Residential Visits
At Floreat we have developed a residential visits programme to support our commitment to personal development and outdoor learning.
The English Outdoor Council has recognised the benefits of outdoor learning, highlighting ten key outcomes of high-quality outdoor learning in their booklet High Quality Outdoor Learning. These outcomes are shown below:
High Quality Outdoor Learning outcomes:
- Enjoyment
- Confidence and character
- Health and well-being
- Social and emotional awareness
- Environmental awareness
- Activity skills
- Personal qualities
- Skills for life
- Increased motivation and appetite for learning
- Broadened horizons
A key part of our curriculum, the residential programme is for all children from Reception to Year 6. Visits are carefully planned to ensure that there is progression between each year group. Each residential visit also has meaningful links to the year group's curriculum studies:
