1. Andy Barclay SW Outdoor Education Advisers Panel
SW Mountain/Moorland Leader Training Group
Ten Tors Policy Committee
providing advice and guidance from the employer/deployer perspective

2. Things have changed but some feel ‘elf and safety’ concerns have got out of hand2

3. …this is where we have been heading recently…
…this is where we have been heading recently…. as demonstrated by the ‘Walkadile’ – sold as a way to keep your young people under control..rather than teaching them how to keep themselves safe. Note the facial expressions – doesn’t look like an educational or enjoyable experience for adults or children. Many feel that there is a happy medium between these 2 extremes and the balance needs to be re-dressed. 3

4. What's the point of school?
“Along with history and maths, teaching character and resilience should be an essential part of every school's ambition.”
“All too often the development of attributes associated with character and resilience - that is, the development of the pupil as a rounded individual - are neglected or, at best, given second billing.”
All Party Parliamentary Group Report Feb 2014

5. Increased motivation & appetite for learning
Activity skills
Increased motivation & appetite for learning
Skills for life
Personal qualities
Confidence & character
Broadened horizons
Social & emotional awareness
Health and wellbeing
Environmental awareness
High Quality Outdoor Education – learning outcomes

6. Taken from Daily Mail article

7. Comfort Zone Panic Zone Stretch Zone P A F-A M-A P = Play
A = Adventure
F-A = Frontier Adventure
M-A = Mis-Adventure
M-A

9. Are we preparing children
for a life of tests
or the tests of life?
Professor Guy Claxton

11. Team Manager Responsibilities
TM is acting on behalf of employer/deployer (e.g. LA, MoD, District Commissioner, governors)
Must follow your organisation's guidance
Must have suitably qualified and competent leaders in place in order to fulfil your duty of care

12. Regional & National Qualifications
Updated details on TT website based on advice from SWOEAP and AALA, and accepted as best practice by HQ SW
SW regional scheme continues to operate
MT now offers Lowland Leader, Hill & Moorland Leader and Expedition Skills Module

13. ”For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.”
George Mallory