Advice on organizing school trips

Activities outside the classroom can bring significant benefits for young people and help to bring learning to life. They help children to develop knowledge, understanding and skills beyond the classroom walls, through educational activities.

Teachers and others will now find it easier to take young people out and about as Schools Minister Diana Johnson launched a consultation on simple and straightforward guidance to cut red tape.

The new guidance will help teachers and other staff to keep children safe by outlining their duties and giving helpful advice such as how to
cut red tape by providing sample checklist forms to help save time.

It will give teachers and others more confidence to organise trips by highlighting helpful schemes like the Quality Badge and highlight how employers should support their staff in the event of a child being hurt, and reduce fears of legal action.

Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families
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Let’s Play

Most children love break and playground time. But there are often some individuals left standing alone watching others play.

Those who have not developed the necessary skills they need to take part in physical activities on the playground are left inactive and isolated, which can lead to long-lasting negative effects on their self-esteem.

Let’s Play! Promoting Active Playgrounds will help you make sure that no children are left on the sidelines watching and waiting for the bell or for a parent to pick them up.

But through Let’s Play!, you can ensure that every child under your care has the repertoire of movement skills to enable them to be physically active in the playground.

Price: £22.00 I €24.20
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20% Christmas Discount on Books and DVDs

All Human Kinetics’ books and DVDs are now available at a really generous 20% discount until the 24th December 2009.

But please note, if you’re ordering books in the UK for use as Christmas gifts, orders should reach us no later than Wednesday 16th December

For deliveries to Europe you can contact us up to Monday 7th December to order for delivery by airmail. Cost of airmail delivery will be confirmed at time of ordering.

To claim your 20% discount you MUST quote Discount Code R695 when ordering.

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We need this to process your discount – you’ll be prompted for this Code when you checkout on the shopping cart page.

Alternatively, call our order hotline on 0113 255 5665 (44 113 255 5665 if you’re outside the UK).

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