School visits to WWT help promote outside learning
Thank you to the 50,000 children who come on school visits to WWT each year – including the 15,000 who receive free places through our Inspiring Generations scheme supported by HSBC bank.
The Chair of Parliament’s Education Committee came to WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre to hear about what you get up to when you visit – like pond dipping, bug hunts and learning first hand about the water cycle. It’s the Committee’s job to bring the Government to account on education matters.
Neil Carmichael MP heard how learning outside the classroom can help children to develop by having fun, exploring together and working through challenges together. Spending a day in a beautiful landscape can also help children to keep fit and reduce stress.
By telling Neil all about what you get up to, WWT’s experts helped him to find out
about where Government policy was working – and not working – in relation to outside learning and that the time might be right for the Parliamentary Committee to investigate. Afterwards, Neil wrote back to say:
“Amongst all of the topics that we covered the ‘Learning Outside the Classroom’ will certainly find its way onto the work program for my committee.
“I also wanted to say what a huge privilege it was to spend some time in Sir Pete Scott’s study and to see the original drawing of the WWT’s logo”.
