Trips: Safety Standards for School Trips
School outings have great educational value and are fun. They are opportunities for the young to benifit from important and enriching learning experiences that you just couldn't match in the classroom. But the tragedies of last summer have raised questions about safety on school trips. Noe the Department for education and Skills is publishing additional guidance to help provide the information and support teachers need to lead educational visits safely.
[http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/]
Trips: School-Trip
Educational and School trip organizers, teachers, parents and students will find on this site a selection of attractions, useful addresses, hints & tips for trips to Great-Britain, Ireland and France.
[http://www.school-trip.com/]
Trips: Educational Visits
This web site complements our series of Educational Visits folders for the North, Heart and South of England, now in their eighth year of publication. You can be confident that all the information has been supplied and approved by the attractions themselves, many of whom have supplied links to their websites enabling you to find further information before planning your school visits. As this website is aimed at group visits, please note that only group rates are shown. You can use the search facility to find attractions. You can also go to the various maps and click on an attraction number to go direct to details of that attraction.
[http://www.educationalvisitsuk.com/]
Trips: DfES Guidance
Health and safety of pupils on educational visits. Responsibilities for visits: Legal framework, Approval for visits, LEAs, Governing Body, Head teacher, Group leader, Teachers, Adult volunteers, Responsibilities of pupils, Parents.
[http://www.dfes.gov.uk/]
Trips: Visit Wales
From rolling hills to golden beaches, from soaring sea cliffs to the rugged grandeur of Snowdonia, the scenery of Wales is spectacular. So, too, is its history.Ancient standing stones, ruined Norman castles, tiny harbours which once sent schooners and tall ships half way around the world - everything the intrigued visitor could ever want is to be found in this fascinating country.
[http://www.visitwales.com/]
Trips: BSES
The Society's expeditions aim to help in the development of young people through the challenge of living and working in remote and challenging areas of the world.
[http://www.bses.org.uk/]
Trips: Snowdonia National Park
Welcome to the Snowdonia National Park Website where you will find information on: Snowdonia National Park, Plas Tan Y Bwlch - Snowdonia Environmental Study Centre, Snowdonia National Park Authority.
[http://www.eryri-npa.co.uk/]
Trips: Outdoor Learning
The site includes: The Information Centre - packed with advice on all aspects of educating and learning in the outdoors. Regions - since the convergence we are now able to bring you selected local information from around the country.
[http://www.outdoor-learning.org/]
