That a relaxed learning environment with fun as a key component can enhance the learning taking place. A cross-curriculum approach to activities. Instructors should use the activities on offer as a means by which to inform students of the world around them, for example, weather, tides food chain, geology, history, physics, mathematics etc. This should be done as part of the normal instructional process in a fun and informative way. Within this environment an atmosphere of fun is developed.
Individuals learn more if they are having fun.
MERC's next priority is that individuals undergo an element of personal development through the activities they take part in. Finally, we also want to learn the basic skills of the activities on offer. All new staff members will undergo a period of training and induction. All instructors are regularly assessed by either the Trust Director or the Operations Manager. Assessment takes the form of the aforementioned observing the instructor working with a group and the performance being evaluated against a formal check list.