Learning Outside the Classroom Newsletter
Welcome to the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) e-newsletter. The aim is to share news and events among the LOtC community as well as letting people know about relevant activity.
We have had a great response to previous newsletters and hope to include more contributions from other partners in the future. If you have news and articles that you would like to contribute please do let us know – contact details are at the bottom of the e-newsletter.
Beth Gardner, Chief Executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, brings us up to speed on the latest Council news.
Anne-Julie Burdet from 4Children updates on the progress of the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge website.
Lynn O'Boyle, working on behalf of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, takes us through the www.lotc.org.uk website, a great resource for teachers and children's services practitioners hoping to get their pupils out and about more often.
Pauline Taylor from Infinite Arts introduces a project to teach children mathematics through kitemaking.
Steve Brace, Head of Education and Outdoor Learning at the Royal Geographical Society, encourages schools to get involved in Who Do We Think We Are? Week – taking place 22 – 27 June 2009.
John Warren of FACE explains how teachers are donning their wellies to explore opportunities to learn maths on a farm.
Natalie Evans of Travelbound explores how educational visits help bring lessons and subjects to life.
We want your input to the next e-newsletter. To submit updates, ideas, news and articles, please contact a member of the LOtC communications team at lotc@bbpr.com or on 020 7419 7000.
For more information on how you or your organisation can become involved with LOtC, please visit www.lotc.org.uk
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