Course Work & Prefect Training
GCSE & BTEC COURSE WORK
Gateway Adventure can be on hand to aid with your delivery of your GCSE or BTEC courses and work closely with the school to ensure that the course and activities will be delivered within the guidelines of Ofqual’s principles.
With regards to GCSE course delivery Gateway Adventure can assist with both the Physical Education (PE) and Geography syllabuses.
GCSE (PE)
There are a number of disciplines that are Ofqual approved that demonstrate a competitive or formal situation in which students can be assessed as part of a physical education qualification. These enable the student to be assessed as an individual or as part of a team over a period of time or as a residential.
Gateway Adventure can offer the following approved activities:-
Orienteering
Involves walking/running anywhere from remote forest and countryside to urban parks and school playgrounds whilst navigating around a course using a detailed map and a compass. The aim is to navigate in sequence between a set of controls having to decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time.
Outdoor and Indoor Climbing
Many are outdoor activities whilst others take place on indoor climbing walls. Some are usually carried out with ropes to help manage the risks, whilst others, such as bouldering, are invariably done without ropes.
Mountain Biking
Involves mostly cycling off-road. Generally, mountain biking takes place on rough terrain, which will usually be muddy and often contains rocks.
Kayaking & Canoeing
Kayaks are generally closed-top boats and more often than not are single seaters. They usually sit lower in the water than canoes, which tend to have higher sides. Instead of sitting on a bench with their legs bending at the knee, kayakers usually sit on the floor of the boat with their legs stretched straight (or nearly straight) out in front of them.
Canoes are usually open-top boats, often designed to seat two or more people either sitting on benches running across the beam of the craft or kneeling down.
PREFECT TRAINING
The role of Prefect is essentially the link between the school staff and it’s pupils, and therefore the role of a Prefect needs to include many skills that may not be present before undergoing any training.
These include life skills such as problem solving, time management, delegation and negotiation, as well as acting as a mediator between staff and pupils. More and more schools are beginning to understand the value of a high quality Prefect training programme that enables the Prefects to develop the skills that are necessary for an effective performance.
Gateway Adventure offers a suitable training programme which can be tailored to your requirements and will enable your school Prefects to effectively communicate with a wide range of people within your organisation, including students, teachers, parents and school governors.
The aim of the Prefect training programmes are to enhance existing skills and develop new ones such as:
• Integrity, self-awareness, emotional intelligence
• Respect, consideration and tolerance for the needs and views of others
• The ability to help those younger and less experienced than themselves
• Empathy and sensitivity
• Firm but fair discipline
• Reliability and good organisational skills
• The ability to work as part of a team
• Vision and ideas about the role of the students
• The ability to work constructively with adults
• Good communication skills
• The ability to solve problems
• Being an advocate of Anti-Bullying
Our programme includes:
• Ice breakers (to help individuals get to know each other.)
• Team tasks (Leader Lead and or Leader-Less)
• Classroom based sessions on leadership and communication skills
• ‘Sketch show’ to demonstrate how a Prefect should interact with pupils and staff
• Open forum discussions dealing with a variety of situations Prefects could encounter whilst carrying out their role
Our programmes are flexible and can be delivered over one or two days. We can even deliver them within the school grounds or for a more dynamic experience, the program can be delivered off-site at a local scout camp.
