Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel
advice, support & monitoring of visits & outdoor learning
 Wed 23rd Dec '09  18:06
Sedentary lifestyles are making children less fit - even among those who are not obese, a study suggests. Essex University staged fitness tests on 600 10-year-olds a decade apart in an area with low levels of obesity. They found significant falls in fitness levels, concluding the average 10-year-old in 1998 could beat 95% of youngsters in 2008 in running tests. The researchers said the focus on obesity was obscuring the health risks of wider declines in fitness levels. Children are routinely weighed and measured in schools in England as part of the government's drive to tackle rising obesity rates, but there is no equivalent for fitness. More... Fri 18th Dec '09 10:33
Outdoor Education included in new Youth Centres More... Fri 18th Dec '09 09:12
The OEAP wish all web site visitors seasons greetings More... Sun 13th Dec '09 08:33
Review of Vetting and Barring Scheme to not include Exchange Visits. OEAP and the English Outdoor Council have lobbied for exchange visits not to be included and this is a significant step forward
Fri 11th Dec '09 16:00
Fri 11th Dec '09 10:48
Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Conference Judith Hackitt CBE, HSE Chair, 3 December 2009 More... Fri 6th Nov '09 12:59
Teachers and others will now find it easier to take young people out and about as Schools Minister Diana Johnson today launched a consultation on simple and straightforward guidance to cut red tape. Teachers and others will now find it easier to take young people out and about as Schools Minister Diana Johnson today launched a consultation on simple and straightforward guidance to cut red tape. More... Thu 29th Oct '09 13:33
In an interview with The Guardian, Sir Roger Singleton, the chairman of the Independent Safeguarding Authority, said it would be "foolish to blindly ignore" the wave of public concern about the Vetting and Barring Scheme amid fears it could deter people from volunteering for traditional activities. He was reviewing, for example, whether host parents of pupils staying as part of a school exchange trip should have to register. They do under the current rules as they provide overnight care. More... Tags: CRB
Tue 27th Oct '09 11:32
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) is inviting schools, LAs and other interested stakeholders to comment on the suitability and feasibility of administering the tests in the proposed week in june 2011
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