Modern children spend, on average, just 9 per
cent of their time outside, a lot less than previous generations.
Not exact matches
On average, participating CC21 school leaders are spending 12.1 hours per week in their professional learning
outside of the traditional school walls, with the majority
of this
time (6.5 hours, or 53.7 per
cent) spent searching for and reading online information relevant to their teaching context.
At Warden's Auchlone Nature Kindergarten in Perthshire, central Scotland, students are
outside 80 to 90 per
cent of the
time.
A new report from Public Health Wales has revealed that 29 per
cent of children under five in Wales are not getting enough
time outdoors despite 97 per
cent of parents thinking it is important for children to play
outside.
Again, this has been linked to higher student achievement with the Trust reporting that «students who write
outside school daily are five
times more likely to have levels
of writing above those expected for their age, compared with those who never write
outside the classroom (30.9 per
cent versus 5.8 per
cent)».
Twenty - nine per
cent said they had felt stressed «most» or «all
of the
time» recently, whilst 18 per
cent report these levels
of stress
outside the sector.
Around one - third
of part -
time teachers stated that 40 per
cent of their working hours were worked
outside of school hours.
«The overall average: 26 per
cent of a teacher's
time (not counting nearly 12 hours a week
of overtime work
outside the classroom) was devoted to nonteaching chores.»
With 75 per ‑
cent of children in the UK spending less
time outside than prison inmates (survey
of 2,000 people commissioned by Persil as part
of its «Dirt is Good» campaign) it's going to take more than just schools to get young people
outside enough to reap the benefits; benefits that include not just self - development, but also increased academic attainment — one
of the core functions
of schools.
A recent survey in January entitled «Global Trends in Hiring
Outside Counsel» found respondents were dissatisfied with larger law firms 19 per
cent of the
time.
«As things currently stand, the judge whose base court is located in Fort Frances is currently required to sit
outside the district
of Rainy River far more than 50 per
cent of his total sitting
time.