Our CPD events are designed to build confidence, creativity and innovative pedagogy so you can take your teaching outside immediately. Tapping into your outdoor spaces as a teaching resource will make learning more hands on, practical and engaging.

The evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that by utilising this approach we can:

• engage learners

• improve behaviour

• increase attainment

• enhance health and wellbeing

• make learning more enjoyable

We provide whole school inset training around the following themes:

Learning Outside the Classroom (as part of our unLOC  package) – Provision for entry level through to advanced skills for schools that have already successfully embedded outdoor learning schools. Using the LOC Handbook and LOC Starter Pack resources as a baseline we focus on building the skills and confidence to deliver curriculum linked learning outside the classroom; from EYFS to KS-2; covering all main subject areas.

Outcomes are:

• familiarisation with best practice

• creative approaches to teaching

• curriculum linking and mapping.

Staff will be confident planning and delivering their own lessons providing impactful and practical learning using simple, low tech, low cost resources to help contextualise and enhance traditional concepts.

Teaching for Character (TLC) – We also focus on how to deliver powerful character-based learning around many of the themes such as curiosity, empathy, resilience, growth mindset, teamwork, independence, risk taking, determination and creativity. We encapsulate this into our broad concept of ‘Teaching with TLC’ (Teamwork, Leadership and Communication). Other themes, which are relevant to your school such as your own personal values can be embedded into our training. Staff would learn our 3-step approach to structuring sessions which guarantees student autonomy, progressive learning and lots of challenge. We also place strong emphasis on activities and reflective techniques to promote powerful learning transfer. The shift from ‘teacher to facilitator’ which is at the heart of the experiential learning model.

Note that we can combine both of these themes into one whole day of training (half a day on each) if you would like to explore and cover more ground. We can also design and deliver tailored and bespoke training sessions to reflect your own unique setting, culture and where you are currently on your journey to excellence in learning beyond the classroom.

Our events are fully participative, experiential and delivered entirely outdoors. You will come away with practical tips, tools and ideas to give you the confidence to take more of your teaching outside immediately.

Cost:  NOW REDUCED TO £745/day (+ VAT & Travel)