Nature Days is an independent service offering quality educational field trips in and around the Gower peninsula for junior schools, senior schools, colleges and the general public.
We provide a cost effective way for children to learn about the different habitats that exist around Gower.
News.
Autumn and Winter term 2011 and 2012 Supply cover available by Nature Days.
If transport costs are a problem for field trips than bring in Dawn from Nature Days. A qualified field studies provider who will provide all the equipment and expertise to undertake field work in your own school grounds.
Supply cover or PPA can be utilised to teach curriculum linked outdoor learning sessions for classes.
Dawn Thomas of Nature Days is available to undertake one off or regular Forest school and outdoor learning sessions at your school over the Autumn and Winter months.
Cover your PPA or supply needs with a CRB checked, qualified teacher who has five years experience in outdoor learning and forest school.
Dawn will come to your school and cover classes by teaching Forest school in your grounds or undertaking curriculum linked outdoor learning sessions.
Subjects covered include;
- Geographical enquiry
- Scientific enquiry
- Ecology
- Plant and animal biology
- Materials
- Navigation
- Celtic history
- Neolithic history
- Weather
- Sustainability
- Team building
- Forest school
All within your own school grounds.
NEW FOR 2011
INSET training for teachers.
Nature Days now provides INSET training for teachers.
Check out our teacher's INSET on "Undertaking your own effective field trip" and "Utilising your school grounds for outdoor learning".
INSET training can take place in your own school during the day or twilight sessions after school. They can also be undertaken in any of the locations used by Nature days for their field trips.
Any number of members of staff can attend for a set price of £250 per session.
Nature Days have been inspected by Estyn, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales as part of Knelston Primary school's Inspection.
The full report is available on the Etsyn website but quotes relating to the teaching by Nature Days are below.
"A valuable range of teaching approaches and challenging tasks are provided in the Forest School facility. Sessions contribute well to pupils’ development of knowledge and understanding of the outdoor environment. Pupils’ social, co-operative and communication skills are effectively developed through these beneficial experiences."
"The school has a forest school area which is regularly used very effectively to support pupils’ learning."
"The provision of the forest school is a particular strength of the school and it has shared aspects of this work with other schools within the local authority."
This final point relates to a talk undertaken by Nature Days for The British Association for Early Childhood Education at Knelston Primary School.
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"When planned and implemented well, learning outside the classroom contributed significantly to raising standards and improving pupils' personal, social and emotional development."Ofsted Report (October 2008)
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