Learning for Sustainability webinar from 10 May.
Author: C. Gillespie
Outdoor Classroom Day- 20 May
Being outdoors and active is a vital part of growing up and living a healthy and fulfilled life, and learning outdoors has benefits for children, young people and adults alike. We would love to see some of the exciting learning taking place in your setting on Outdoor Classroom Day. Share them with @STEMedscot with the hashtag #Learnoutdoors #Outdoorclassroomday
For support on outdoor learning:
- We have four outdoor learning webinars planned for Term 4 and you can find sign up details of these via Education Scotland Events. Check out the recordings from our Outdoor Learning webinar programme. We have been delighted to deliver these with partners such as local authorities, government departments and organisations such as Learning through Landscapes and Nature Scot.
- Updated guidance on school visits and trips is available on the Scottish Government website
- Our Outdoor Learning Wakelet has a great collection of resources – allowing an easy, one stop shop access to resources and support.
- If you haven’t seen it there is a professional learning activity on supporting outdoor learning developed with SAPOE and supported by the Scottish Government. Log into our online portal to find out more.
- A course on outdoor learning for support staff and partners is also available on the SAPOE website.
- You can also find your local greenspace using the Outdoor Learning map developed by ENFOR (environment and forestry) staff in the Scottish Government. You can put in your establishment’s postcode and then find local greenspace, with the “5 minute walk” filter a great addition. You can also use this to discover greenspaces near your home- so please share with parents and carers.
Launch of fund to support Outdoor Learning
The Scottish Government has launched a new £2 million fund to support residential outdoor education centres affected by the pandemic. Part of that fund will be allocated to help centres deploy staff to schools and other settings to support the delivery of outdoor learning. Headteachers may soon be contacted by centres looking to pursue this opportunity in the weeks and months ahead. More information on the fund can be found on the YouthLink Scotland website.
Round one is now open for applications. Centres are invited to apply to round one for support with essential running costs.
Please apply by 1pm on 11th December 2020.
Issue to action: Science
Global Citizenship provides a wealth of real-life contexts for learning Science.
Issues of sustainability, gender and health are explored in this series of lessons.
These materials were created by Science teachers in Scotland and are designed for use at BGE levels 3 and 4. All the activities connect to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and you can find some introductory activities to the goals here.
The materials explore 3 themes – plastic waste, gender balance in Science and health and hygiene – with short introductory activities as well as a series of lessons exploring the topics in more detail.
The lessons and worksheets in the booklet are supported by PowerPoints which you can download. All activities are mapped to ‘Experiences and Outcomes’ as well as the relevant Sustainable Development Goal.
Outdoor Learning webinars – register now
Outdoor learning with a focus on Additional Support Needs
28 October
3 15 pm for 3 30 pm webinar
Participants will hear from a range of practitioners how children and young people with additional support needs experience outdoor learning.
The webinar will include a focus on outdoor learning within primary and secondary schools and settings which supporting complex needs.
Numeracy and Maths webinar
4 November
3.15 pm for 3.30 webinar
As this is a re-run if you wish to attend this – please email EDSRegionalImprovementTeam@educationscotland.gov.scot FAO Ashley Spence and ask to be added to the list
Re-run of Numeracy and Maths session held on 30 September.
Literacy in the outdoors
11 November
3.15 pm for 3.30 webinar
This webinar will be run by a combination of Education Scotland STEM and Literacy and English colleagues joined by presenters from The John Muir Trust who will present practical ideas for The Lost Words. East Ayrshire’s Learning Outdoors Support Team will also share inspiring literacy ideas from their work with schools. Participants will be invited to share ideas during the session.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/literacy-in-the-outdoors-tickets-122226756519
Outdoor Learning and Religious & Moral Education
19 November
Webinar 4 – 5 pm pre-meet 3.30 pm
This webinar will explore links between OL and RME, identifying how RME is an excellent context for considering the relationships between OL, Beliefs, Values and Practices and Traditions. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and share ideas during the session.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outdoor-learning-and-religious-moral-education-tickets-123685503671
Gender differences in outdoor learning
23 November
3.15 for 3.30 pm webinar
This session will use research and examples of practice to inform a discussion of gender differences in children & young people’s relationship with outdoor learning.
It will explore the implications of gender differences in participation on the wellbeing and self-efficacy of young people.
In particular it will explore:
- Barriers young people may face in relation to outdoor learning due to their gender.
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Implications for those who may miss out on accessing outdoor learning opportunities.
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How stereotypes may be unwittingly reinforced.
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Practical strategies to help overcome the barriers
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/118162117073
Social studies and outdoor learning focus – primary practitioners
25 November
3.15 pm for 3.30 webinar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outdoor-learning-webinar-tickets-113639049456
Getting Started with Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship
Part 1: 23rd November 2020, 16:15 – 17:45
Part 2: 30th November 2020, 16:15 – 17:45
Part 3: 16th February 2021, 16:15 – 17:45
This free Professional Learning course is aimed at Primary and Secondary teachers, and consists of two online training sessions with an online sharing and reflection session later in the year. We will bring together strands of Learning for Sustainability (LfS) with a deeper exploration of Global Citizenship, providing practical methodologies and resources for teaching across the curriculum. Over the two sessions we will:
- develop a shared understanding of Learning for Sustainability and Global Citizenship;
- explore active methodologies that develop critical thinking;
- examine themes and topics with strong Global Citizenship elements.
Click here to register and receive joining instructions.
Supporting Learning Outdoors
The Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education is pleased to announce the launch of the Supporting Learning Outdoors professional e-learning course. This course and associated guidance, developed by Education officers and SAPOE representatives from five local authorities, benefited from Scottish Government funding aimed at supporting outdoor learning. This has allowed the course to be made available, free of charge, to practitioners across Scotland and recognises the value that outdoor specialists can offer in partnership work with schools. SAPOE is keen to highlight the positive outcomes and impact collaborative practice can have on learners and their communities.
The Supporting Learning Outdoors (SLO) course will assist non-teaching staff: instructors, classroom assistants and third sector organisations, who want to work in partnership with schools to deliver meaningful curriculum based outdoor learning. The course will help participants to gain an understanding of the Curriculum for Excellence and the framework for delivering this to pupils. Furthermore, understand key messages on embedding and enhancing taught curriculum content into the real world context.
partnerships #outdoorlearning
https://www.sapoe.org.uk/courses/supporting-learning-outdoors/
Collaboration in Global Education CLPL
Collaboration in Global Education CLPL – The Wood Foundation
Join a network of empowered, excited practitioners for a day of collaboration, shared learning, inspiration and interactive conversations to better mould your role in delivering Learning for Sustainability and global education.
Suitable for: All education practitioners (from early years to secondary, probationer to headteachers)
Saturday, 2 March 2019 Dewars Centre, Perth
11am to 4pm Cost: Free
