Learning through the outdoors (LTTO)
As part of the formal curriculum, including as an optional GCSE and/or Level 3 diploma, pupils across the school have dedicated days where they ‘learn through the outdoors’. This includes onsite activities in the outdoor classrooms, where pupils develop confidence, resilience and advanced bushcraft skills. These skills are challenged during offsite activities such as gorge walking and kayaking, and on annual camps where pupils independently navigate survival situations. Pupils routinely learn to responsibly manage risk, including when using knives and preparing and controlling fires. During these activities pupils demonstrate high levels of independence, managing their equipment successfully and working collaboratively to solve real life problems. As a result of routine exposure to challenge in authentic contexts, pupils at the College relish challenge. On their return to class, pupils use their skills successfully in other contexts to support their learning and personal growth. As part of the formal curriculum, including as an optional GCSE and/or Level 3 diploma, pupils across the school have dedicated days where they ‘learn through the outdoors’. This includes onsite activities in the outdoor classrooms, where pupils develop confidence, resilience and advanced bushcraft skills. These skills are challenged during offsite activities such as gorge walking and kayaking, and on annual camps where pupils independently navigate survival situations. Pupils routinely learn to responsibly manage risk, including when using knives and preparing and controlling fires. During these activities pupils demonstrate high levels of independence, managing their equipment successfully and working collaboratively to solve real life problems. As a result of routine exposure to challenge in authentic contexts, pupils at the College relish challenge. On their return to class, pupils use their skills successfully in other contexts to support their learning and personal growth.