providing
a safe and stimulating learning environment
by making full use of the diverse resources
available at Sparsholt College and the surrounding
area.
meeting
the needs expressed by schools for day-visit
provision in any curriculum area or aspect of
pupils' development that they feel would benefit
from out of school experiences.
providing
teachers with support before, during and after
a visit to Sparsholt in order to integrate the
visit into pupils' learning experience. This
includes joint planning of the activities, focused
fieldwork and detailed follow up opportunities
at school.
providing
high quality teaching resources for pupils and
teachers and making these easily available to
schools (teachers packs and electronically via
the internet) so that the visit to Sparsholt
can be fully integrated into the school's teaching
schemes.
integrating
the use of ICT into our teaching programmes
in order to provide teachers and pupils with
opportunities to develop their skills and to
demonstrate a meaningful use of ICT in teaching
and learning.
providing
stimulating displays, information and activities
to raise our visitors' awareness and understanding
of their environment.
demonstrating
sustainable development to all our visitors
by practical examples in everything that we
do, such as: the care of the wildlife that we
use; minimising trampling effects; recycling
our waste.
supporting
county and national environmental education,
countryside and farming links.
monitoring
the quality of our courses via daily Evaluation
Forms and, whenever possible, a feedback session
with teaching staff.
providing
schools with equal opportunities for visits
by maintaining an efficient administration/booking
system and by regularly reviewing the Centre's
Policies e.g. Booking Policy, Charging Policy
etc.
