- March 16th, 2010
LTS appoints two Outdoor Learning Development Officers
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LTS are delighted to announce the appointment of Chalmers Smith and Ryan Reed as outdoor learning Development Officers (DOs) from 1st April 2010 for a period of 12 months.
Chalmers Smith, who has been seconded to LTS from Midlothian for the past six months as the Outdoor Learning Framework DO, will continue on the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence through Outdoor Learning by leading the development of support for staff. Alongside Ryan, he will also be organising six regional events planned throughout Scotland for May and June 2010.
Ryan Reed has been working as the Outdoor Learning Online Resource DO for the past 4 months. Ryan will continue development in this area and will work alongside Chalmers to organise the six regional events. Ryan will also lead in developing a national network for outdoor learning.
The development of these two posts demonstrates the ongoing commitment to the programme of work in outdoor learning by LTS and the ongoing support for outdoor learning from the Scottish Government.
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Grange Campus Kilmarnock
We are planning an outdoor classroom on our campus grounds to facilitate outdoor learning. In order to maximise the potential for both cross sector and cross curricular opportunities we are seeking advice and support to best develop our site. Would one of the OL DOs at LTS be able to point us in the right direction?
Hi Morag, as a first port of call could I suggest you make contact with Grounds for Learning, the Scottish arm of the Learning through Landscapes charity. They can provide site visits and offer advice and guidance on using and developing your school grounds. There is a membership fee and they do charge for the visits, but if the school is considering spending money on the grounds then it may be worthwhile? See: http://www.ltl.org.uk/sitevisits.htm
If you are interested in encouraging biodiversity within the grounds then you may want to contact SNH http://www.snh.org.uk
Colleagues within LTS have also suggested that Stanley PS in Ardrossan are doing some good work with their school grounds. You may want to give them a call to get some ideas?
Hope that helps.
Hi Morag – could I also advise that you look at the Eco-Schools Scotland website for examples of case studies and information; particularly our page on ‘School Grounds’(http://www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/page.asp?pg=42) and our Spring 2007 newsletter(http://www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/documents/Spring2007.pdf)?
Kind regards,
Kirsten
Hi Chalmers
I am a primary probationer in North Ayrshire and I am carrying out a smale scale action research on ‘The Benefits of Outdoor Education’, which I am due to present in May/ June. I came across your report on ‘Natural Connections’ in Midlothian and have some fairly up to date research but wondered if you had any more recent reports that LTS have published that clearly shows the health benefits / 4 capacities links etc.
I would be grateful of anything you can send me.
Many thanks
Anna Craven
Hi Ryan,
Thank you for this. I will get in touch with these suggested organisations.
Morag
Anna, have you had a look at the research page on the LTS website? There are quite a few research articles and commisioned reports there. One of them being an overview of recent research. The University of Edinburgh site (link on the research page) has some further information.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/outdoorlearning/curriculumforexcellence/Research.asp
Hope that helps!