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Thursday 1st November 2018: Outdoor Classroom Day
Posted: Thursday, 11 October 2018 - 12:04pm
Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign that sets out to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning and play. In 2017, over 2 million children in schools all around the world took part by having lessons outdoors and prioritising playtime.
£1.6 Million Heritage Schools Programme Will Benefit 120,000 Pupils
Posted: Wednesday, 3 October 2018 - 11:55am
The Department of Education has invested £1.6 million into Historic England’s Heritage Schools Programme, meaning the scheme will be able to continue for another two years.
Heritage Schools has already enabled half a million children to take part in range of exciting projects and activities including creating local heritage films, community exhibitions and some have even campaigned to have their local war memorial included on the National Heritage List for England.
Nine-year-old Girl Sneaks onto School Trip to Wales
Posted: Thursday, 27 September 2018 - 8:54am
Nine-year-old L’evea Aitchinson, who is a Year 5 pupil at New Moston Primary School in Manchester, managed to sneak onto a school trip and make it almost half way to north Wales before teachers noticed that she was there.
L’evea changed out of her uniform into her own clothes, which she had hidden in her school bag, and joined her classmates on the coach for the school’s two- night trip to Kingswood residential centre in Mold. It wasn’t until the party were on the M56 to Cheshire that the teachers back at the school realised that L’evea was missing.
Teachers and Parents Warned to Check School Trips are ATOL Protected
Posted: Tuesday, 18 September 2018 - 3:00pm
Schools have been urged to book ATOL-protected trips to avoid parents being left out of pocket if their travel company fails.
The Civil Aviation Authority are encouraging teachers and parents to check that any upcoming school trips involving air travel are fully covered under the ATOL scheme.
This new advice has stemmed from a situation arising earlier this year that involved parents being left with bills of £750 per child after their school’s chosen tour provider collapsed and did not have ATOL-protection.
Voting Now Open for the Awards for Outstanding Contribution to LOtC 2018
Posted: Monday, 10 September 2018 - 4:03pm
The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom have announced that the voting is now open for the annual Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Learning Outside the Classroom 2018.
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British schoolgirl assaulted on school trip to Iceland
A viral video shows a black girl being assaulted by a white woman in a corridor.
Police in Iceland are investigating after a British schoolgirl was slapped and chased by a tour guide in a hotel corridor.
The schoolgirl, 13, who attended Harris Girls’ Academy, was assaulted whilst on a school trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights. The incident occurred at Hotel Örk, Hveragerdi on 13th October.