{"id":27580,"date":"2024-10-22T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings-new\/?page_id=27580"},"modified":"2025-06-23T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:36:16","slug":"outdoor-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/outdoor-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Devon has a beautiful and diverse landscape and getting children outdoors to learn about the natural world is the best way to help them be inspired and to connect with the nature on their doorstep!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through both direct provision and a range of partnerships, Devon County Council provides<\/span>&nbsp;<span data-contrast=\"auto\">fantastic opportunities for outdoor education and events for schools and community groups.\u202f\u202fFind out more about:&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/grandwesterncanal\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grand Western Canal<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/stovercountrypark\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Stover Country Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exe-estuary.org\/get-involved\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Exe Estuary\u202f<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/dartmoor-centres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Dartmoor Centres<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northdevonbiosphere.org.uk\/children--young-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">North Devon Biosphere<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/activedevon.org\/naturally-healthy-ideas-to-get-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Active Devon<\/a> &#8211; The Active Devon website provides lots of ideas, activities, useful links and resources to help get active outdoors and connect with nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devon Local Nature Partnership (LNP)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Find a wide range of resources on the LNP website, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find an outdoor learning expert near you (NEED)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn about Devon&#8217;s natural history<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resources for schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The evidence for outdoor learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit: Environmental education &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/devonlnp.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Devon Local Nature Partnership<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (<\/strong><strong>CLOtC<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The CLOtC is a national charity that champions all learning that happens beyond the classroom. Their work supports educators, schools and organisations who are dedicated to ensuring more children and young people have opportunities for life-changing learning experiences beyond the classroom, whether these happen indoors or outdoors, close to home or far away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotc.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lotc.org.uk\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outdoor education and off-site visits, safe practice, support and advice<\/strong><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon Education Services offer a range of training, support and advice, we focus on a positive attitude to risk and reward, providing you with common sense and practical advice enabling you to lead engaging, rewarding and safe activities as well as assisting schools and settings to manage their responsibilities for the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people when engaged in off-site visits and activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information or to arrange a consultation visit <a href=\"https:\/\/devoneducationservices.co.uk\/our-services\/teaching-and-learning\/outdoor-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outdoor education advice, guidance and training | DES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Composting in schools<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning twigs, leaves and bits of vegetables and fruit into gorgeous rich compost which helps plants grow is one of the natural world\u2019s magic tricks! Composting can also be a fantastic learning resource which can support many curriculum areas. It can get kids out of the classroom, learning practical, useful science. Whether your topic is minibeasts, habitats, growing, micro-organisms or global warming, your compost bin can provide hands-on learning opportunities for pupils of all ages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/zone.recycledevon.org\/compost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Compost &#8211; Zone<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon has a beautiful and diverse landscape and getting children outdoors to learn about the natural world is the best way to help them be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2755,"featured_media":0,"parent":27545,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-27580","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-27 07:16:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32936,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27580\/revisions\/32936"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}