32 | OUTDOOR LEARNING | SCHOOL LIFE


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“LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM PROVIDES THE MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES IN A CHILD’S SCHOOL LIFE” BETH GARDNER


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Barfield School in Surrey is the first independent school to achieve a national Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) accolade


Barfield School has shown itself to have a strong commitment to providing frequent, continuous and progressive learning outside the classroom to all of its pupils by achieving a national Learning Outside the Classroom Mark (Silver). Awarded by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, the mark accredits those schools that have policies in place to ensure that high-quality LOtC is available to all pupils across all areas of the curriculum in order to benefit their learning and personal development. Barfield’s headmaster Robin Davies


said: “We are delighted to receive the LOtC Mark in recognition of all the adventures that we provide our children in the outdoors. We have always understood the value of outdoor learning and the benefits that well- planned and delivered lessons and activities give to the children from two to 13-year-olds, and the framework of the LOtC Mark allowed us to rationalise our ambitions even further.” The mark is awarded by the Council


for Learning Outside the Classroom, the national voice for learning outside the classroom. The council also provides free online information for teachers on how to plan and organise high-quality LOtC activities. LOtC Mark is intended not only to recognise existing exemplary provision, but also to assist and support


schools in developing what they offer in order to enable all children to have access to meaningful extra-classroom experiences. Schools and other educational


organisations looking to gain LOtC Mark (Silver) will need to meet a set of five quality indicators and will be supported through a developmental process by a package of support materials, which include guidance, good practice exemplars, downloadable templates and training materials. Beth Gardner, chief executive of


the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, says: “Learning outside the classroom provides the most memorable


experiences in a child’s school life. LOtC Mark (Silver) demonstrates that the school is commited to delivering genuinely valuable learning outside the classroom experiences to all of their children and young people, and to continuing to develop that provision. “Learning outside the classroom has


many proven educational benefits. The LOtC Mark (Silver) award will support schools in building on their provision, thereby ensuring that many more young people have memorable, exciting and valuable learning outside the classroom experiences. I congratulate Barfield School on being awarded LOtC Mark (Silver).” iE


The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom W: www.lotc.org.uk/lotc-accreditations/lotc-mark/


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