Key Stage 3 and 4

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.

However, organising trips away for Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils takes a huge amount of school resources. We can help ease the strain with our local knowledge, assistance in programming and professional leadership in activities.

The Charterhouse Experience is for:

Year 7 team building
Year 8 Geography field trips
Pupil enrichment weeks
Out of school clubs
Expedition work particularly for Ten Tors and DofE

We guess that those of you reading this far are as keen about the outdoors as we are. If your pupils have specific curriculum needs that can be met more efficiently with a field trip, we can help. Most of our programmes are cross-curricular in the activities we deliver, but the following gives an example of the way in which we can nail down tricky units.

Opportunities at Key Stage 3 and 4
Subject	Unit	Information
Art	What's in a building?	Cast study of Charterhouse
Art	Recreating landscapes	Charterhouse environment has a lasting effect whatever your perspective!

Geography	Limestone landscapes of England	Exploration and investigation into the Mendip Hills AONB

PE	Outdoor activities	Introduction, intermediate and advanced units
PE	Outdoor activities	Developing new skills to explore unfamiliar environments: orienteering, climbing, caving, expeditions, bushcraft, night hikes

Science	Ecological relationships	Habitat studies
		Identification and population sizes
		Predator prey relationships
	Environment and feeding relationships	Food chains and food webs
		Adaptation for habitats
		Scientific enquiries
	Variation and classification	Causes of variation
	Variation and classification	Sorting groups
	The Rock Cycle	Field visits to explore Mendip karst scenery
		Seashore visits to the Severn estuary
		Geological processes
		Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
		Oolithic and Carboniferous Limestone
	Rocks and weathering	Field visits looking at the denuded anticline of Mendip
		Comparing the texture of old Red sandstone and limestone
		Processes in limestone formation
		Fossil hunting
	Energy Resources	Fossil fuels and renewable energy
		Implications for the environment
		Energy for life
		The sun
	The solar system and beyond	Cosmic rambles and observations using telescopes and binoculars
		The sun and stars, star colours
		Planets and our solar system
		Galaxies and our local neighbourhood
		Observations and recording
		Light pollution