Outdoor Education Advisers' Panel News

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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:42:00 +0000

UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE To be published as HC 418-i

HOUSE OF COMMONS

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE

CHILDREN, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE

LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

WEDNESDAY 3 MARCH 2010

Britain leads in learning outside

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:51:00 +0000

Europe is looking to the UK for advice on developing educational activities away from the classroom, but we can still improve what we provide

New Outdoor Centre in Exeter

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:11:00 +0000

DEVON County Council has confirmed it will put £2.7m towards a state-of-the-art outdoor education centre in Haven Banks

Learning Outside on QCDA Curriculum site

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:21:00 +0000

Sowerby School has put learning outside at the centre of its curriculum, with exciting results.

Child fitness levels 'declining even in affluent areas'

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:06:00 +0000

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.

DCSF Grants to build new Youth Centres

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:33:00 +0000

Outdoor Education included in new Youth Centres

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:12:00 +0000

The OEAP wish all web site visitors seasons greetings

ISA checks not to include short exchange visits

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:33:00 +0000

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

Safety laws threaten exchange trips, say head teachers

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Head teachers from state and independent schools have joined forces to attack new safety laws that could jeopardise language exchange trips and work experience placements.

Judith Hackitt CBE, HSE Chair speech at LOtC Conference

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Conference Judith Hackitt CBE, HSE Chair, 3 December 2009

Stolen Mobile Climbing Wall

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Mobile wall stolen in West Bromwich

DCSF Consultation for Visits Guidance

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:00 +0000

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.

ISA considers simplification of vetting

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:33:00 +0000

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.

2011 National Curriculum test date consultation

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:32:00 +0000

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

PRESS, PUBLICITY AND PR EVENT - Outdoor Adventure Week 2010

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:31:00 +0000

Outdoor Adventure Week 2010 - PRESS, PUBLICITY AND PR EVENT – to help you use OAW010 to raise your profile in the media”

ISA checks for Exchange Host Families

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:19:00 +0000

Article in Daily Mail on ISA vetting of Host Families for Exchange students.

Pool Leap inquiry scheduled

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:10:00 +0000

Pool leap death inquiry scheduled

Laura McDairmant died after falling onto rocks An inquiry is to be held into the death of a teenager on an adventure holiday in south west Scotland three years ago.

BBC Farming Today

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:47:00 +0000

BBC radio 4 Farming Today - addresses the issues of learning and farming

Learning Outside the Classroom - making it happen

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:19:00 +0000

First of Three Articles by Martin Smith, Executive Chair of the OEAP

BBC radio 4

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:51:00 +0000

Education journalist Mike Baker traces the controversial changes to the ways we have educated our youngest children over the past 150 years