About


Email: tompburgess@googlemail.com                                          Phone: 07548233407


Hello!

My expertise is partnering with the outdoors to engage people in meaningful and memorable experiences. A background in schools, play and youth work mean I have extensive experience working with a wide range of children and young people. My degree in Outdoor Studies was the first milestone in a lifelong interest in play and experiential learning. Underpinning every aspect of my work is a passionate conviction that our relationship with the natural world matters. Harmonious connection with our environment (including the urban) is good for both us and the planet, we are in fact one.


Experience:

Present-
  • OPAL Mentor - School improvement through play: Consultancy
  • Head of Activities at Marlborough College School of English and Culture
  • Playwork Trainer - Supporting lunchtime supervisors in becoming the Play Team
For more on what I am doing now please use the tabs to the right.
Past-

I have designed, delivered and developed outdoor education programmes in a diverse range of contexts throughout my professional life.
  • Lead Play ranger at Guildford Borough Council - (temporary position) organised Love Outdoor Play Week supported by Re:Play South East
  • Sessional Worker for Surrey Young Carers
  • Schools Mentor for Matrix Trust
  • Senior Tutor and Housemaster at More House School for children with special educational needs.
  • Co Founder and Manager at The Hive Collective  - a registered Social Enterprise made up of outdoor practitioners, architects and artists who collaborate to execute projects for schools, local authorities, private events and festivals. 
  • 10 years experience working on summer camps and English Language Schools

Drawing on the above experience I have devised and conducted the following staff training sessions
  • Introduction to Forest School skills
  • Playwork Training
  • Managing challenging behaviour in the play setting and conflict resolution.
  • Mentored staff: BSA Pastoral Care and Managements Issues in Boarding Schools
  • Supervised staff: Child Workforce Development Council Induction 

Articles/Publications
  • 'Where The Wild Things Are' Tom Burgess: BSA publication: Mirror Mirror – Reflections on Boarding Practice 2014
  • Love Outdoor Play Week

Education:

University of Roehampton - Certificate of Professional Development - Pastoral care and Management Issues in Boarding Schools 2011 - 2013

University of Lancaster - St Martins College - 2:1 Outdoor Studies

TEFL Certificate in teaching English as a foreign language


Qualifications/Training:

Mountain Leader MLT
DofE e-induction course
Child Workforce Development Council Induction
First Aid - St John Ambulance
Leading on Child Protection Level Two
ERCA Certified Ropes Course Instructor
Pool Safety Award
Level 2 Food Hygiene For Catering










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