Available School Group Activities
Water based Activities:
Kayaking
A kayak is a boat that you sit in with your legs out in front and you move the boat with a double-bladed Paddle.
Kayaking is great fun. You will learn how to move forwards, backwards, turn and what to do if it capsizes.
Open Canoeing
An open Canoe which can be paddled by one person or two. Most of the time as two person with groups. To paddle an Open canoe, you traditionally Kneel in the Boat and move it with a single-bladed paddle.
Open Canoeing is great for teamwork and encourages good communication. You will learn how to move forwards, backwards, turn the boat as a team and what to do if it capsizes.
Bell boating
Bell boating is like two Open Canoes with a walkway between them. It can take up to 10 persons and is a great platform if you have nervous participants in the group. It is also great for teamwork, races and games out on the lake.
Stand up Paddleboarding (sup)
SUP is like a large inflatable surfboard which you stand on and move with a long single-bladed paddle. SUP is great for balance and for water confidence with the use of games and challenges set by the instructors.
Jumbo Sup
Jumbo Sup is very similar to SUP, but it can take between 6 and 10 person depending on the participant’s size. It encourages Teamwork, Balance and water confidence with the use of games and challenges.
Sailing
Sailing uses a sailboat takes up to four person depending on the type of boat and has a mast and sails to catch the wind to make it move.
You steer the boat with a rudder at the rear.
Rafted open canoes
These are two open canoes joined together. This is a great platform for SEN groups and others to work with and are very stable.
Rafted open canoes encourages teamwork, communication and water confidence.
Raft Building
In Raft building you will work as a team to plan and build a boat using wooden poles, Barrels and rope and then to launch it on to the water and paddle it.
Raft building is a great team building activity and encourages teamwork, listening skills, hand eye coordination, Water confidence and can also be used as a problem solving or budgeting exercise with the use of games and challenges.
Land-based Activities:
Climbing:
Using our purpose-built outdoor climbing wall with various levels of difficulties encourages teamwork, hand eye feat coordination and self confidence.
Session usually start with moving around the wall just off the floor then progresses to climbing the easy sides and then gradually increase the Difficulty of the climbs.
Climbing can also be used for school to do GCSE
Caving:
Using our purpose-built cave system, we can lead the group around various size chambers and passages, learning about cave features, how caves are formed and looking for Fossils and cave paintings.
Caving encourages teamwork, listening skills, self confidence and leadership skills.
Archery:
Using 30m archery range you will learn about the safety of archery and how to shoot a Bow and Arrow.
Archery encourages hand eye coordination, listening skills, teamwork and maths with the use of various games and challenges.
Fencing:
Fencing uses a type of sword called Foils. You will learn about safety, Different positions, how to use a sword and how to Duel.
Fencing encourages Listening skills, Hand eye coordination, balance and self confidence.
Bushcraft:
During Bushcraft you will learn about the environment, how to build shelters, knife skills, splitting wood and fire lighting.
Bushcraft encourages listening skills, Teamwork, knowledge about the environment you’re in and hand eye coordination.
Problem solving:
Using various pieces of equipment at different bases we set 20-minute challenges/problems for the groups to solve.
Problem Solving encourages Planning, Doing and Reviewing, Teamwork, Listening skills, communication skills, self confidence and leadership skills.
Adventure Games:
Adventure games involve using various pieces of equipment to solve a set adventurous puzzle. Each activity last about 40 minutes.
Adventure games encourages close teamwork, Leadership skills, communication skills.
Orienteering:
Orienteering is about how to use a map correctly and to find their way around the site to certain check points. There are several courses available like an animal course where they must look for plaques with animals on and to identify them in a set order and against the clock.
There are also word courses and a code breaking course that involves using two-way radios.
Orienteering encourages map reading skills, Teamwork, leadership skills and communication skills.
Orienteering can be done on the water as well.
For more information on Available School Group Activities contact HYMB
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