TG Escapes Blog – Education
The latest articles from the TG Escapes team. Read on to keep up to date on the latest innovations and stories in the world of modular eco building for education.
Free School Meals for KS1 Half a Term Later
Are you one of the many schools who decided to use a hub kitchen or private contractor to provide meals for your KS1 pupils? Now that we are almost at the end of the first half term of the Government initiative, are you finding the process of externally sourcing meals...
Get outside for World Mental Health Day
As this Friday is World Mental Health day, we thought it represents a good opportunity to think about the mental well-being of children in Britain today and to explore ways in which it can be improved, in an environment where public mental health funding is sadly...
World Teachers Day 5th October
Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Aristotle World Teachers Day is a global event promoted by the United Nations to celebrate the vital role that teachers...
The Learning Escape are in conference season.
As schools across the country get into the stride of the new academic year, we too at the Learning Escape are looking forward to a busy period of exhibiting at a number of conferences in the coming week or so. We kick off with the School Business Manager Conference on...
Autumn is a great time for Outdoor Learning
As autumn draws in, nature is busy readying itself for the cold winter months with many plants and animals putting on a fantastic final show. Squirrels and jays are frantically burying their winter stores of nuts and acorns; mini beasts are seeking shelter in leaf...
Smart lighting control gives brilliantly lit classrooms without costing the planet
Two issues lie at the very heart of The Learning Escape ethos: education and environmentalism. Those of you that know us, will understand how hard we strive to provide the very best teaching environments: a significant element of which is the quantity and quality of...
Are you bursting at the seams with your new school intake?
We at the Learning Escape all hope that you all enjoyed your well-deserved summer break, and that you have returned to the new school year refreshed and ready to tend to what is likely to be a large intake of little ones. Are you however, starting to feel like your...
Pooles Park National Lottery Award Finalists
The team at The Learning Escape were thrilled to hear that one of our clients is in contention for a National Lottery Award in the Best Environment category. We were honoured to be chosen by Pooles Park School, in Islington, central London, two years ago when the...
Gold for The Learning Escape in The Green Apple Awards
Established 20 years ago, The Green Organisation is an international, independent, non-profit, non-political, non-activist environment group dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world. Its Green Apple Awards have...
Swap Blue Light for Sunlight
The sun is shining, the school year is approaching its end and you and your students are sweating under the glare of fluorescent lighting with a background tinge of blue from computer screens. Attention spans are frayed and patience is in short supply…time to swap the...
Some ‘thank you’s’ from our younger customers
Being thanked for the things we do, even if it is something we are being paid for, is one of the simplest yet greatest of life’s pleasures. Being appreciated is a powerful motivator in work and in life, and when the gratitude is genuine, a little goes a long way. But...
SSAT Achievement Show – 26th June
The SSAT Achievement Show 2014 will be taking place next Thursday 26th June at Twickenham Stadium and The Learning Escape are excited by the prospect of getting the chance to meet those attending. We know that the SSAT is one of the most enlightening educational...