A suite of revised Professional Standards for teachers was launched by GTC Scotland this week, which will replace the current four Standards in August 2013. The revised Standards require teachers to demonstrate Knowledge, skill and action in outdoor learning.
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New Guidance from ROSPA: Planning and Leading Visits and Adventurous Activities – Guidance for Schools and Colleges
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is encouraging teachers to embrace outdoor activities after discovering that more accidents take place in schools than on trips. The organisation is promoting the importance of Outdoor Learning through publication of a new guide to planning and leading educational visits.
HSE: Children’s Play and Leisure – Promoting a Balanced Approach
At a GfL / Play Scotland event in Edinburgh today, Allison Spears from HSE in Scotland presented HSE’s High Level Statement on Play and Risk, which recognises the benefits of allowing children and young people of all ages and abilities to have challenging play opportunities.
Ski trip death ‘devastates’ school
A 13-year-old British girl has died during a school ski trip after falling from a chairlift at the resort of Claviere in Italy, a local police spokesman has said. The principal of the Middlesex academy said staff and pupils are “devastated”.
Kilbowie Outdoor Centre to Remain Open
News from North Lanarkshire – Kilbowie Outdoor Centre to Remain Open
Study Tour to the school playgrounds of Berlin
Berlin probably has the most amazing school playgrounds anywhere, driven by a strong belief in the importance of good external environments for children’s wellbeing and learning.
Yachting & Boating World: Coroner calls for propeller guards to prevent deaths
The father of a 14-year-old boy who died after being hit by a propeller believes his son would still be alive if he had fitted a guard.
The Mountaineering Council for Scotland: Information for Members – Donald Bennett
It is with sadness that we learned today of the death of Donald Bennett.
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Calendonian Mercury: The Snow Must Go On
That wintry Saturday, the snowy corrie that arcs down from Church Door Buttress into Glencoe looked fantastic. The sky was a perfect light blue, the type which mountaineers look at in wonder. The distinctly alpine-like feel of this place would make anyone feel on top of the world. But in the early afternoon, a small movement triggered a giant slab of snow to crack…