The theatre can enhance educational learning, open up opportunities and improve a pupil’s involvement in creative subjects, says The National Theatre’s Alice King-Farlow.

Get Set for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

The British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association outline their youth engagement programme Get Set.

Why playgrounds are an essential part of primary school life

Play is more than just the chance to run around outside for a quarter of an hour. Play is just as importance in the development of a pupil’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical development as classroom learning, says Neil Coleman of Outdoor Play and Learning CIC.

While the majority of parents and schools recognise the benefits of their children learning about and from the outdoors, there is a dramatic reduction in time spent out of the classroom. BESA’s Mark Rosser invites member Mark Brown of TG Escapes to question why there is no improvement and offer his advice to schools on reaping the benefits of the outdoor learning environment.

Educational trips can broaden students horizons. Jane Cooper, of the Countryside Education Trust in the New Forest, regularly witnesses how school trips can connect people with the countryside. Having hosted thousands of school visits over the last 40 years, she shares her experiences

Gill Harvey, general manager of the School Travel Forum, offers advice for making school trip planning as thorough and worry-free as possible.

Outdoor learning can improve a child’s attainment, health and well-being. Groundwork’s Stacey Aplin looks at what support is out there to help get schools teaching outside.

Allowing the stage to bring Shakespeare to life

Theatre trips offer far more than a day out of school. Georghia Ellinas, head of learning at Globe Education, explains why the study of the Bard should be both accessible and exciting, and how it can benefit what is taught in the classroom.

Educational trips can broaden students’ horizons. Jane Cooper, of the Countryside Education Trust in the New Forest, regularly witnesses how school trips can connect people with the countryside. Having hosted thousands of school visits over the last 40 years, she shares her experiences.

Following events such as the Paris terror attacks last November, Gill Harvey, general manager of the School Travel Forum, offers advice to teachers and school trip organisers dealing with Foreign Office travel restrictions

With more and more schools looking to take learning outside of the classroom, Dave Harvey of the Brathay Trust looks at how residential centres help schools to develop the ‘whole child’.

Outdoor Learning

When thinking about personal development and character education we must not be blind to the world outside the classroom walls, writes Elaine Skates, chief executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom.

Dave Harvey writes about the key considerations and adaptations that need to be made when creating an outdoor learning experience for school children with physical, learning, behavioural and sensory disabilities that is exciting, challenging, enjoyable and rewarding

There is far more to play provision than just equipment. Neil Coleman, a Play England trustee, analyses all the factors that when put together can promote children’s health, behaviour and personal development

Melanoma is one of the most prominent cancers among young children in the UK. The Outdoor Kids Sun Safety Code tackles the issue of sun safety and advises on how to sun protect children more effectively and ensure healthy habits are developed from a young age. Michelle Baker comments on the programme

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