New Forest Activities
School Trips
Residentials London & South East
Why book New Forest Activities for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?
Set in the New Forest their woodland, water and land-based activities take learning beyond the classroom to a collection of unique New Forest locations.As a small well established local independent, New Forest Activities understand the importance of getting it right, for you, your staff, students and parents.
They can create unique outdoor learning experiences with a skilled and consistent senior team of staff with years of experience organising school trips. They have a record of consistent delivery with clients, repeating business with them year after year.
All of their activities are approved by AALA, Hampshire County Council, Learning Outside the Classroom, and British Canoeing.
Current School Trip Offer
New Forest Activities have a few weeks remaining on their residential calendar, contact us as soon as possible for the best price!
Teacher Checklist
Risk Assessments Inspection Visits Free Places for Teachers Resource Packs LOtC Quality Badge AALA Licence Institute of Outdoor Learning Adventure Mark Paddle UK Centre NCS Centre
What activities are available during group visits?
Some of their best selling programmes are available for a day trip and can be 'bolted' together for multi-days or residential trips:
Water and Battles: Canoeing and BattleZone Laser Tag
Battles and Water: BattleZone Laser Tag and Canoe Raft Building
Woodland: Low Ropes and Team Challenges
Woodland: Archery, Bushcraft and High Ropes
Water and Battles: Canoeing and BattleZone Laser Tag
Battles and Water: BattleZone Laser Tag and Canoe Raft Building
Woodland: Low Ropes and Team Challenges
Woodland: Archery, Bushcraft and High Ropes
Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?
Citizenship
Personal development and resilience Team building As well as offering a wide variety of fun and inclusive challenges, New Forest Activities can provide students with lots of opportunities to learn skills, realise their own limits and how to support those with different limits. This could be anything from problem-solving or simply knowing how to tie a knot. They can tailor their activities to meet your aims and the desired learning outcomes for your group. Not sure about heights or water? Sometimes the idea of being at height or around water can create anxiety for some, but New Forest Activities have plenty of tricks up their sleeve to make sure that they can adapt roles, sessions and groups so people can work at their own levels, yet be stretched just a little more when they’re ready! It’s very much challenge by choice!
Physical Education
Canoeing Orienteering Archery Kayaking High Ropes New Forest Activities' experiences are not readily available within most school environments. Physical education isn't just limited to standard school sports activities. Outdoor activities have often been credited with sparking interest and inspiring children who don't see themselves as sporty; to try more, do more and achieve physically. With all the same learning outcomes of regular sports, outdoor activities are a leveller regardless of academic or physical ability.
PSHE
Healthy Living Healthy eating Teamwork and resilience Activities will always be delivered with the right mix of action and holistic reflection at New Forest Activities. Their educational matrix illustrates an activity's ability to link to learning outcomes such as applying and developing physical education and building on PHSE outcomes such as challenge, adventure, creativity, shared learning, social learning and environmental awareness, utilising NOLA (National Outdoor Learning Award).
Wildlife
There's an abundance of wildlife within the beautiful New Forest National Park and New Forest Activities are well-placed amongst it all. Opportunities for investigation of the river, woodland, heathland and coastal habitats are available on-site or within 10-minute transfers. These are facilitated through small group team activities with individual challenges.
Bushcraft
Bushcraft and camp skills with New Forest Activities are all about learning to be equipped and comfortable outdoors in an interesting and hands-on way. This could be anything from building shelters and fire lighting, to foraging and tracking. Choose to prepare meals or cook lunch over the fire you’ve just built. Highlighting shared learning, environmental awareness and skills development.
Watersports
Kayaking Canoeing Raft Building Located on the banks of the tidal Beaulieu River and set within a tranquil nature reserve, New Forest Activities' Canoeing and Kayaking bases offer up wonderful locations to explore. Head up or downstream, explore and learn about the river’s rich history or explore the creeks learning how the river has formed. All of their Canoeing and Kayaking sessions are expertly guided by their knowledgeable activity instructors. Groups are taught the fundamental paddling techniques needed to successfully navigate the river as well as learning about the wildlife that calls the Beaulieu River Nature Reserve home. Sessions can be biased for fun and skills development working towards the BC Paddle Start award. Not sure about water? Sometimes the idea of being on the water can create anxiety for some, but New Forest Activities have plenty of tricks up their sleeve to make sure that they can adapt craft, sessions and groups so people can work at their own levels inside a comfort zone, yet be stretched just a little more.
Physical Geography
Rivers Environment Coasts and seaside With a broad range of environments including heathland, river, coastal and natural woodland available to your KS2 to KS4 group, New Forest Activities can tailor your activity to provide curriculum outcomes. Activities can be built around learning outcomes either onsite or located in local wild environments. Programmes are available on request and designed to suit your individual needs.
Forest School
Schools can learn about the the environment and nature around them with New Forest Activities residential programmes in the heart of The New Forest. This could be anything from foraging for materials from the ground to firelighting to keep warm. New Forest Activities embrace the understanding that not all children get a chance to get into nature and we are introducing these forest skills for the first time to them as part of their learning. It really is a unique experience for children on our secluded private sites in The New Forest.
What size groups do you cater for?
Min of 30 Max of 80
Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?
Yes. They have a classroom located at their woodland site in Hartford Woods, Beaulieu.
Is there first aid on site?
Yes. All of their staff are 16hr Outdoor First Aid trained.
Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?
Yes Please let us know more about your group and we will get back to you with more details about the suitability of what we offer.
Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
Yes. Their sessions can be adapted for physical, emotional and special educational needs and they have experience providing a number of local care and youth facilities with repeat activity programmes.
Anything else?
Located on the private Beaulieu Estate in the heart of The New Forest National Park, unique location offering unique and memorable experiences
Who are New Forest Activities?
Born in 2003 out of Sam and Rich's passion for water sports, New Forest Activities is now the largest provider of outdoor activities within the New Forest National Park.
Their passion and years of experience organising school trips and youth group projects allow them to offer unique and fulfilling activities that will aid both children’s educational and personal development. Their 5* TripAdvisor reviews and accreditations are proof they do a good job too!
Whether on kayaks or canoes, shelter building and fire lighting in Bushcraft, or amongst their low and high rope challenges, New Forest Activities can deliver trips ideal to support shared, social development and skills. You can choose from any single activity or a full day in the great outdoors, for your KS2 to KS4 group. Activities can be tailored to provide curriculum outcomes, or can just be filled with fun!
Residential adventures are often the most memorable experiences for students and offer up opportunities for self-discovery, skill development and broadening horizons, as well as promoting adventure regardless of academic or physical ability.
Residential trips with New Forest Activities are available on a 3 day/2night (Mon-Wed or Wed-Fri) or 5 day/4 night basis (Mon-Fri). 4 day/3 night residentials on request and subject to availability.
Teacher Checklist New Forest Activities
Risk Assessments Inspection Visits Free Places for Teachers Resource Packs LOtC Quality Badge AALA Licence Institute of Outdoor Learning Adventure Mark Paddle UK Centre NCS Centre
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