Brilliant residentials: the first national Learning Away conference, on 21 March 2014.
How can brilliant residentials help schools make significant breakthroughs in engagement, attainment and relationships … and all in just one week?
Conference aims:
Learning Away is proving that residential experiences provide extremely powerful learning opportunities for young people and is gathering compelling evidence of their impact on pupils, teachers and schools as a whole.
This first national conference is aimed at senior leaders and teachers from primary and secondary schools, and all those interested in providing high quality residential learning experiences for young people of all ages and abilities. Please continue to the booking site, or keep reading for more information about what to expect.
You should seriously consider taking part in the conference if you would like to:
- Find out much more about Learning Away (our five year action research programme into the benefits and impact of residential learning experiences).
- Be inspired by our increasingly compelling evidence of the impact of these experiences on young people, teachers and schools as a whole.
- Gain a greater understanding about why residentials have this impact, and why certain types of residential are more powerful than others.
- Learn from the range of residential programmes developed by the thirteen Learning Away partnerships of over 60 schools.
- Take away practical solutions to the challenges involved in organising residentials and hear more about some of the factors that contribute to positive outcomes.
Full details of our exciting programme of workshops and inspiring keynote speakers will be announced over the coming months, along with information about accommodation and optional pre-conference activities and evening function on Thursday 20 March.
This conference is being convened jointly by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Council for Learning Outside the Classroom and Widehorizons.
Widehorizons provides Adventure Learning for over 34,000 children every year through their seven Adventure Centres, including Widehorizons Margaret McMillan House. The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom is the national voice for learning outside the classroom, promoting the benefits of LOtC, working to influence policy and practice, and providing support for education practitioners, headteachers, governors and organisations that provide LOtC experiences.
Date and venue:
Friday 21st March 2014
Widehorizons Margaret McMillan House, Gravesend Road, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7JN
Margaret McMillan House is a large residential centre located in rural Kent on the North Downs and conveniently near to London, the M25, M20 and M26 and easily accessible by train from Victoria Station. MMH is managed by the Widehorizons Trust. Find out more about the venue.
How to book:
Find out more about details of delegate fees (including an early bird offer) and how to book your place on the booking site.