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Learning for Life

Our adventure camps extend learning beyond the classroom, helping young people of different ages and abilities develop new interests, new skills and a new confidence in themselves and what they can achieve.

Education outside the classroom

'High quality education outside the classroom can stimulate and inspire; foster independence; aid personal and social development; and can often motivate reluctant learners. These experiences should be stimulating, safely managed and enjoyable, and contribute to meeting the needs of every child.'

Education Outside the Classroom Manifesto – Consultation Document

The importance of outdoor education is now being understood better than ever and recent government initiatives such as ‘Every Child Matters’ and the ‘Education outside the classroom’ manifesto are a testament to it.

The national curriculum & Key Stages 2-4

The nature of the outdoor experience, together with professionally instructed activity sessions, can satisfy several requirements of the National Curriculum at Key Stages 2, 3 & 4:

  • Personal, social and health education
  • Citizenship
  • Physical Education
  • Extending opportunity
 
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Learning through adventure

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matters

< the Party leader Handbook

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'I am happy to place on record that the government supports the role of adventure as part of active education, especially in helping young people to learn about assessing and managing risk, in offering them new and exciting challenges, and in helping them to gain skills in leadership and team working that will be of huge value in their progression to adulthood.

Tony Blair, then Prime Minister, quoted in part 2 of the HASPEV supplement.

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