Facilities & Costs
The main teaching area has a spacious feel with either conventional classroom style tables, group working areas or soft seating and couches.
An Interactive whiteboard ( Promethean) is centrally placed for presentation, on-line access or Video/ DVD display. Flipcharts, Photocopying and Printing facilities are also available on-site for a small cost.
This room is available from; 9am - 3pm Mon -Thurs 9am - 5.30pm on Fridays Weekends - by arrangement See our Adult and Corporate page for Match Day specials On some occasions the centre may also be available for booking from 7pm - 9pm (enquire for details). It may also be possible to book earlier start times on some dates.
Cost
£180 per day (6hrs) £ 90 per half day (3hrs)
Information Technology
The Centre can offer up to 19 computer stations which are a mixture of PC's and Wireless Laptops with Microsoft office 2007 Software and Internet access through SWGfL. We can also make available film editing software such as Adobe Premier Elements, We also have Adobe Design and Web CS4.
Video and digital still cameras as well as electronic hand voting systems are also available.
We have PS2's for the more adventurous!
Cost
£250 per day (6hrs)
£150 per half day (3hrs)
Please note : The course organizer for the network facility will be asked to sign an acceptable use policy as a condition of booking
Use Our Trainers
For details of our Staff led training packages, please visit the Schools or Adult and Corporate pages on this site.
If you have a specific training requirement which you would like us to deliver for you, email us at action@PfSPlymouth.co.uk with details of what you are looking for.
Discounts
Room and facility prices valid for bookings from April 2010 15% Loyalty discount for customers who have made 3 bookings or more
Refreshments
Tea, and coffee are complementary and are on a self service basis. There are no canteen facilities available on site but we are happy to arrange buffet style lunches at between £6.00 and £8.99 per head.
Pupil Days
The Centre offers a range of learning days delivered by our qualified teaching staff. Groups of up to 15 pupils can enjoy a day at PAFC from as little as £12 per head.
Whilst we do have a number of ready made sessions, we pride ourselves in designing bespoke days for school groups. Schools are invited to provide us with their aims, learning objectives or a focus for their group and we will design a programme using the stadium, the football club or sport as our theme. We evaluate and provide feedback reports following our pupil days. Our expertise includes Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, post 16 and work related learning projects.
Numeracy and Literacy Days
We offer a range of games and activities designed to boost numeracy and literacy skills as well as increasing pupils' confidence. When possible we use the stadium as an extra-large resource and football facts and statistics as the basis for data handling, reading and writing tasks.
Boys' Literacy Booster
The two main strengths of the centre are combined to create an attractive approach to literacy for the most reluctant of our young male non-readers and writers. This course includes visual literacy tasks based on film making, web creation or pod-casting to motivate boys to write and communicate in increasing levels of detail. We also use match report writing to generate both factual and imaginative writing. It's surprizing what emotive language can be generated by a quick run from the players' dressing room, through the tunnel and into the stadium!
Team Building and Problem Solving
There is nothing quite like being at a professional sports club to focus the mind on teamwork and co-operation. Our team building days consist of tasks, challenges and games which foster a group ethos and reward those who can co-operate and communicate. They could be valuable for groups of pupils who are not working well together in school, new class groups or induction days.
Raising Confidence, Aspirations and Self Esteem
The activities that we have designed to develop these areas of personal and emotional growth, through our PfS programme, are combined in a day’s activities and culminate in a celebration ending where pupils summarize their own strengths and qualities. Using design software they are able to experience what it’s like to be a comtemporary or historic ‘winner’ and explore their own ambitions and achievements.
What about just having a ‘Fun Day’ or ‘Reward Day’
Sometimes schools are just looking for a way to reward their hard-working pupils or offer incentives for good efforts or to support merit systems. We can offer games and activites which combine relaxation and learning - we can also spice up the element of competition with Argyle
Prizes and Rewards!
Schools wanting to cater for larger groups could combine a half day of literacy with some coaching and five-a-side football, or try out some of our fun IT applications.
