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Key Stage 1 and 2

"You can discover more in an hour of play than you can in a lifetime of conversations" - Unknown

Surely a child's development is more than about working to the national curriculum - it is about personal development in a much wider and social context.

We guess that those of you reading this far are as keen about the outdoors as we are. However we can assist teachers meet their demanding targets. Most of our programmes are cross-curricular in the activities we deliver, but the following gives an example of we can help (the outcomes based on our recipe of Charterhouse ingredients are known only to those who visit the centre!)

Opportunities at Key Stage 1 and 2
Subject Unit Information
Art Mother Nature Natural collages
  Journeys Multimedia
  People in action Multimedia
D&T Shelters Bushcraft
  Bread making Ingredients
  Fruit and veg Planning menus for strenuous activity
Geography Investigating rivers Water cycle, erosion, transportation and deposition, Biotic indicators of water quality
  Weather  
  Improving the environment Renewable energy, Recycling, Country Code
History Roman invasion Why Charterhouse?
  Victorian life A rural Victorian school
PE Orienteering  
  Problem solving exercises  
  Night hikes  
Science Local natural history  
  Life cycles  
  Habitats  
  Interdependence and adaptation  
  Variation  
  Keeping warm  
  Rocks and soils  

Golden Rule: keep it fun and get out and stay out