Elemore Hall School

Pittington, Durham DH6 1QD

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Home / Pupils / Learning Outside the Classroom

Learning Outside the Classroom

Learning outside the classroom is very important at Elemore Hall.

We are fortunate in having terrific grounds that we use for a wide range of activities including Rural Science, PE, Art, Bushcraft, Bee-keeping, horticulture, wild-life watching, mountain biking and supporting a range of curriculum subjects.

The school owns five mini-busses and a five people carriers that we use to transport pupils to a range of regular and occasional off-site activities that support learning and enjoyment. Groups attend weekly sessions in outdoor pursuits at off-site locations and every subject is encouraged to undertake visits that enrich or support the curriculum such as theatre or museum trips.

Outside the normal school day, many activities are offered that pupils participate in until 8.00pm in the evening. For example, there are a range of physical activities such as climbing, mountain biking, swimming, football and visits to the gym, pupils also visit the local library, take part in Duke of Edinburgh Award activities and engage in independence training.

Further afield the school has organised residential visits to other parts of the country and in past years has taken pupils overseas to Belgium, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Bulgaria and Tanzania. We intend to rejuvenate this if possible.

In addition to our pupils and staff maximising opportunities for learning outside the classroom, we also encourage other schools to come and make use of our grounds. Some other local special schools use our grounds to support their Forest School or Bushcraft programmes. We have a superb classroom (the Outdoor Learning Centre) built in our school grounds that visiting groups can use. Local schools can contact us throughout the year to arrange visits to our grounds, use the Outdoor Learning Centre or visit our bee hives.

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Elemore Hall School
Pittington
Durham
DH6 1QD
0191 372 0275
elemore@durhamlearning.net


 

Windlestone Site
Chilton,
Ferryhill,
DL17 0HP
01388 720 337
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Aykley Heads,
Durham,
DH1 5TS
0191 375 7319
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