Covid-19
Throughout the pandemic FSC has always followed the guidance. Our focus remains making sure that all our visitors and staff feel safe and secure. We are continuing to do this as restrictions change.For new bookings made from 1 September 2020 and due to take place before 31 December 2022 we offer refundable payments: If your booking has to be cancelled due to national or local government restrictions on travel; school closure or requirement to self-isolate, your payments can be transferred to another booking or refunded. If for the same reasons a small number of students on a group booking cannot come on their trip as planned but we both decide the trip can go ahead for the remaining students, we can transfer payments from affected students to a future booking.
For further details, please get in touch. Tel: 01743 852100
Why book 'FSC Castle Head' with Field Studies Council for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?
-FSC Castle Head is easily accessible by both road and rail, being only 20 minutes from junction 36 of the M6 and an hour and a half drive from both Manchester and Liverpool. The closest train station at Grange-over-Sands is only 5 minutes’ drive from the Centre.
-FSC courses are created carefully to link to curriculum requirements. We can work with you to tailor content to fit in with work back in the classroom.
-Teaching staff are passionate and experienced.
- FSC take care of everything once you arrive; comfortable accommodation, all your meals (residential visits) plus transport during the course.
-Different price bands are offered throughout the year to offer value for money.
-There is an FSC Kids Fund and FSC Bursary Fund available to offer financial support to those who may not otherwise be able to visit us.
- FSC Castle Head is part of FSC, an environmental education charity with 75 years’ experience of providing fieldwork and outdoor learning and a network of UK centres offering day and residential fieldwork opportunities.
-FSC works in many other ways to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment including through projects working in local communities and lobbying government to include fieldwork in the curriculum.
-FSC courses are created carefully to link to curriculum requirements. We can work with you to tailor content to fit in with work back in the classroom.
-Teaching staff are passionate and experienced.
- FSC take care of everything once you arrive; comfortable accommodation, all your meals (residential visits) plus transport during the course.
-Different price bands are offered throughout the year to offer value for money.
-There is an FSC Kids Fund and FSC Bursary Fund available to offer financial support to those who may not otherwise be able to visit us.
- FSC Castle Head is part of FSC, an environmental education charity with 75 years’ experience of providing fieldwork and outdoor learning and a network of UK centres offering day and residential fieldwork opportunities.
-FSC works in many other ways to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment including through projects working in local communities and lobbying government to include fieldwork in the curriculum.
What activities are available during group visits?
There is a range of activities available such as:
Primary: minibeast hunt, pond dipping, hiking, low ropes, eco-activity, rock climibing, bushcraft, orienteering, raft building
Secondary/A level: geography independent investigations, adventurous geography, river study, biology core practicals
Primary: minibeast hunt, pond dipping, hiking, low ropes, eco-activity, rock climibing, bushcraft, orienteering, raft building
Secondary/A level: geography independent investigations, adventurous geography, river study, biology core practicals
Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?
Watersports
Curriculum topics available: Canoeing.
A river runs through the grounds of FSC Castle Head which is ideal for raft building. Groups can also do a canoeing expedition playing games and observing wildlife whilst building bonds with one another. Biology
Curriculum topics available: Plants, Animals including humans, Living things and habitats, Ecology and environment, Life Cycles, Minibeasts, Habitats, Underwater Animals and Habitats, Medicine.
FSC can offer a range of biology courses from fun KS2 to curriculum-based A level trips. KS2 pupils can look at a range of habitats, learning about microhabitats and how they provide the basic needs for living things. Pupils can learn to identify the different structures of plants and name a variety of common animals. Pupils will mini beast hunt and observe them in their microhabitats.For A level students we have the Life Science centres which allows pupils to look at gene technologies.
Human Geography
Curriculum topics available: Settlement and land use, Natural resources, Population, Urbanisation.
FSC offer a range of sessions and courses covering human geography through fieldwork. For KS4 and A level students all courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and can be tailored to your specific needs. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors. Physical Geography
Curriculum topics available: Water cycles, Rivers, Map and atlas, Mountains, Environment, Coasts and seaside, Fieldwork, Glaciers.
FSC offer a range of sessions and courses covering physical geography through fieldwork. For example, students can look at rivers, upland environments and coasts. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors. Environmental Geography
Curriculum topics available: Extreme Weather, Conservation.
FSC offer a range of sessions and courses covering environmental geography through fieldwork. Most sessions have short classroom sessions before and after. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors. Fieldstudies
For KS4 and A level students all courses are linked to the exam board requirements for each subject and can tailor the course to your specific needs. Teaching is delivered by fully trained and experienced tutors. Wildlife
Students will look at a variety of plants and common animals using age appropriate classification keys to identify living things found in woodland and in pond habitats around the centre. Bushcraft
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem solving activities. Physical Education
Curriculum topics available: Canoeing, High Ropes.
FSC Castle Head can offer a range of adventurous activities including abseiling, rock climbing, ghyll scrambling, high ropes, low ropes, obstacle course and raft building. Pupils can do these activities in a residential course alongside curriculum content or environmental education.What size groups do you cater for?
We can cater for groups of various sizes. Courses have a minimum of 10 students and a maximum capacity of 155.
Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?
The centre has several classrooms on site.
Is there first aid on site?
All our field teachers are trained in first aid and group management. A qualified first aider is available at the field centre 24 hours a day.
Who are Field Studies Council?
FSC offers fieldwork and outdoor learning for groups of all ages at centres across the UK. Trips use our stunning locations to teach curriculum focused work and inspire everyone about the environment.
Primary field trips enable you to pick and choose from a range of exciting adventure or curriculum sessions to build your own trip. A visit to FSC Castle Head will immerse primary school children in the natural world, taking in its sights, sounds and smells.
For secondary and A level groups we offer geography, biology and environmental science courses. Courses can be tailored to your own requirements to ensure you get the most from your visit and trips utilise the local environment to fully engage students.
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We will be running live fieldwork sessions in April which we would love to share as teachers can sign up now.
Fieldwork live encompasses ten live lessons broadcast for different age groups. Free live fieldwork lessons with expert field tutors from the Field Studies Council (FSC):
https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/fsc-fieldworklive-2020
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