GIFT goes to Hatfield Peverel - A Residential Weekend for Exceptionally Able Years 9-11
From February 3rd 2012 20:00 for 2 days
Course Duration: 8 p.m. Friday 3rd - 4.30 p.m. Sunday 5th February 2012
Cost: £163-00 incl. full board & lodging For whom? N.C. Years 9-11 (ages 13-16)
Where? Cardfields Residential Study Centre, Hatfield Peverel, Essex CM3 2NR
On Friday you'll get to know everybody, explore the place, and do some introductory activities. On Saturday and Sunday there's a choice of projects. Each one runs from 9.30a.m. to 5p.m.-ish, with ample breaks for meals, snacks, etc. YOU choose ONE from each day, giving you a unique opportunity to study the subjects that really interest you in depth...Early Evening Activities are followed by Late oneswhich might include Creative Dreaming and Stress Management, late-night stargazing, perhaps even a Night Hike! Who knows!
Project Descriptions
Short Short Stories Code P12 SATURDAY
Rediscover the art of the short story, as it appears in literature, comics, film, and cartoons. This is an opportunity to engage in some creative thinking, to discover what is, in fact, the shortest short story and to explore and invent new styles, finding inspiration from, amongst other things, the area and objects around us.
A Brief History of Games Code S23 SATURDAY
Why do we play? This is a question that has puzzled psychologists for centuries. Play is an essential aspect of our daily routine but what is it about play that makes this so? In this project you’ll address these questions whilst also learning about the types of game we indulge in and whether juxtaposing ‘work’ and ‘play’ is really necessary. You’ll witness how games have changed, with special reference to the transition from tabletop to the virtual. You’ll also have the opportunity to make a game and, time permitting, participate in one another’s play design.
Designing an Evilometer Code Y22 SATURDAY
Is it better for a thin man in a lifeboat to give up his seat, or to throw a fat man overboard to make room for two? Is letting someone fall down an open lift shaft any different to giving him a gentle shove? Grapple with ethical questions such as these with the help or hindrance of philosophers, gods and sages down the ages. Then design and name your own moral philosophy ready for a final showdown. Philosophy. Not for the squeamish.
Getting to Grips with Chaucer Code K14 SUNDAY
Chaucer – “the first modern English storyteller”; “the funniest characters . . . the best plots”; “brilliant satirist” but undeniably hard to understand. Until now. . . . Spend a day getting to grips with Chaucer: learn to speak, read and write in Middle English and then find out why 600 years might be almost irrelevant.
Reading Sideways Code T23 SUNDAY
When analysing literature we are faced with the problem of how to read and understand it in terms of the text itself, the intended meaning, and the (perhaps not so intentional) meaning that underlies this. In this project we’ll be exploring methods of reading, including (but not limited to) psychobiography, character analysis, and more structural methods of reading a text. You’ll have to contribute your own ideas on the pros and cons of each method and will either write and analyse your own creative piece or use a piece of literature of your choice for analysis.
Crick Crack Code P23 SUNDAY
Shortly after someone discovered fire, someone else got bored with staring at it and invented storytelling. Learn how to draw in your audience using voice, gesture and language, and how to use pictures to aid memory so that you can tell a tall tale, sad saga, or forbidding fable without writing a word. No need to bring a story with you, as a wide range will be available.
SPONSORSHIP is available to parents where there is financial hardship. Please contact Gabbitas Tomorrow’s Achievers (Patricia Morse 0207 734 0161) or The Potential Trust (Anna Comino-James 01844 351666) for more details.
Please send the following booking slip together with a deposit of £80 (cheques payable to GIFT Ltd.) to Julian Whybra, GIFT Ltd., 24 Martingale Rd., Billericay, Essex CM11 1SG (faxphone: 01277 654228, e-mail: enquiries@giftltd.co.uk, website www.giftltd.co.uk)
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LEA-owned Residential Centres require that students participating in residential courses and their parents agree to abide by the following agreement.
Disregard for these basic guidelines for the harmony and well-being of the residential community will result in the student being asked to leave the Centre without redress.
HEALTH & SAFETY: LEA Health and Safety Policies require all students to conduct themselves in a manner so as not endanger themselves or others. Students under 18 cannot leave the Residential Centre’s grounds unless accompanied by a member of staff.
BEHAVIOUR: It is our expectation that respect for one another’s person, privacy and property, common courtesy, and politeness will be the normal standard of behaviour. Smoking, alcohol and drugs are not allowed in the Residential Centre.
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