Book a week's course with us or join in with other schools on an autumn or spring half term course (see 'What's On').

Sample Course Programme & Content

Section 1 General Information

Question Papers, Handouts and Worksheets

• Group performance + activity review
• Why outdoor education?
• Group tasks (start of course)
• Adventure and risk assignment
• Luton College: contemporary issues paper
• Activities split into aspects of:
  safety
  physiological
  skill development
  psychological
• Factors influencing the development of mountaineering
• Adventure and risk: basic concepts

Lectures & Information by Topic

• Training for physical performance
• Newspaper articles: contemporary issues
• Physiological effects of activity
• Skill acquisition
• Adventure, risk and safety issues
• Group work and problem solving
• Team roles
• Motivation
• History of outdoor education
• Outdoor education concepts and theory

Section 2 Sample Course Programme

Day	Group 1 A Level	Group 2 A Level	Evening Activities
Sun	Course arrives 15:30 and course introduction		Kit issue
Mon	Theme: Anxiety / Stress & Performance* 1 Rock Climbing & Abseiling 2 Canoeing		Nightmoves/Orienteering competition (Max group size five)
Tue	Theme: Skill Acquisition* 1 Canoeing 2 Rock Climbing & Abseiling		Ropes Course Planning the Mountain Walk
Wed	Theme: Motivation Mountain Walks		Visit to National Centre Plas-y-Brenin
Thur	Theme: Adventure Sea Cliff Traversing		Lecture: Teamwork and Problem Solving Preparation for Problems in Padarn
Fri	Team Problem Solving Problems in Padarn Review of the Exercise Course Review		Lecture/Discussion: Why Residential Outdoor Education? Kit hand in and clear up
Sat	Depart at 09:30

*School staff assist, for example often running these theory sessions