Students will learn about the foods our bodies need to work properly and how our bodies process food in order to use it as energy for activity.
Students will be given an overview of foods that can be gathered within the British Isles and how they can be collected in a sustainable way, prepared and eaten. Students will make camp fire bread and will prepare game to eat..... and have lots of fun!

Students will work as a group initially and learn how to complete tasks by discussion of objective, effective communication, negotiation and team work. Both parents and children will have the opportunity to undertake tasks.
Throughout the course parents and children will learn how to take on a leadership role and enhance their effective communication skills.
Members of the group will work with each other and will be taught skills to pass on to other group members to reinforce the need for effective communication.Children and parents will learn how to assess risk and operate in a safe manner.
Some theory work will be involved.

At the end of the course all students who have attended the sessions will have the opportunity to be assessed on their basic skills and will receive a competency certificate if they have a successful assessment.

Students should achieve:
An understanding of basic survival needs
An understanding of potential risk and managing safety
A greater ability to work in a team
A greater ability to undertake tasks under time restraints
An understanding of the psychology of negotiation
The ability to take on an effective leadership role
A better understanding of what is effective communication
Parents will learn how to support their children in the learning process and gauge progress
Children will see parents learning and understand that education is a life long process and does not stop when you leave school or reach a certain age.
An interest in the outdoors and nature and the need to use sustainable methods of living
An understanding that pursuits such as bushcraft can impart skills that will be useful in many areas of life on an almost daily basis.
An understanding that an interest in nature, the outdoors and bushcraft can be an avenue to a career.

All students will need to be able to attend both sessions. Please note that the course content will include the preparation of fish and/or game. Skining, gutting and cooking will form part of the exercise. Questions as to the course’s suitability for you family should be directed to Rock Frog via the Rock Frog Forum. It will be up to the individual learner to participate as they wish and no child or adult will have to undertake any activity they feel unable to do. You can also check the forum for updates, venue changes and additional information prior to or during your course.