Key Stage 3

Visits to Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre can be booked on 01908 227229

Geography

£5.00 per student (accompanying adults free)

Additional activities are available at £1.50 per student

Sessions 10am - 1pm (lunching areas are available upon request)

All our available sessions support the key concepts of the Key Stage 3 Geography Programme of Study; Place, Space, Scale, Environmental Interaction & Sustainable Development, Physical & Human Processes, Interdependence and Cultural Understanding & Diversity. They enable students to use and extend a range of geographical skills in a safe environment. 

Settlements & Change A three hour session comprising one hour introductory presentation and two hour study tour of Milton Keynes. The study tour includes survey work with all activity sheets supplied. The session looks at how settlements develop, contrasting the new town development, of Milton Keynes, with more traditional development patterns. There is a choice of focussing on either housing or service provision. The housing option examines the choices to be made when deciding upon a site for residential development. The services option uses the example of retail to explore service hierarchy within settlements

An Introduction to the Sustainable City

A bite-sized introduction to this fascinating but complex topic. During the session we will seek to define a sustainable city and investigate the extent to which Milton Keynes can be considered a sustainable city. The session includes a presentation and 2 hour tour of Milton Keynes together with data collection exercise.  Students will look particularly at the concept of sustainable communities.

Schools to provide their own coach, which must include a public address system in good working order. Please stress the importance of this feature when booking your coach.

Hands on History

£6.00 per student (accompanying adults free)
Morning session 10 a.m.- 12.30 p.m.
Lunch
Afternoon session 1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.

Hands-on History days provide an opportunity for your students to experience history brought alive. We offer well structured sessions in a heritage setting which meet a range of learning styles. Please contact us for available dates 

Children taking part in Bill Blocking

Medieval Students will take part in 3 workshops which may include: Medieval Pilgrimage Students discover why people became pilgrims and will take part in their own 'pilgrimage' to our original 14th Century pilgrims chapel Medieval Warfare Pupils will find out what it was like to be a medieval soldier Medieval Medicines Students will discover which poultices and potions were widely used around 1400 Precise programmes will vary according to the availability of personnel