From learning history to making it
A Cognita education goes far beyond the classroom. We’re setting our students up with the agency, adaptability and positive attitudes they’ll need to grow, thrive and succeed in a rapidly evolving world.
We know that everyone learns differently. So our educators work hard to give our students multiple ways to learn. Whether it’s field trips, excursions or other programmes, we’re helping our students to build critical life skills and create memorable experiences.
Here’s what life looks like beyond the classroom at Cognita.
Our world of discovery
Learning beyond the classroom
We give children the chance to learn differently with some help from the Active Learning Group (ALG). ALG is a division of Cognita specialising in learning through experiences and developing essential skills that students can take forward. And they’ve got a lot of different opportunities:
Active Learning Centres
Whether it’s climbing mountains, exploring woodlands or splashing in the sea, our Active Learning Centres combine learning essential skills and looking after wellbeing to give students a taste of the great outdoors.
These centres are a permanent outdoors classroom for all of our UK schools. Students can stay in bell tents, a glamping pod village or built dormitory-style rooms. And each centre serves fresh, high quality food using locally-sourced ingredients.
Through this experience, students will learn teamwork, resilience and confidence. And skills they’ll need for the future.
SuperCamps
The perfect way to keep 3-14 year olds learning and having fun during the holidays. Our SuperCamps are run at over 40 schools and they offer a wide range of activity and skills development programmes.
As well as their multi-activity camps, SuperCamps also offer specialist courses working in partnership with The LEGO Group, Chelsea FC and Rise Cookery School.
Ardmore Language Schools
Learning a language isn’t as simple as memorising verb conjugations. Sometimes you need to put down the dictionary and talk to people.
That’s why our UK and US residential and homestay centres give students the chance to actually use language. They’ll build their knowledge and confidence in English. And they’ll learn through activities, cultural visits and specialist sports courses.
The Bushcraft Company
Over 35,000 students aged 7-18 will get out of school and into the wild, giving them back-to-nature experiences around the UK. They’ll get to cook salmon over an open fire, build shelters to sleep in and learn how to navigate through dense woodland.
It’s as real as you can get.
Camp Wilderness
Camp Wilderness provides children aged 8 – 16 with back to basics overnight camps in the UK, helping children to unplug and rewild during the summer holidays.
Camp Asia
While all of these ALG programmes run in Europe, we use the same expertise in Camp Asia.
Camp Asia in Singapore keeps students busy with exciting, activity-based camps during school holidays. This year, over 6,000 students visited their the 23 camps which is the highest turnout yet.
And it’s no surprise, when students can try out robotics, football, drones and Super Chef. And we’re now looking to expand throughout the region.
