The EVC Magazine Autumn/Winter 2024 - Magazine - Page 32
Who's who in educational visits?
OEAP
OEAP is a membership body for
Outdoor Education/Educational
Visits Advisers who support
schools, Trusts and Local Authorities in
England, Wales and the British Crown
Dependencies. It also represents the sector
with governments and other bodies.
LEADING THE WAY
What drives these leaders to support educational visits and
learning beyond the classroom?
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OEAP members provide guidance, activities,
training and support for outdoor learning and
educational visits.
For schools:
OEAP and OEAP Cymru publish and maintain
national guidance on outdoor learning,
educational visits and adventurous activities
in England and Wales. You should refer to this
when planning educational visits. National
guidance is free to access at
https://oeapng.info
Jo Barnett CEO, IOL
“
CLOtC helps schools harness support
from all the different LOtC sectors, and
working together their impact is so much
greater than the sum of their
parts. This is reflected by the
commitment of our LOtC Mark
schools, who generously offer
their support and mentoring
to other schools, and by our
wonderful team of staff and
trustees.
Anne Hunt, CEO, CLOtC
SAPOE
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The Scottish Advisory Panel for
Outdoor Education (SAPOE) is a
member-led body for Scotland’s
outdoor learning community.
It works in collaboration with others to
promote the importance of outdoor learning
for all.
SAPOE maintains and implements
Scotland’s guidance framework for
educational visits, Going Out There, on
behalf of the Scottish Government.
For schools:
Educational settings in Scotland should
refer to the guidance framework ‘Going Out
There’ when planning educational visits.
https://goingoutthere.co.uk
SAPOE also offers training to school staff
supporting or teaching outdoor learning in
Scotland.
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My background is in teaching
geography, and residential
environmental and outdoor
education. Since taking up this
role I have greatly expanded my
own understanding of the breadth
of outdoor learning and met
dedicated practitioners who are
willing to freely share their depth
of knowledge with others.
School visits are essential in
helping to shape resilient and
inquisitive children. I love that part
of my role is helping to make these
special visits easier to organise and
therefore hopefully available to
more children.
Gill Harvey, External Affairs and Membership Director,
School Travel Forum
“
I’m a firm believer in the
transformative power of
physical education, and
physical education for
life, in shaping lives.
Kate Thornton-Bousfield, CEO, afPE
