Outdoor Learning - A one-day workshop for primary educators
Event Information
Description
A one-day workshop for Primary Educators
Join us at this one-day workshop to find out how you can incorporate outdoor learning into your curriculum, to provide an authentic and rigorous learning experience.
You will gain a greater understanding of the benefits of outdoor learning as we share our experience of incorporating it throughout the primary years, from Foundation to Year 6.We will provide information, advice and tools to help you overcome barriers and embrace learning in nature
When?
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Date: Friday 17 May
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Time: 9.00am to 3.30pm
This workshop will provide you with the knowledge, skills and principles that you can apply immediately to your planning and within your classroom.
Pricing
Early bird pricing (book before 6 May) - Inc GST
Single tickets: $200
Two or more: $180 per booking
Presented by knowledgeable educators Sam Millar and Alex Parrington.
Year 5 teacher Sam and Year 1 teacher Alex will share their experience of practising outdoor learning.
They are compelling presenters and have just returned from the Steps into Sustainability Conference held at Melbourne Zoo in March 2019 and International Association for Nature Pedagogy in Melbourne. They have also published a number of articles including;
'How connecting children to their land provides authentic inquiry learning' on the International Baccalaureate's PYP Teachers' blog; 'Outdoor learning and maths: the She Oak Challenge' in Prime Number, the primary journal of the Mathematical Association of Victoria; and 'Dhumba-dha biik; Talk Country' in Remember The Wild Blog.