Planning Educational Visits
Below are documents providing information and guidance for best practice in planning and implementing a variety of activities. Please visit the EVC pages for more information and advice or talk to your EVC at your centre.
Changes to Birmingham City Council Guidance for Educational Visits
HASPEV
Standards for LEAs 2002
Handbook for Group Leaders Final 2002
Standards Adventure Final 2002
Group Safety At Water Margins
SAMPLE BEHAVIOUR CONTRACT
WORK RELATED LEARNING and the LAW
Click here for a mind map for planning educational visits
T=a+p+e (A tool for active Risk Management)
The countryside code video. (1 minute and 5Mb, possible slow download)
Practical Group Management
Example Leader Pack
Below are links to useful documents that can be adapted for individual use.
BRIEFING SHEETS FOR PARENTS/CARERS AND GROUP PARTICIPANTS FOR FIELD STUDY VISITS
GENERAL HEALTH HAZARDS AND BRIEFING SHEETS FOR PARENTS/CARERS/GROUP PARTICIPANTS
European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
WORK RELATED WORK AND LEARNING
Click here for a mind map for planning
Visit Leader Training Powerpoint
The briefing sheets give details of general health hazards on outdoor educational visits, what to do and what to look for.
Benefits of outdoor learning
Every Child Matters: See how outdoor learning fits in the framework
Out of Classroom Learning: A guide to best practice
Ofsted Outdoor Education: Aspects of Good Practice
Outdoor Education the Ofsted view
