An advisory note from the Advisory Sub-Group on Education and Children’s Issues providing advice on school transport, outdoor learning, community transmission, the impact of school closures and staff safety and well-being was published on 3rd March.
Category: Outdoor Learning and Play
Vision for Young People – Thriving through residential outdoor education
SAPOE welcomes the launch today of the Vision for Young People – Thriving through residential outdoor education
Scottish Government: Help for residential outdoor education centres
The Scottish Government will provide £2 million of funding to mitigate the financial challenges facing the residential outdoor education sector as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis
Supporting Learning Outdoors module
The Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education is pleased to announce the launch today of the Supporting Learning Outdoors professional e-learning course
Launch of the Teaching Learning Outdoors professional e-learning module: 17th September 2020
The Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education is pleased to announce the launch today of the Teaching Learning Outdoors professional e-learning course. This course and associated guidance, developed by Education Officers and SAPOE representatives from five local authorities, benefited from £17,250 of Scottish Government funding aimed at supporting outdoor learning. This has allowed this course […]
Educational value of Scotland’s Outdoor Education Centres
This guidance was commissioned in 2020 by the Scottish Government and developed by the Scottish Advisory Panel for Outdoor Education (SAPOE) in partnership with Education Scotland, Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres and the Youthlink Scotland Outdoor Group
Summary of OEC Survey – 17th July 2020
The results of the OEC survey completed by teachers is now available
Statement On how Outdoor Learning can support the reopening of schools in Scotland
Released: 11th May 2020 Outdoor learning is embedded in Curriculum for Excellence and in our GTCS standards. We know it benefits learning as well as mental and physical wellbeing. In the current situation of reflection, refocus and recovery we believe that outdoor learning and the outdoor environment needs to be at the heart of conversations […]
Outdoor Learning Resources
The following websites provide some useful information on outdoor learning ideas and resources that might be of interest to teachers, parents and carer
RAiSE PSDOs’ outdoor learning training in South Ayrshire
Primary Science Development Officers (PSDOs) from across Scotland spent two days in South Ayrshire exploring the intrinsic link between outdoor learning and STEM