Outdoor Education and Learning

BECKs Development Training offers a Development through Adventure Programme consisting of residential experiences or one day activities full of fun, action and educational learning outcomes.
Interlinking the school’s curriculum with adventurous activities will give the young people the opportunity to learn “first hand” in a fantastic outdoor environment.

Rock climbing on sandstone or grit stone can easily interlink with geology, setting up pulley systems to hoist a wait up the crag has strong connections to physics and even maths.
In addition to the educational dimension, climbing offers the opportunity for students to take responsibility, build on trust in other people and stretch their personal boundaries, overcoming fears and being part of a team!

Caving is another superb activity to really get to grips with Geology and also History. How have the caves been formed? When did that happen? Looking at fossils, millions of years in age will be a stunning experience for a young person of the fast moving 21st century.
Again, students taking part in a caving day will expand their horizon, overcome fears and feel the achievement at the end of the trip.
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Paddling in kayaks or Canadian canoes again will interlink with history (ancient ways of transporting goods) and physics (movement of water, stress distribution on paddles etc) and additionally, it is a great team building sport.
Particulary canoeing is also a great teambuilding sport which enhances communication and trust.
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Orienteering and educational treasure and scavenger hunts, for example along the Hadrian’s Wall and through the ruins of Roman Forts. This activity, once more, can be prepared and discussed in History and Physics (map scales, contour lines etc.) If it was to be set up as a treasure hunt, any subject can be included and by answering relevant questions, the students would then receive clues to get them to their next point etc.

Team Challenges are designed to get your students to interact outside the school environment. We build on problem solving skills, communication and leadership skills.
The scenarios can be quite complex, so that careful planning, organisation and preparation are required to complete the challenge succesfully.
The common achievment at the end of the challenge will give students confidence, motivation and a general positive attitude towards team work.

Other educational activities include Ghyll scrambling and Coasteering.