1. Wivelsfield Primary School
Outdoor Education Residential
26th June – 30th June

2. Learning Outside the Classroom
Bowles uses a fantastic range of activities to help young people to develop & grow
Talk about the activities you have chosen for your programme and the benefits of them. E.g. A typical week of activities would include some of the following:
Skiing
Problem solving
Kayaking
Orienteering
Climbing
Rope Courses
Self Confidence
Activity skills
Perseverance 2

3. Learning Outside the Classroom
Bowles uses a fantastic range of activities to help young people to develop & grow
Talk about the activities you have chosen for your programme and the benefits of them. E.g. A typical week of activities would include some of the following:
Skiing
Problem solving
Kayaking
Orienteering
Climbing
Rope Courses
Teamwork
Safety Awareness & Risk Management
Problem-Solving 3

4. Learning Outside the Classroom
Bowles uses a fantastic range of activities to help young people to develop & grow
Talk about the activities you have chosen for your programme and the benefits of them. E.g. A typical week of activities would include some of the following:
Skiing
Problem solving
Kayaking
Orienteering
Climbing
Rope Courses
Maturity
Taking Responsibility (for themselves and each other)
Environmental Awareness 4

5. Exceptional Experiences
Outstanding Outcomes

6. On site at Bowles
A centrally heated modern dormitory
Two dry ski slopes
Indoor heated swimming pool
Several ropes courses
Safety and wet weather equipment
And its very own 130 million year old sandstone outcrop!

7. Dormitory Accommodation
104 beds over two floors
6 beds per room
Separate teachers’ bedrooms and showers
Securely locked overnight
Bowles instructors live onsite and are on call through the night

8. Healthy Meals
Modern Accommodation

9. Three healthy, hot, home cooked meals a day
Home-Cooked Food
Three healthy, hot, home cooked meals a day
‘Family service’ – children serve themselves and each other
Tuck shop for drinks, snacks and souvenirs
(only one sweet per day as part of Bowles’ healthy eating policy.)
Children also clear up after themselves! 9

10. All weather games pitch Table Tennis Table Football
Free time
All weather games pitch
Table Tennis
Table Football
Woodland activity area
Common room with books and indoor games 10

11. They’ll get up to all sorts…

12. and they’ll learn a lot about each other and about themselves12

13. …and they are guaranteed
to have fun

14. A ‘typical’ day 1.40-5.00 Activity Session
8.15 Duty group lay tables for breakfast
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Prepare for the day
Activity Session
Lunch then free time
Activity Session
5.15 Free Time & optional swim
Dinner then free time
Activity Session
Bed and lights out
A ‘typical’ day
Afternoon
Evening
Morning

15. Kayaking
Rock Climbing
Orienteering in the woods
Team work

16. Skiing
Raft building
Problem Solving
Camp fire

17. What can you do to help prepare them?
Teach them how to make a bed-duvet covers!
Arrange for them to go on sleepovers
Encourage independence through organising themselves for trips and activities

18. Any Questions?

19. Exceptional Experiences
Continuing a person’s learning and development outside has been proven to make a huge contribution to their personal, social and academic development and help to prepare them for the next stage in life. You only have to see the difference in a person’s confidence, communication skills and maturity after a week away to see that a residential activity programme is a life-changing experience for many of them.
Exceptional Experiences
Exceptional Experiences
Outstanding Outcomes
Outstanding Outcomes
Outstanding Outcomes 19