Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group

Image of students participating in Fieldwork and outdoor learning during National Festival of Fieldwork (NFF) 2025

Contact

Chair: Chloe Searl

Our aims

The Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning Special Interest Group (FOLSIG) brings together members with an interest in promoting out-of-classroom activities as an essential part of the geography curriculum.

Visit the Fieldwork Resources page

What we do

We are a friendly, productive and dynamic group focusing on enabling teachers to deliver high quality fieldwork at all levels, from primary to secondary education.

FOLSIG meets three time a year both face-to-face and online, to talk all things fieldwork and support the strategic aims of the Geographical Association.

Recent projects include analysing the fieldwork aspects of GCSE and A level examinations (specifications, examiners reports, resources), writing for GA Magazine and Teaching Geography on fieldwork, producing a set of fieldwork posters (available from the Shop), writing pieces to stimulate debate and promote fieldwork, promoting the use of technology in fieldwork and working with other charities to signpost resources that will address identified teacher fieldwork needs. FOLSIG also regularly presents sessions at the annual GA conference.

If you’d like to know more about our group, we’d love to hear from you. You can join as a full or corresponding member and be a fieldwork expert or simply an enthusiast who’d like to learn more! We will always aim to match your volunteering to your existing professional commitments.

Members

  • Chloë Searl (Chair)
  • Julia Tanner
  • Ryan Nock
  • Paula Richardson
  • Lucy Folan
  • Fiona Sheriff
  • Alice Mollison
  • Gilly Abbott
  • Rachel McGinnety
  • Jill Owens
  • Nell Seal
  • Maya Chukujama
  • Dawn Thomas
  • Philip Monk

Become a member

GA membership provides specialist support and expert advice for geography teaching

GA Shop

We have a wide range of products available to support your geography teaching, from postcards to publications. 

Bespoke consultancy

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