LOtC Newsletter



	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.
			Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Update Beth Gardner, Chief Executive of the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, updates us on the latest news from the Council

			Learning Outside the Classroom: 2010 and Beyond Amy Nathan, Project Development Co-ordinator at the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, reports from December’s National LOtC Conference

			National winner of the 2009 Learning Outside the Classroom Award for Excellence and Innovation, sponsored by TUI Student Division Joan Nix, Curriculum Area manager of Sandhill View Secondary School in Sunderland, explains what the award means to them

			Outdoor and out of classroom learning in Hampshire Stuart Nundy, Outdoor Activities Officer at Hampshire County Council, explains how they are improving their LOtC provision

			A continental approach to learning outside the classroom Geoff Cooper, head of Low Bank Ground, opens the doors to European teachers through creative and inspiring learning outside the classroom

			Planning for learning outside the classroom In the second of a series of three articles on ‘Making learning outside the classroom happen’, Martin Smith, Chairman of the Outdoor Education Advisors Panel, outlines how schools and other settings might plan for LOtC

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