supporting organisation with their communication – discuss ideas on how to engage with, build, and maintain relationships with schools.
Ensuring you are up-to-date with property compliance
LOtC Quality Badge holder Field Studies Council share how they ensure property compliance and give advice on things you should be doing to manage the health and safety of students and others visiting your premises.
OEAP National Guidance – what is it all about and how to use it
At this event, Graham Lodge and Dave Scourfield from the Outdoor Education Advisers Panel (OEAP) provide information about the OEAP National Guidance and how it can help you improve your offer to schools.
Learning from each other: How to support schools when planning a visit
This online session recording, primary and secondary school teachers: Catherine Floyd from Potters Gate Primary School and Gavin Dixon from Crosby High School offer insight and advice from a school’s perspective on how providers of educational programmes can support schools when they are planning their educational visits.
