GLA KA 1 COURSE: Outdoor Learning with Young pupils
Course no. GLA-UK15-A001 GLA PIC: 948140566
http://globallearningassociation.org/
11th – 17th Oct 2015
6 Participants from Järfälla, SE
Charlotte Edvinger Axling, Lena Ajax, Elin Aldin-Lungren, Anne-Lie Lindberg, Mia Vallin, Ulrica Holmstrom, and Karin Ivares
Coordinator: Chris Souvlis
Ph. 00 44 (0)7943 326 440
Sunday: Travel Day and introductions
Participants arrive Gatwick, London (met by Chris S)
13:25(DY 2851)
Dulwich Cars Group Tel. 0208 693 9933
Taxi to Greenwich Travelodge hotel https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/539/London-Greenwich-hotel
5.00pm Introductions. Oyster Cards
Background to Outdoor Learning in the UK. Program for the week. Safety. Translating / English. Meal & Travel costs during the week. Ice Breaking session. What experience does each participant bring? Info on Southwark & Southend. Expectations Post It note exercise.
Heather McCollin (FSC) http://www.field-studies-council.org/ Ph. 07709526993. & Chris Souvlis (GLA) http://globallearningassociation.org/
7.00 pm Dinner together nearby
Monday: preschool visits
8.15am Teachers collected by Chris and Heather and take public transport (Wear clothes and shoes that can get muddy.)
9am- teachers arrive at Nell Gwynn Nursery school, Meeting House Lane, Peckham SE15 2TT. 020 7252 8265
Meet with Sam and Kay (Outdoor Learning Leaders) and Head and Deputy Head.
9.15am leave for Peckham Park for Outdoor Learning 'Forest School' class with pupils. http://www.nellgwynn.southwark.sch.uk/forest-schools-at-nell-gwynn/
11.45- group come back to Nell Gwynn and have lunch (£2.50 each)
1pm- teachers go to Ann Bernatd School, (their nearby partner school) -- see nature garden community 'mini beasts' project. Also a chance to see children using the space.
http://www.nellgwynn.southwark.sch.uk/ http://annbernadtnursery.co.uk/
3pm- School ends. Group discussion/ Evaluation with Heather (Field Studies Council.)
3.30pm Free time (--or dinner together in Central London if SE teachers would like that.)
Tuesday: Train to Southend, Essex with Chris S
9.30am Deptford Bridge to Canary Wharf to West Ham to Southend Station
Check into Travelodge Southend hotel https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/265/Southend-on-Sea-hotel?WT.tsrc=PPC&gclid=CLerwoDK5McCFUI_GwodZkwCsA
1.30pm Train to Thorpe Bay Station, (Ph. Brian as leaving 07969-594342), walk with Brian to:
Bournes Green Infant School, Burlescoombe Road, Thorpe Bay. SS1 3PS (Head Teacher: Carole Shearn)
http://www.bournesgreeninfants.org/
What work do Early Years and Year 1 do outside the classroom? Why? Outcomes? Risk assessments? Staff Training? Q & A.
Walk 50 meters to: Bournes Green Junior School, Ladram Road, Thorpe Bay. Essex. SS1 3PX
Introduction to the Shoebury Garrison Walk with Brian Sandford (film). School minibus to Garrison.
8-10 minutes from the School by road to the Garrison Car Park where the walk starts.
Garrison Walk --Shoebury Garrison is a unique area of national importance. Its history, archaeology and historic buildings, and its unique setting overlooking the mouth of the Thames Estuary with adjacent beaches, parkland and nature reserves make it a fascinating area to explore. Located on slightly raised land at the mouth of the Thames estuary, Shoebury has had strategic importance since prehistoric times.
Free Time
Wednesday: School Learning
8.30am Taxis to Darlinghurst School. http://www.darlinghurst.uk/ AND Darlinghurst Nursery School
01702 478379
9.00am Coffee and biscuits. Walk round the school to look at ODL areas.
10.00am Transport provided to the beach. Beach visit with pupils. Analysis of learning with school outdoor learning leaders Louisa Arnold, Merrill Hydes, Sarah Amran
Beach sessions covering, Art, Storytelling and Habitats. These sessions could change due to the tides.
Discussion with the children comparing UK and Swedish schools and what ODL they have in Sweden.
http://www.darlinghurst.uk/school/outdoor-learning/
11.45am Return to school for lunch.
12.10am Lunch at Darlinghurst School. (Roast dinner day)
1.00 Visit with the nursery to look at their working day.Discussion with nursery staff.
2.30 Depart Darlinghurst School.
Free Time
Thursday: ½ day School Learning /FREE TIME
Taxi’s to: Federation of Greenways Schools Ph. 01702 987950
http://www.greenways.southend.sch.uk/
Buffet Lunch
Outdoor Learning teachers: Chris Johnson/ Laura Rennolds
--Active Learning, forest learning, hard to reach pupils
Group work/ presentations from Latvia--Southend Regio Outdoor Learning Conference
Free time
Friday: Conclusions:
9.15am Taxis to Hinguar School, New Garrison Road, Shoeburyness SS3 9FE Ph. 01702 292721
http://www.hinguarprimary.org/
9.30am Heather McCollin (Field Studies Council). Recap expectations. What have we seen this week? How could it translate to our own country/ What we do/ the resources we have?
Coffee break --see Baron’s Court do outdoor learning (Baron’s Court Early Years pupils use Hinguar School for outdoor learning on Fridays) –demonstration of outdoor learning
Group work. Outcomes. Discussion. Evaluation & Action Planning. Heather & Chris S
12.30 Lunch
1.20pm School Assembly
Swedish visitors make a 10 minute presentation to the children.
Presentation of Certificates
2pm Tour of school, presentation on outdoor learning at Hinguar, (Viv Stevens, Head Teacher)
Seeing some outdoor activity.
Free Time / Final Meal with Chris S and Heather McC and local School reps?
Saturday: Travel to London and then train to Gatwick Airport
Return to Sweden
17:00(DY 2856) från Gatwick
Chris Souvlis, Global Learning Association, UK
Chris worked for The British Council from 1999 to 2010, helping to deliver a range of education programs as diverse as the Fulbright US/ UK teacher exchange program and the Comenius Universities and Schools European Partnerships and In-service visits.
He managed the 2-Week Primary Teachers Project, devised for the Teacher Development Agency and Department of Children, Schools and Families to support the delivery of school languages at Key Stage 2.
Since 2010, he has continued to support teacher in-service training abroad, working every half term with training centres in Spain and France to deliver EU funded, language courses for teachers. Initially, he supported funding applicants and teacher participants from the boroughs of Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham, where he led the South London Schools International Support Network. Lately, he has worked supporting International links and projects across the country, including in Southend, Essex.
He has contributed to the Coordination and/ or Evaluation of 5 large scale European projects in recent years as well as hosting visits for international groups to the UK and providing training at home and abroad. See: www.ola-regio.com
Chris has been deputy Chair of the Global Learning Association since 2015.
Chris Souvlis
Support for International Links & Projects (Southwark & Southend)
00 44 (0)7943 326 440, /
http://globallearningassociation.org/
www.facebook.com/chris.souvlis?fref=ts
Heather McCollin, Senior Tutor at Field Studies Council, Flatford Mill, Suffolk
Having studied Environmental Science at Lancaster University, the outdoors was always going to be where Heather ended up. With a background in teaching (secondary school Science and Chemistry), she missed working with young people when she went back to her studies in 2012. So on graduating from Cranfield University, she started to look for jobs where she could incorporate both teaching and the great outdoors.
Heather currently work for the Field Studies Council and is based at Flatford Mill Field Centre in Suffolk, where she teaches a range of subjects to all different ages and aims to inspire young people to connect with their environment and enjoy being outside. She loves the variety you get from teaching ages 7 years up to adults, and swapping from Geography to Biology to Environmental Studies and everything in between.
She was lucky enough to be involved in the Outdoor Learning 4 All partnership project between schools in Southend, UK and Ogre, Latvia www.ola-regio.com and is excited to have another opportunity to make some international links through outdoor learning.
Field Studies Council, FSC, is an environmental education charity providing informative and enjoyable opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to discover, explore, and understand the environment.FSC believes that the more we understand about and take inspiration from the world around us the more we can appreciate its needs and protect its diversity and beauty for future generations.Each year over 140,000 people experience FSC through our UK wide network of locations.
Flatford Mill is on the River Stour close to the Suffolk-Essex border. The Centre buildings, particularly the Mill and Willy Lott's House, feature in many paintings by John Constable.
The centre offers visitors of all ages a much sought-after sense of tranquillity to complement a unique learning environment. The rich mosaic of lowland landscapes, wildlife habitats and places of historic interest in this beautiful part of East Anglia are all reflected in the Centre's wide-ranging programme of environment and art-based courses. Well known for it's environmental performance, and the staff's desire to develop various sustainability projects as well as educate visitors about ecological issues, over 300 residential and day activities are offered each year for people of all ages.
http://www.field-studies-council.org/
Brian Sandford, The Shoebury Society
Brian is a former Headteacher and Education Director for one of the oldest City of London Trading Companies. He has a degree in Geography, specialising in Historical Geography and Geomorphology. It is the former which has created a deep interest in the Shoebury Garrison, a unique military installation, now abandoned by the military and re-developed for private housing. However, all the buildings and installations are protected and remain as a unique example of English Victorian life and architecture.
The whole area is part ofthe area covered by The Shoebury Society, formed to promote the conservation of it, and Brian has been the Secretary of the Society for nearly 30 years. His Geography teaching recognised the importance of children learning away from the classroom and he has developed both written material for use by teachers visiting the area, and a Garrison Heritage Trail Walk, which can lead to many different work projects for children, as designed by their teachers.
Brian Sandford
E-Mail:
Telephone: 01702-586622/ 07969 594 342
file:///C:/Users/csouvlis/Downloads/Detailed_History_of_Shoebury_Garrison%20(1).pdf
Sunday Night: Introductions/ Meeting & Dinner with Heather of Field Studies Council& Chris
Monday: Nell Gynn Nursery School / Anne Bernadt Nursery School, London / Free time
Tuesday or Thursday: The Garrison Historic site with former Head Brian Sandford
Wed: Darlinghurst Primary School/ Beach visit with pupils/ Darlinghurst Nursery
Thurs: Greenways Schools
Friday: Work with Heatherof Field Studies Council / Hinguar School
£751.60 to be refunded for Hotels
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