Adventure as an Expectation Detox Are your expectations making you unhappy? Can adventure help? I had a personal revelation a few months ago and realised the following: 1. I was putting unreasonable expectations on myself as to what I could achieve each day. 2. These expectations gradually increased each day Read more…
How can adventure sports help pupils learn from failure? The benefits of teaching pupils how to manage failure are obvious and an established part of education. However, failures in everyday life can be quite an abstract, hard to grasp and often (hopefully) quite few and far between. With quality risk Read more…
Schools are specialist learning organisations for young people. Despite pressure for exam results, schools (generally) find the time for ‘learning outside of the classroom’ initiatives – Forest Schools, outdoor pursuits, sports, school trips etc. They inherently understand it aids learning and development. So why is it forgotten about when we Read more…
Mindfulness in Schools Intrigued by that state of mindfulness in schools and education, I spent the morning doing some research. I have split what I found into what I hope to be quite useful sections for anyone wanting a quick low down and a spring board for your own research. Read more…
What adults can learn from Greta I was quite taken aback by 15 year-old Greta Thunberg’s speech on climate change this week. We use adventure to help prepare young people for the workplace of the future, not the ones parents and teachers are experiencing. This bows to the far more important Read more…
How adventure enhances creativity in young people Creativity is an important asset for a child’s future and it’s an asset that is likely to be future proof. It’s important that a young adult leaves the educational system understanding how to manage their thought processes and to handle frustrations. For BeVenturesome, Read more…
Mobile phones now. What tomorrow? The Challenge I believe that one of the most important extra-curricula skills that young people should leave school with is an EMPOWERING and POSITIVE relationship with technology. Where are we… Young people are struggling to cope with the constant contact that technology brings at a time Read more…