My first podcast, although I like to think of it more as an audio blog! I talk about the background to the AdventureAtHome series, the opportunity for the adventure industry and why I think young people need adventure more than ever right now.
Adventure isn’t the only way to help build your resilience but its certainly a good one and the most fun on our opinion! Here we explain 3 ways to help build your resilience and how adventure can help. 1. Practice pushing your comfort zone Like anything in life, the more Read more…
Adventure At Home Adventure At Home We’ve created some adventure-themed activities specifically for young people to do from home. We hope the videos will be entertaining as well help young people understand how much value adventure and the natural world can bring to their lives. For updates follow our social media: Read more…
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 Read more…
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, Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
BeVenturesome exhibited at the BSA Conference for Heads this week. It was not only great to speak to Heads about our trips but I also found the talks particularly relevant to outdoor education. Of most interest was ‘The lifelong value of out-of-classroomlearning experiences’ talk which was based on the research conducted Read more…