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SCHOOL life has changed dramatically as more teachers are being trained to educate children outdoors because of Covid-19. Schools and educational settings across Wales are taking to the outdoors to deliver the curriculum and improve health and well-being as educators continue to adapt their ways of teaching during the coronavirus pandemic. Natural Resources Wales (NRW), which supports and facilitates outdoor learning, has seen a surge of interest and demand for training and resources. Enrolment on NRW’s professional learning courses has gone up six fold this year, with over 400 educators trained on-line in October and November alone. Rebecca Shone is a Year 2 teacher at Sychdyn Primary School, Flintshire and attended one of NRW’s recent courses. She says that outdoor learning is significantly helping her adjust to a new way of teaching.
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The number of teachers being trained to educate children outdoors has gone through the roof because of Covid-19, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has said.
About 450 teachers have enrolled on its outdoor learning courses in the last two months - compared to 350 for the whole of last year.
The courses recently re-started following Covid restrictions.
They are delivered via Zoom and encourage teachers to use nature to help teach key subjects.
The rise follows a warning by the Institute for Outdoor Learning that a lack of school trips during the pandemic has cost the outdoor education sector £500m and caused the loss of 6,000 jobs.