What is biophilic design? Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions. Wikipedia What’s new? The article “Biophilic design: Why nature could be a good investment” states
Summer Work in Morzine We are hiring freelance outdoor professionals to work with us to deliver outstanding adventures to school groups in Morzine. Employment Type: Freelance Core dates: June 19th to July 10th 2020 (potential for more dates) Work: Min 15 days work in this period. Generally Monday to Friday
Are you an Educational Leader? We are conducting some research into the teaching of Leadership and Followership skills in schools. For now we are focusing on pupils rather than staff. “The capacity or willingness to follow a leader” Our definition of Followership Our premise is that in a modern world,
Progress has been made with the introduction of a new Natural History GCSE which is great news. inews wrote the following: “Natural History GCSE is being planned to reconnect teenagers with wildlife” The movement has been pioneered by Caroline Lucus of the Green Party (Twitter) and Mary Colwell (Twitter) They
Growing BeVenturesome has been incredibly exciting. Pupils had a wonderful time last season, they are coming back for more in 2020 and new schools are joining us. We always wanted to run a business that created unforgettable experiences for pupils but also helped protect the natural environment that makes it
We were chuffed to have our Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge approved the other day.. Morzine really is quite a speculator outdoor classroom… That’s quite a few badges now… So we did a little guide to explain what they mean…
We are very pleased to announce that BeVenturesome is now a certified member of the British Activity Provider Association (BAPA) What is BAPA…. The British Activity Providers Association is the trade association for residential and non-residential based providers of activity programmes and activities in the UK and also where members
The group were finishing the last activity of the week before their coach left for the airport when it struck me… I had spent all week trying to get ‘jaw-dropping’ drone footage and ‘eye-popping’ homepage photos and I had forgotten the most obvious and important thing to capture. What did
With a title like ‘The Real Cutting Edge of Education Probably Isn’t What You Think It Is, I thought it was worth a click of the thumb and a scan of the eye. A scan turned into a read. A read turned into this blog! Education, technology, the natural world
We’re on a mission to help young people get more enduring benefits from the outdoors. It’s quite a challenge and the long term input from teachers is essential for its success. However we appreciate that teachers give up time with family and/or holidays to come on our trips so it’s
A quick edit of the good times has this Summer. Gosh it was hard to cut this down to 50 seconds!
Our trips are action packed. Pupils have often been whitewater rafting before checking into their accommodation. We love it this way. It’s what we do best. However, on a few occasions we spend a few minutes getting the kids to relax, shut their eyes, check with themselves and soak up
As a part if our drive to help schools and pupils get more out out of their adventures with us we create a Media Pack for each school which include lots of photos and videos of their week with . us – Check out and example HERE As a part
Just a quick note to say that we will be exhibiting at this years IAPS Annual conference from 26th to 29th September at QE11 Exhibition Hall in London. More information about the event can be found HERE. Hope to see you there.
Is your Forest School real Outdoor Education? The article was published in the Guardian a few days ago. Here are a few of my thoughts A quick summary The term Forest School is hugely popular now and the concepts has drifted away from it’s original Scandinavian ethos. Competitive and curriculum
We were delighted to host St George’s Windsor Year 8’s for an action packed week of adventure in Morzine last week. Here is how it went… Monday – Arrival and Hike They landed at 09:10, we arrived at our accommodation by 11:20 and were at the top of a mountain
