With more and more schools offering outdoor education programmes, SoGlos has picked 12 of the best in this hot list, sponsored by Rendcomb College. As pioneering nursery educator, Margaret McMillan, said ‘the best kept classroom and the richest cupboard are roofed only by the sky’, […]
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Let London schools return to outdoor education centres, Boris Johnson urged
MPs and education experts today issued a heartfelt plea to Boris Johnson to let London’s children escape from the city to outdoors education centres that were shut for the pandemic. © Provided by Evening Standard A continuing lockdown of residential centres is stopping tens of thousands of inner city youngsters […]
Salem Schools Examine Outdoor Options For Learning
SALEM, MA — As Salem Public Schools target early November for the return to in-person learning, school officials are looking into ways to make some of in-person learning outside of the classroom. In what Superintendent of Schools Stephen Zrike called a “parent-led, citywide collaboration” the district has committed up to […]
Outdoor Classes And ‘Forest Schools’ Gain New Prominence Amid Distance Learning Struggles
Stomping through puddles, scrambling over fallen logs and digging in the dirt with sticks may not sound like traditional educational activities, but they are core parts of the curriculum in “forest schools.” Learning amid the leaves is the hallmark of a forest school, an immersive outdoor education model devoted to […]
Outdoor classes and ‘forest schools’ gain new prominence amid distance learning struggles
Credit: Courtesy of the Berkeley Forest School Students at the Berkeley Forest School have story time by the bay. Credit: Courtesy of the Berkeley Forest School Students at the Berkeley Forest School have story time by the bay. Stomping through puddles, scrambling over fallen logs and digging in the dirt […]
Schools in Fair Lawn, Bogota earn National Blue Ribbon awards for academic achievement
Two Bergen County schools are among nine in New Jersey recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. Teaneck elementary school named for civil rights activist Theodora Smiley Lacey Click to expand UP NEXT The awards, based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among […]
Fair Lawn, Bogota NJ schools earn National Blue Ribbon recognition
NorthJersey.com staff Published 5:42 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2020 | Updated 12:14 p.m. ET Sept. 28, 2020 CLOSE Teaneck names an elementary school for civil rights activist and Teaneck resident Theodora Smiley Lacey. NorthJersey.com Two Bergen County schools are among nine in New Jersey recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools […]
NYC approves outdoor learning, but offers no plan for schools
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s latest chess move in the tense battle over in-person education in New York City was to unveil a surprise plan this week for outdoor learning in public, private and charter schools. “Parents have asked about it. Educators have asked about it,” de Blasio said during a […]
Farm-to-School Enhancing The Outdoor Classroom In Northeast Kingdom Schools | Education news
NEWPORT — Green Mountain Farm-to-School (GMFTS) is working with 15 schools in the Northeast Kingdom to provide meaningful STEM learning opportunities in the outdoors this school year. “Outdoor classrooms” have become increasingly popular this year, as teachers take their students outdoors as much as possible — teaching outside with pop-up […]