After COVID-19 sent classes outside, Vermont school pledges to cement outdoor learning in curriculum Share Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021 Share Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Apr 8, 2021
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Show Transcript island. New York Governor andrew CUOMO HASN T SAID. WHETHER HE LL RUN FOR ANOTHER TERM. ACROSS OUR REGION. OUTDOOR LEARNING HAS EMERGED AS A POPULAR APPROACH. TO KEEPING SCHOOLS. OPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. IT S REALLY TAKEN OFF IN RICHMOND. WHERE TODAY. ONE SCHOOL SHOWED. HOW IT S MOVED áMUCH OF ITS OFFERINGS OUTSIDE. JACK THURSTON HAS THAT STORY. ((RIELLA LAWNEY / 2n Grader: 9:42: it s warm out and it s pretty out.)) Riella s weather repor explains one big appeal to outdoor learning for Vermont s Richmond Elementary School. Where the concept started as a safe way to return to in- person classes during th pandemic- spreading kids out, giving them fresh air and a few mask breaks. ((ELSA GOLDEN / 2nd Grader: 10:13
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A Vermont school that moved many of its classes outside for the COVID-19 era is pledging to make outdoor learning a permanent part of the curriculum and showed off its approach to the nation s longest-serving U.S. senator Thursday.
At Richmond Elementary School, administrators said while it had outdoor classes prior to the arrival of coronavirus, their big push toward growing outdoor learning started as a safe way to return to in-person classes during the pandemic. The approach enabled educators to spread kids out, give them fresh air, and allow a few mask breaks.