{"id":49,"date":"2022-03-23T10:55:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2024-02-22T23:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:12:25","slug":"outdoor-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/outdoor-education","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"49\" class=\"elementor elementor-49\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2a5261 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height animated-slow elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"e2a5261\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9029ba3\" data-id=\"9029ba3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1b4570 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"f1b4570\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-17676ce\" data-id=\"17676ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-205a478 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"205a478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Outdoor Education<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1d54e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1d54e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8222e68\" data-id=\"8222e68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b3a21 elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16b3a21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-606\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f597f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f597f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><b>Simon Gillman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p><p><b>I can provide support for<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bushcraft and nature activities within the Home Environment main lessons in the lower classes.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Extending the practical content of main lesson blocks in class 3<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporting Botany and Local Geography\u00a0 main lessons in classes 4 and 5<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing a gardening programme for middle school with links to many main lesson blocks in classes 6-8.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Upper School work experience projects, suitable for class 9 or 10.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a society we are faced with the multiple global challenges posed by climate change, an unprecedented crisis in the natural world. At the same time, there is also growing recognition that nature contact is essential for wellbeing and healthy development of children, both physically and psychologically. Taking children outdoors uses real-life contexts for teaching\u00a0 that can have a profound impact on the quality of learning, their personal growth and their response to major questions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d8f5cf\" data-id=\"5d8f5cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b968d elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87b968d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-606\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ed9605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ed9605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93d678c\" data-id=\"93d678c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db036c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db036c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like geography,\u00a0<\/span><b>gardening<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>is an integrative activity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that spans an impressive range of subject areas, linking them to personal experience. From soils and composts, applied ecology and natural history amongst the sciences, to geography and local history, to artistic design with plants, to cooking, food science and nutrition; and even including meditation\/mindfulness, writing poetry and painting!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8c5d44\" data-id=\"d8c5d44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2821f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2821f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-607\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-18.jpg 474w, https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-18-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a68171 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a68171\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4d3608\" data-id=\"f4d3608\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34138ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34138ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-640\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-19.jpg 512w, https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-19-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e846e8a\" data-id=\"e846e8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9e8474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9e8474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Lessons in the garden<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0can offer open space for dialogue about many of the challenges humanity is facing but within the reassuring timeless processes of growing, nurturing, harvesting and consuming. The competences gained with working with a wide variety of tools enhances learning and supports other practical aspects of the curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77c5bde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77c5bde\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f20b009\" data-id=\"f20b009\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9655d77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9655d77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Woodland work offers contrasting contexts and skills to gardening but shares its emphasis on timelessness and wellbeing. Looking after the forest can link to earlier bushcraft experiences and the creation of a greenwood whittling programme as a lower school forerunner of woodwork.<\/p><h5>Simon Gillman may be able to help with the difficult tasks of identifying, planning and delivering a practical curriculum, even with limited space available, using aspects of the Permaculture design process.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e71d1cc\" data-id=\"e71d1cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a2f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79a2f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-641\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-20.jpg 512w, https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/unnamed-20-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor Education Simon Gillman: I can provide support for Bushcraft and nature activities within the Home Environment main lessons in the lower classes. \u00a0Extending the practical content of main lesson blocks in class 3 Supporting Botany and Local Geography\u00a0 main lessons in classes 4 and 5 Developing a gardening programme for middle school with links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2611,"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernteacher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}