{"id":7364,"date":"2021-03-28T14:47:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T14:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=7364"},"modified":"2021-08-05T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T08:02:41","slug":"learning-in-the-local-built-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/learning-in-the-local-built-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning in the Local Built Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What do we mean by &#8216;local built environment&#8217;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The local built environment is simply the streets, buildings, parks and other man made structures found in your local community.\u00a0 It can include local monuments, places of worship, kirkyards and cemeteries, ruins and functioning buildings, a row of shops and the streets we live in.<\/p>\n<p>We can use the built environment to teach and learn across all aspects of the curriculum.\u00a0 We can use a walking route through the community as the basis for\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/2020\/06\/11\/maths-trails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maths Trails.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>A visit to a local monument might take us into a Social Studies investigation or can be used as the stimulus for Expressive Arts work.<\/p>\n<p>Local heritage and the built environment can be the stimulus for work\u00a0 towards a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/heritage-heroes-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heritage Heroes <\/a>award.\u00a0 Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/crosshouse-primary-hh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crosshouse Primary Heritage Heroe<\/a>s case study to find out how the award might engage learners in your setting.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/learning\/learning-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore Your Neighbourhood <\/a>will help you get started on your own local heritage learning.<\/p>\n<p>The Arch Scotland <a href=\"https:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heritage Resources Portal<\/a> supports learning from Early Level upward in local spaces and further afiedl.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nls.uk\/digital-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scottish National Library &#8211; Digital Resources <\/a>webpages allow you to search for local images and maps from the past.<\/p>\n<p>In Ayrshire the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/coalfieldcommunities.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coalfield Communities Landscape Partnership<\/a> is working on a number of projects which may be of interest to local schools.\u00a0 Visit the webpage (which includes projects being run by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ea-cei.org.uk\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Ayrshire Coalfields Environment Initiative)<\/a> to find out about local projects\u00a0 from plans to improve the local natural environment to local heritage conservation.\u00a0 For latest news\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/news\/article\/coalfield-communities-landscape-partnership-has-been-launched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk\/news\/article\/coalfield-communities-landscape-partnership-has-been-launched<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do we mean by &#8216;local built environment&#8217;? The local built environment is simply the streets, buildings, parks and other man made structures found in your local community.\u00a0 It can include local monuments, places of worship, kirkyards and cemeteries, ruins and functioning buildings, a row of shops and the streets we live in. 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