Enquire Conference - Achieving Excellence with Additional Support February 28, 2008
Posted by Bill in : Outdoor Learning , 2comments
I attended and presented (using the above model as a framework- click for all the slides) at one of the break-out sessions today at the above conference run by Enquire , The Scottish Advice Service for additional Support for Learning. Impressive presentations throughout the day. The pupils presentations were excellent and I particularly enjoyed the North Ayrshire presentation on the inclusive club run by pupils within a school - very powerful. A lot to learn from all involved including the post event conversations
One of the keynote speakers was Dr Carol Craig, again very powerful. I may just have to get hold of her book; Creating Confidence: a handbook for professionals working with young people.
Thanks again to Gavin for inviting me to talk and Sean and Colin for being so easy to present with on our session “Risky Business” - which was fully booked out.
Enquire Annual Conference 2008. January 12, 2008
Posted by Bill in : Outdoor Learning , 3comments
I am looking forward to attending and doing a small presentation in one of the breakout sessions at the Annual Enquire 2008 Conference “Achieving excellence through additional support”. I hope to showcase some of the use of Outdoor Education within East Lothian to meet the needs of the wide range of learners within our community and how the authority supports, funds and encourages the use of outdoor learning in the East Lothian learning environment.
I will definitely include examples from the schools and community groups as well as what our own OE department has achieved. My attending the conference was all made possible thought the use of my edubuzz blog so I will also be showcasing the use of this too.
I will start to put some ideas into a presentation over the next few weeks. Anyone reading who has good examples of what is happening in your school please let me know and I will try and fit it in to the presentation during the breakout session entitled;
Risky Business
Children in Scotland will host this session on the challenges and successes of including young people with additional support needs in physical education, outdoor education and other activity based learning. We will present evidence of young people being excluded from these activities but also a range of good practice ideas to help ensure that all young people have access to the full curriculum.
