Archive | Trips

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is holding a special VIP Teacher Event for accredited school teachers to celebrate the launch of ‘Oddly Educational’, its’ educational program designed to support school visits and classroom activities. The preview event on Thursday 13 November, 18.30 to 20.30 will allow teaches to explore for themselves the wonderful world of [...]

More children and young people will be able to go on educational school trips thanks to new measures slashing red tape and giving teachers more support, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan said today. The Out and About package, launched this morning and backed with £4.5 million of funding, is designed to [...]

Teachers will find it easier to take pupils on school trips with more help and advice, less bureaucracy and quality badges for popular destinations, according to the new ‘Staying Safe’ Action plan launched today. The new guidance makes it much easier for teachers to take their pupils out of the classroom. Organisations that host school [...]

National Schools Film Week takes place on 15th – 19th October.  This gives school children 1,750 free screening and events in cinemas throughout the UK.  The central theme of this year’s NSFW is The World We Live In.  This is reflected through a range of current and forthcoming films that focus on the environment, social [...]

The £250,000 government-funded Growing Schools Garden project which has involved 500 young people from more than 30 schools has been built with the help of garden designer, Chris Beardshaw. The garden contains 3,000 plants, many of which were grown by schools taking part in the project. The Growing Schools Garden, launched at Hampton Court Palace [...]

I took my Year 6 out for another trip today – to the local ASDA superstore.  The theme of the day was planning a future career.  We started by interviewing members of staff within ASDA before coming back into the training room and presenting the information.  In the afternoon we looked at the different skills [...]

I’ve mentioned this before and think it deserves another mention with all the hard work that’s been put in.  A fantastic resource for all Foundation and KS1 teachers! A Scottish primary school teacher who launched an innovative child safety walker, has been short-listed for a major UK award. Elaine Stephen, a teacher at Buchanhaven Primary School in [...]

This is something that I’ve just picked up from the Hi-Way driving site which may be important for anyone that drives a minbus for school: From 1st January 2007 virtually all goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) and all minibuses with eight or more passenger seats, irrespective of weight, need speed limiters. Van & light trucks [...]

£2.7 million has been announced today by Alan Johnson to encourage schools ‘to use the wealth of educational opportunities on their doorsteps and further afield, to inspire and motivate every pupil’.  The money will go towards an ‘Out and About’ support package for schools.  This includes guidance on planning, funding and evaluating learning outside the classroom. I [...]