Lucy Parsons highlights the benefits of day trips and educational holidays that help to build memories, bond families and enhance learning
Deep, life-changing learning doesn?t happen in the classroom ? but in the real world, when children touch, smell, taste, hear and see what they?re learning about. That?s why it?s so important to take learning outside the classroom.
And, as a family, going on a fun, educational day trip can be a wonderful bonding experience, which forms memories that last a lifetime. So, if you want to help your children learn, create memories and bring the family together through shared experiences this half term, where can you go"
Fossil-hunting walks
Going fossil hunting on the beach with Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre in West Dorset is a truly immersive experience. A guide will give a talk, then show you examples of the different kinds of fossils you might find, before taking you to a fossil hot-spot. Above, a treasured fossil found in Charmouth
For the next hour or two, you work together as a family trying to find and identify the specimens. It?s possible to find more than a hundred fossils during your time on the beach, and unlike most world heritage sites, you?re allowed to take your little Jurassic treasures home.
Shakespeare
British History Tours has put together an engaging guided walk of Stratford-upon-Avon that will take you to the key sites related to William Shakespeare?s life. You can start at the Bard?s birthplace, learn about th...