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School-Trip Health andSafety
Health and Safety of Learners Outside the Classroom (HASLOC)
DCSF Press Release has further information
Welcome to the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) update. The aim is to share news and events as well as letting people know about recent activity. Follow the links below to view this month's articles.
If you have news and articles that you would like to contribute there are contact details are at the bottom of the page.
Council for Learning Outside the Classroom Update
Rarely Cover and LOtC
A breath of fresh air
A hut above the rest
Badged and ready for adventure
An armoury of learning experiences
Learning outside the classroom – Making it happen
To submit ideas for articles, please contact a member of the LOtC communications team at lotc@bbpr.com or on 020 7419 7000.
Information about health and safety on educational visits, including:
· Standards for LEAs in overseeing educational visits
· Standards for adventure
· A handbook for group leaders
· Group safety at water margins
· Educational visits to new EU member states
DfES has produced a series of model forms to support the process of arranging educational visits. The forms are intended for head teachers and others who do not have access to LEA documents.
Useful Links
Further reading and training
Compulsory reading comes in the form of the HASPEV (Health & Safety of Pupils on Educational Visits) Good Practice Guides, issued by the DfES, and also the information on the RoSPA website ROSPA Health & Safety at School : School Trips: Part 1
See www.teachernet.gov.uk/visits for the following publications:
Click on one of the following to go to straight to the download page:
HEALTH & SAFETY OF PUPILS ON EDUCATIONAL VISITS
STANDARDS FOR LEAS IN OVERSEEING EDUCATIONAL VISITS
STANDARDS FOR ADVENTURE
A HANDBOOK FOR GROUP LEADERS
GROUP SAFETY AT WATER MARGINS
Training
Apart from general health & safety and first aid training, you might also like to consider the Risk Education Training Course offered by RoSPA.TeacherNET - Pupil Health and Safety
DfES (Department for Education and Skills)
AALA (Adventure Activities Licensing Authority)
CCPR (Central Council for Physical Education)
BMC (British Mountaineering Council)
BCU (British Canoe Union)
SCA (Scottish Canoe Association)
CANI (Canoe Association of Northern Ireland)
WCA (Welsh Canoe Association)
BCA (British Caving Association)
MLTUK (Mountain Leader Training UK)
MLTS (Mountain Leader Training Scotland)
MLTW (Mountain Leader Training Wales)
MC of S (Mountaineering Council of Scotland)
D of E (Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme)
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