The group were finishing the last activity of the week before their coach left for the airport when it struck me… I had spent all week trying to get ‘jaw-dropping’ drone footage and ‘eye-popping’ homepage photos and I had forgotten the most obvious and important thing to capture. What did Read more
With a title like ‘The Real Cutting Edge of Education Probably Isn’t What You Think It Is, I thought it was worth a click of the thumb and a scan of the eye. A scan turned into a read. A read turned into this blog! Education, technology, the natural world Read more
We’re on a mission to help young people get more enduring benefits from the outdoors. It’s quite a challenge and the long term input from teachers is essential for its success. However we appreciate that teachers give up time with family and/or holidays to come on our trips so it’s Read more
A quick edit of the good times has this Summer. Gosh it was hard to cut this down to 50 seconds!
Our trips are action packed. Pupils have often been whitewater rafting before checking into their accommodation. We love it this way. It’s what we do best. However, on a few occasions we spend a few minutes getting the kids to relax, shut their eyes, check with themselves and soak up Read more
As a part if our drive to help schools and pupils get more out out of their adventures with us we create a Media Pack for each school which include lots of photos and videos of their week with . us – Check out and example HERE As a part Read more
Just a quick note to say that we will be exhibiting at this years IAPS Annual conference from 26th to 29th September at QE11 Exhibition Hall in London. More information about the event can be found HERE. Hope to see you there.
Is your Forest School real Outdoor Education? The article was published in the Guardian a few days ago. Here are a few of my thoughts A quick summary The term Forest School is hugely popular now and the concepts has drifted away from it’s original Scandinavian ethos. Competitive and curriculum Read more
We were delighted to host St George’s Windsor Year 8’s for an action packed week of adventure in Morzine last week. Here is how it went… Monday – Arrival and Hike They landed at 09:10, we arrived at our accommodation by 11:20 and were at the top of a mountain Read more
BeVenturesome exhibited at the BSA Conference for Heads this week. It was not only great to speak to Heads about our trips but I also found the talks particularly relevant to outdoor education. Of most interest was ‘The lifelong value of out-of-classroomlearning experiences’ talk which was based on the research conducted Read more