Curriculum Activities

There are lots of ways in which a visit to Rhos y Gwaliau can link to your studies back in school, here are some ideas as to how the following activities can be linked to the curriculum learning outcomes.

Shelter build / bushcraft

  • Personal Social Education
    • Working cooperatively to solve problems
    • Sustainable development and global citizenship. Appreciating the natural world as a source of inspiration.
  • Physical education
    • Adventurous Activities: Problem solving, respecting the environment, evaluating responses to challenges.
  • Design and Technology
    • Designing and making products, being creative, innovating and working in groups.

 

Historical studies

Mine exploration

  • History
    • Identifying differences between ways of life at different times
    • Asking questions about historical periods.

Problem Solving

  • Personal and social education
    • Working with others to solve problems
    • Reflect on progress, identify strengths and weaknesses and set targets for improvement.

Weather studies

This can be done over different activities, particularly canoeing and mountain walking

  • Geography
    • Investigating: Measuring, collecting and recording data through practical investigations and fieldwork
    • Identify and describe natural and human features
    • Identify similarities and differences to describe, compare and contrast places and environments.

Village / town studies

We can take a trip into our local town of Bala to compare with your town back at home.

  • Geography
    • Identify and describe the spatial patterns of places.
    • Identify similarities and differences to describe, compare and contrast places and environments.

River study

  • Geography
    • Investigating: Measuring, collecting and recording data through practical investigations and fieldwork
  • Science
    • Interdependence of organisms: the environmental factors that affect what grows and lives in environments, and how humans affect those environments.

Geography and biology field studies

We can offer a field studies element to your course through any of the environments that are available to us.

Beach study

  • Science
    • Interdependence of organisms, food chains and the influence of humans on the environment.
    • The sustainable earth: The daily and annual movements of the Earth and the moon.

Swimming

As an evening activity

  • Physical education: Finding activities that are enjoyable and sustainable, swimming with friends.