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Youthsafe Manitoba- School Field Trip
Resource
This document covers activities that occur
through the school, including those which take place in classrooms,
on school grounds or at off-site destinations – local through
international. These activities may be curricular or
extra-curricular in nature.
While physical education and outdoor education
courses or course elements are obvious targets, field trips, outdoor
pursuits/aquatics and travel excursions are valuable ways to
facilitate learning in many individual and combined curricula.
Examples abound:
a science teacher takes students canoeing to
study river organisms and wildlife;
a language arts teacher hikes students to a local
nature area for poetry inspiration;
a French teacher takes students on an exchange
trip to Quebec;
a music teacher takes students on a performance
tour in the United States.
In addressing student learning outcomes, teachers
may select any number of appropriate off-site trips or activities
that are supported by their principal and Board. Many schools also
offer extracurricular clubs that attract students with a common
interest; e.g., outdoor pursuits, leadership. School organized ski
trips, camps, retreats or other special events are also common
activities.
Administrators and teachers/leaders should be
familiar with these safety guidelines if they are involved in any
such endeavor(s).
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