6 TLC HUBS to Support Powerful Character-Based Learning Across All Ages at Your School
Character education nurtures and promotes the ethical, intellectual, social and emotional development of our young people. It is a continuous learning process that enables young people and adults to become moral, caring, critical, responsible individuals.
We are able to install a number of stations in your setting that will enable you to work with and explore these themes. Each station enables a number of complex tasks and activities to be undertaken with additional ‘clip on’/ ‘clip off’ items of equipment. A sort of ‘Swiss army knife’ approach providing almost 100 different tasks and activities across the whole suite of hubs. The written briefing sheets and risk assessment documentation is also supplied as well as training and induction to enable you to get the very best from the resources.
“Character education is at the heart of what we do”
1.WEBCUBE
The Web Cube lends itself to challenging play, curriculum-linked learning and a range of collaborative tasks to support powerful character development.
- 14 team tasks for character-based learning
- Curriculum-linked learning opportunities
- Activity briefs, risk documents & facilitator notes
- Oak frame: Sustainable, British, chemical free
PREMIUM PLAY OPTION: In addition to the above, monkey bars, climbing holds, cargo net & slack line to create a challenging, off the ground journey.
2.WILD WOOZEY
Wild Woozey is a simple balance beam apparatus for team based tasks and leadership exercises.
- 10 team tasks for character-based learning
- Curriculum-linked learning opportunities
- Activity briefs, risk documents & facilitator notes
- Oak frame: Sustainable, British, chemical free
PREMIUM PLAY OPTION: A complex structure that can support adventure play, balance & gross motor skills development
3. SWAMP
The Swamp Hub is the ultimate in loose parts play. Provided with up to 24 sturdy and durable boxes each with carrying handles together with 4-6 long, strong and portable planks for bridging. This equipment enables imaginative play, challenging balance and gross motors skills with fully portable elements that can be moved easily across a playscape or outdoor area.
- 5 team tasks for character-based learning
- Curriculum-linked learning opportunities
- Loose parts play
- Creative, collaborative and imaginative play
- Activity briefs, risk documents and facilitator notes
4. MAZE
The Maze is a complex grid which facilitates a large range of curriculum-linked learning opportunities around themes such as bar charts, pictographs, number charts and bonds, memory card activities for MFL vocabulary, co-ordinate and direction finding, map creation and so on. In addition, it provides team based tasks and endless creative play opportunities for children through the creation of games and challenges.
- 5 team tasks for character-based learning
- Curriculum-linked learning opportunities
- Creative, collaborative and imaginative play
- Activity briefs, risk documents and facilitator notes
5. RECOVERY ZONE
The Recovery Zone is a versatile circle of oak benches (8-10 depending on the size required. It can be used for a host of purposes from teaching, socialising relaxing and play. It can also provide a sensory zone when incorporated with other features.
- 8 team tasks for character-based learning
- Curriculum-linked learning opportunities
- Creative, collaborative and imaginative play
- Activity briefs, risk documents and facilitator notes
6. THE WALL
Our large ‘up and over’ timber walls offer an array of personal and team challenges to enhance a teaching for character agenda within your school.
- 8 team tasks for character-based learning
- Curriculum-linked learning opportunities
- Creative, collaborative and imaginative play
- Activity briefs, risk documents and facilitator notes
TLC HANDBOOK
Each of the above TLC Hubs is accompanied by supporting documentation for teachers and facilitators:
- Activity briefs
- Facilitator notes
- Risk assessment documentation
- Laminated and fully weather proof, presented in a neat & robust folder