Please find below details of the 2010-2011 Wicksteed Education Programme. These events have been organised primarily by Wicksteed Park with, in some cases, considerable help from outside teaching bodies (listed by the events). Some like the Design Days have been running now for over 10 years.
All of the events have been produced to allow schools to enhance particular parts of their curriculum. There is also the opportunity for the children to have access to the paid for rides in the park giving an additional level to the learning process. Whilst the Wicksteed Park Charity Trust does make a considerable financial contribution, in some cases as high as 80%, all events do incur a cost.
Designed for Leisure - Thursday 16th June 2011 from9.30am - 2.15pm
This is a smaller session than the ‘Design to Go’ sessions but do provide the same disciplines and benefits to the participants including:
Delivery of various parts of the National Curriculum a) Design b) Social c) Art d) Communications
Builds self-confidence.
Provides the opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other schools developing their interaction skills, team working and presentation skills.
Prepares the students for the change of schools into secondary level Provide small groups with the maximum benefit from the sessions.
Make the pupils more receptive as they are part of the wider Wicksteed experience.
Ensure complete access for people with disabilities at all times.
This programme is specifically designed for Key Stage 2 (Details and costs will be sent upon request)
Schools can individually send any number of pupils from 2 to 20 forthis event
(total pupils on the day 80)
Designed to Go - Friday 18th June 2010 from 9.30am - 3pm
This is an event using Design as a process to raise self confidence,social and presentation skills along with the ability to work to a very tight timetable to achieve an end result. The sessions for 12 - 13 year olds are delivered by Scott Hurd, an external teacher and presenter who is recognised nationally for his expertise in this area (for more information on Scott Hurd visit www.scott-hurd.co.uk). The sessions:-
Deliver various sections of the National Curriculum a) Design b) Social c) Art d) Communications
Provide the opportunity for the students to interact with fellow students from other schools developing their interaction skills, team working, presentation skills (in various forms from 2D – paper drawing, 3D – Model making to a concise sales pitch).
Provide groups of no more than 5 pupils with the maximum benefit from the sessions.Make the pupils more receptive as they are part of the wider Wicksteed experience.
Ensure complete access for people with disabilities at all times.
Encourage hard work, and deadline setting, through to a finished article.
This programme is specifically designed for Key Stage 3 (Key Stage 2would also benefit by attending the day). (Details and costs will be sent uponrequest)
Schools can individually send any number of pupils from 2 to 20 for this event (Total number of students on the day 70)
One World One People - Friday June 24th 2011 (Northamptonshire Schools only)
(With considerable help from ESCO's, Morcea Walker and Others)
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. " Nelson Mandela
Both the previous and present governments' realise that everyone needs to have a positive understanding and respect of how the many aspects of oursociety fit together to form a powerful harmonious society. One World One People develops this theme by giving all, both pupils and accompanying adults, unprecedented experiences that will last the individual a lifetime.
Chinese Dragons
Didgeridoo
Maypole Dancing
Simba
The Grand Parade
Each schools coming to the park will bring:-
a song/dance/play about a given nation to perform to other schools on a small stage. (can be anything from 30 seconds up to 3 minutes in length)
They will also represent that nation in the Grand Parade at the end of the timetabled day. (Here they can make/dress their pupils in clothing of that country (using paper/cardboard/etc), sing songs, wave flags/maps, dance whatever to enhance this icing on the cake event)
each child to have a passport (provided) so that they can get through 'douane'
At the park they will:
Be timetabled to 'fly' (walk) from continent to continent to a one nation per continent experience.
With up to 4/5 other schools to each perform their song/dance/whatever.
Have one timetabled sessions with access to all the rides in the park.
When the event finishes at 2.00pm schools staying on in the park can have free access to all of the rides in the park until they begin to close at 4.30pm
The day is such that Secondary/Primary schools can beinvolved in running mini events (20 minute slots, at least 5 timesthroughout the day) for the primary schools to be timetabled to visit andexperience. There will also be professionals running other mini events thusbringing a deeper understanding of the many wonderful different nationalexperiences that we have in Northamptonshire.
Group numbers anything from 2 to whole year and in some small schoolswhole school (Max numbers for this day 1,450)
Victorian Days - Monday 27th June, Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th June 2011 from 10am - 2.15pm
