This course provides an opportunity for students to prepare, plan and collect data for their individual Non-Exam Assessment for A Level Geography.
Small Group or Individual Student Days are designed to bring together individual students, home educated students, schools with small cohorts, or students who were unable to attend a residential or alternative trip. By bringing groups together you do not have to pay for a minimum number of students.
These courses are for groups of 9 or fewer students from any one school.
To ensure the safety of all participants on our day and residential small groups courses, any child, or group of children from an individual school or home-education group, aged under 18 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult, eg teacher or parent. Other adult learners eg mature students or those who have recently turned 18 are welcome to join the course.
Accompanying staff and adults are charged at half the student rate plus VAT.
Tutor: Field Studies Council Staff
Courses are led by experienced Field Studies Council staff.
Example Timetable
Example course:
Day 1
Afternoon
Students arrive at centre 13:00hrs
Lunch and room allocation 13:30hrs
Introduction to Physical (Coastal) skills 14:00hrs
Depart to Newton for coastal skills 15:00hrs
Evening
Return to Centre for statistical analysis and write ups 17:30 -18:30hrs
Dinner 18:30hrs
Day 2
Morning
Introduction to Human (Urban) skills 09:00hrs
Depart for Porthcawl for urban skills 10:00hrs
Afternoon
Return to Centre 15:00hrs
Data presentation and analysis 15:30 – 17:00hrs
Evening
Statistical Analysis 17:00 – 18:30hrs
Dinner 18:30hrs
Day 3
Morning
Method evaluation 09:00 – 10:00hrs
Survey 123 workshop 10:00 – 11:30hrs
Lunch 11:30
Afternoon
NEA 5-day students 12:00hrs, NEA introduction
13:00hrs NEA workshop including question formulation, secondary research, risk assessments and methodologies.
Evening
Dinner 18:30hrs
Day 4
Morning and afternoon
Safety brief and equipment issue 09:00hrs
10:00hrs depart for Newton and Porthcawl.
Return to centre 17:00hrs
Evening
17:30 – 18:30hrs Workshop / Assisted session
18:30 Dinner
Day 5
Morning
Workshop / Assisted sessions may include soil analysis session. 09:00hrs – 11:30hrs
Lunch 11:30hrs
Depart 12:00hrs
