OUTDOOR LEARNING TRAINING
LEVEL 2 - OUTDOOR LEARNING PRACTITIONER
Gain skills and confidence in using your grounds for curriculum delivery
Completion of the course only takes two and a half days ( plus some structured ‘homework’ in between the course days) and it is designed to be as practical, accessible & supportive as possible in helping you to make a success in implementing a programme of Outdoor Learning.
Course Content Summary:
Understanding the benefits and risks of using the outdoors as a learning environment, looking at the background and context of modern outdoor learning.
Learning how to make an holistic approach to implementing outdoor learning – getting everyone ‘on board’ with your plans.
Planning & delivering seasonal outdoor learning by building specific skills and confidence in a range of areas that can be developed / enhanced in school grounds and in the local environment.
Knowing how to sustainably manage and improve outdoor learning environments, looking at ecological structures in the natural environment, identifying species in our own local natural environments.
Looking at the wider context of Learning Outside the Classroom and making plans to utlise your local natural and built environment in curriculum delivery.
Course Cost: £400 + VAT per person
LEVEL 3 - COORDINATING AN OUTDOOR CURRICULUM
Outdoor Learning Coordinator is a two-day course designed for those who would like to further their OL skills, be a part of successfully embedding outdoor learning in their organisation and making it accessible to all.
This course is only available to those that have completed the Level 2 Outdoor Learning Practitioner Award.
Course Content Summary:
Background of educational practice of modern Outdoor Learning including a review of research & practice in recent years.
Auditing existing provision and practice, creating procedures and best practice guidelines for making outdoor learning part of a whole school educational strategy
Site / grounds planning and sustainable management
Planning year round programmes of OL
Building on Outdoor Learning Skills
Guidance for cascading new skills to other staff members
Course Cost: £400 + VAT per person (plus the £400 + VAT for Level 2)
Please go to www.cambiumsustainable.co.uk for more details or to book this course.
““I could have kept on returning day after day! It was incredibly refreshing to be on a course where we were able to practice what we were learning. I have come away from the course with so many ideas and with a clear vision. The knowledge and delivery of the course was excellent. By far the best course I have ever been on so thank you!””