Discovery package

Designed to enable teachers to create their own stay, our discovery package offers a flexible programme of fun, challenging and memorable experiences.

If you are looking to focus on communication, team challenges, shelter building and orienteering can be built into your programme. Alternatively, if you want to focus on personal achievement you may decide to include archery, fire lighting and a guided walk. With a range of activities spanning history, geography, literacy, PSHE and more, we can support all your cross-curricular needs.

With such a wide range of flexible choices available at a great number of hostels plus the option to extend your stay as you wish, this package offers great value while delivering activities that will feed your pupil’s sense of adventure and discovery.

Activities

May include (subject to availability and location):

• Archaeological dig
• Archery
• Banquet
• Bread making
• Castle tour
• Celtic village
• Cooking
• Creative thinking
• Egg rockets
• Environmental art
• Fencing
• Fire lighting
• Fire pit & storytelling
• Fossil hunting
• GPS orienteering
• GPS trails
• Guided walks
• Habitat building
• Historical artefacts
• History trail
• Local historical attractions
• Local tourist attractions
• Map work
• Medieval secrets
• Navigation
• Orienteering
• Pirate party
• Problem solving
• River dipping
• River studies
• Rocket launch
• Runes & jumbles
• Seashore safari
• Shelter building
• Team building
• Team challenges
• Timeline challenge
• Tourism investigation
• Village studies
• Woodland explorers

Learning outcomes

• To demonstrate the ability to listen and act accordingly to instructions.
• To work collaboratively as part of a team, supporting, communicating and recognising the achievements of their peers.
• To begin to understand the concept of risk and hazards, and show the development of personal risk management.
• To demonstrate the key personal skills of resilience and self-motivation.
• To show an awareness and understanding of environmental issues and the impact that we can have as individuals and communities at a local, regional and national level.

What you need to know

• All of our in-house activities are delivered by trained, DBS-checked staff who are skilled at leading engaging residentials that are tailored to meet the needs of your group.
• This package is suitable for cross-curricular learning by making the most of our amazing hostel surroundings.
• We actively encourage teachers to participate in all of our activities to help enhance teacher-pupil relations.