School activity weeks, residential trips and leavers camps for students aged 7 to 18 across the UK.

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1 School activity weeks, residential trips and leavers camps for students aged 7 to 18 across the UK.

2 Real Outdoor Adventures The Bushcraft Company is a leading provider of outdoor education, offering a range of real outdoor adventures for schools across the country. We have centres in the UK, in The Woods, on The Coast and in The Mountains, and also offer a select range of unique overseas adventures. We offer weeklong residentials, leavers camps, enrichment week programmes and activity weekends for students aged 7 to 18. Adventures in The Woods are available at 5 UK centres and take place in safari-style tented camps. Activities include Bushcraft, archery, tree-climbing, wild swimming and much more. Looking for something different? Choose your next adventure at schools@thebushcraftcompany.com Contents 03. The Woods: An Overview 07. Trip Summary 09. Our Centres 13. Sample Itinerary 15. Food 17. Accommodation 19. Health & Safety 21. How To Book

3 Adventures in the woods Residential school trips in The Woods are a great place to start your adventures with The Bushcraft Company. Arriving at one of our safari-style tented camps, students will become fully immersed in the wilderness, sleeping in large bell tents and cooking over open fires. From fire lighting and shelter-building to archery and roped tree-climbing, our school trips cover a wide range of skills and learning outcomes, with strong links to the national curriculum. All of the activities encourage team building and give students the chance to develop new skills and interact with their peers in a fun, creative environment.

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5 trip summary Choose your trip length and from five UK centres in The Woods to create the perfect residential trip to suit your school. Course Length 24-hour to 5-day trip Type Residential Age Range 7 18 years old Season March - November our centres Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire; Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire; West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire; Penshurst Place, Kent; Houghton Hall, Norfolk. Activities Bushcraft, fire lighting, shelter-building, roped tree-climbing, archery, swimming, camping, wilderness cookery, first aid, team-building, plant identification, navigation, survival scenarios. Please get in touch to discuss your school s requirements schools@thebushcraftcompany.com

6 01 Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire What can I do here? 24-hour to 5-day residentials Houghton Hall, Norfolk What can I do here? 24-hour to 3-day residentials. 05 uk centres 02 Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire What can I do here? 24-hour to 5-day residentials West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire What can I do here? 24-hour to 3-day residentials 04 Penshurst Place, Kent What can I do here? 24-hour to 5-day residentials

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8 Below is an example programme for a typical five-day school trip to The Woods. Each day includes a wide range of activities and workshops, run by our team of experienced Outdoor Leaders. Please get in touch and we will put together the perfect programme for you. Day 01 Arrive, Camp Craft, Lunch, Fire Workshop, Wilderness Trail, Dinner, Rounders and Football, Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows Day 02 Breakfast, Archery, Wilderness Cookery, Lunch, Shelter-building, Stalking Lecture, Dinner, Night Stalking Games Day 03 Breakfast, Wild Swimming, Lunch, Roped Tree-Climbing, Sports, Pizza Kitchen, Quiz, Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows Day 04 Breakfast, Navigation Lecture, First Aid Workshop, Lunch, Scenario SOS, Dinner, Tribe s Got Talent sample itinerary Day 05 Breakfast, Bushcraft Tournament, Bushcraft BBQ, Camouflage & Concealment, Prize Giving, Depart schools@thebushcraftcompany.com

9 food Every meal at camp is freshly prepared on site, using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible. The majority of meals are prepared by our Camp Chefs and eaten communally around the central campfire. On every trip, the students will also have the chance to cook their own food, using traditional Bushcraft methods. We cater for all dietary requirements, including all allergies, religious choices and vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and dairy free diets. We are also a nut free company. Breakfast American pancakes with maple syrup and bacon Lunch Whole trout with vegetable paella and bread rolls Dinner Spaghetti Bolognese with garlic bread Apple crumble with custard schools@thebushcraftcompany.com

10 Our school residentials in The Woods take place in safari-style tented camps and are run by a team of experienced Instructors, Tribe Leaders and Camp Chefs. Every school has its own private camp, where the students will learn how to live in the wilderness. Accommodation Each camp is made up of large tipis for meal times and lectures, a central camp fire, large white bell tents to sleep in and single-sex porta-loos. On longer camps, woodland showers are also available. Teacher accommodation comprises large bell tents in a private camp area.

11 Health & Safety The Bushcraft Company provides the highest standards of health and safety, and care. The safety of students and staff is of paramount importance to us, and we aim to reduce risk to the lowest reasonable level at all times. We ensure our practices are benchmarked wherever possible, and we have been externally audited as compliant to the following safety and quality management schemes

12 How to Book A dedicated Programme Planner will look after you throughout your time with The Bushcraft Company, making the booking and planning process as simple as possible for you. Choose Your Adventure schools@thebushcraftcompany.com or call to discuss your requirements with one of our Programme Planners. If you would like to discuss your outdoor education plans in person, we would be happy to meet you at your school or at one of our centres. Book Your Adventure Once you have provided your group details, your Programme Planner will supply you with your trip leader s pack, containing everything you need to launch your school trip. Launch Your Adventure We provide a truly personal service and your dedicated Programme Planner will be at hand every step of the way. The Bushcraft staff have made this week. They have been dedicated, enthusiastic and totally committed. Even with some challenging pupils they have kept them engaged, excited and have helped them to achieve all week. The activities have been great and as staff, we found ourselves joining in too! I cannot praise your staff enough and would recommend your company and courses to everyone and anyone who will listen!! Rodborough Technology College It s been fantastic. A great opportunity for the pupils to feel what it s like to be in the wilderness. They ve learnt a great deal and also enjoyed themselves. As a member of staff, it s been great to be able to stand back and watch how they interact together and also to get to know them. I d definitely love to come back. King Edward VI Five Ways School 5* treatment, don t change a thing - this feeds the soul. The Harrodian School schools@thebushcraftcompany.com

13 Let us help plan your school s next big adventure! Adventure House Wycombe Road Stokenchurch Buckinghamshire HP14 3RR schools@thebushcraftcompany.com facebook.com/thebushcraftcompany