The Hub Challenge: Team Building that comes to you Workshop
WiseUp Team Building
Think Fast. Move Smart. Work Together.The Hub Challenge is comes to your school!
Get ready for an action packed, high energy day where students dive into up to 33 epic team-building and problem solving challenges — all set up right on your school site by our expert instructors.
With over 50 physical and logical activities to choose from, we tailor each event to match your goals, keeping minds sharp, bodies moving, and spirits high.
Whether it’s boosting communication, building leadership, or developing resilience, The Hub Challenge is the ultimate way to get your students thinking, collaborating, and thriving - all while having a blast.
Ready to transform your school day into something unforgettable?
Book The Hub Challenge now!
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Where we travel to
We can visit your school in: All UK Regions
What activities are available during this school workshop?
Team Building. Communication. Collaboration. Leadership. Resilience.
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
Physical Education Workshop
Click to read full text WiseUp’s Hub Challenge is an action-packed, on-site enrichment experience that aligns closely with the aims of the Physical Education curriculum at Key Stage 3, 4, and 5. Combining movement, strategy, and teamwork, the event provides a fresh, inclusive way for students to engage with physical activity and develop both physical competence and personal skills.
Key PE curriculum links include:
Developing Physical Competence
Students take part in a variety of physical challenges that develop agility, balance, coordination, and fitness. Whether crawling through obstacles, completing relay-style tasks, or performing under time pressure, The Hub Challenge keeps students active and engaged.
Teamwork, Leadership & Communication
The collaborative nature of every challenge encourages students to work as a team, communicate effectively, and take on different roles—helping to build leadership, trust, and team dynamics, all key components of the PE curriculum.
Decision Making Under Pressure
Students must think on their feet, adapt their strategy, and manage physical and mental demands in real time. This reflects the curriculum’s focus on developing tactical awareness and decision-making in competitive and cooperative settings.
Health & Wellbeing
The Hub Challenge promotes positive attitudes towards physical activity and encourages active participation in a fun, inclusive environment. It supports the curriculum aim of helping students understand how to lead healthy, active lifestyles.
Evaluating Performance
Students are challenged to reflect on their own and their team’s performance—analysing what worked well and what could be improved, reinforcing PE objectives around performance evaluation and goal setting.
Whether used as part of core PE, an enrichment week, or post-exam reward day, The Hub Challenge gets students moving, thinking, and working together—making it an ideal addition to your PE provision.
Citizenship Workshop
Team building
Click to read full text WiseUp’s Hub Challenge is more than just a fun, high-energy event—it’s a powerful educational experience that supports key objectives of the Citizenship curriculum across Key Stage 3, 4, and 5.
With up to 33 carefully selected challenges focusing on problem-solving, teamwork, and communication, The Hub Challenge helps students actively engage with the core principles of Citizenship: understanding their role in society, working collaboratively, and developing the skills they need to become active, responsible citizens.
Curriculum links include:
Active Participation & Leadership
Students are encouraged to take on leadership roles within their teams, delegate tasks, and listen to others—mirroring democratic participation and responsible decision-making in group settings.
Teamwork & Respect for Others
The collaborative nature of The Hub Challenge helps students build mutual respect, listen to differing opinions, and understand the importance of working together to achieve a common goal—key themes in promoting inclusive, respectful societies.
Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
Activities require quick thinking, strategy, and ethical decision-making, echoing the curriculum’s emphasis on analysing issues, considering different viewpoints, and resolving challenges thoughtfully.
Understanding Rights & Responsibilities
While working through challenges, students reflect on personal responsibility, contribution to group success, and fair participation—concepts that mirror themes around individual rights, community involvement, and social justice.
Communication & Debate
Students must communicate effectively and resolve conflict constructively—developing persuasive speaking, negotiation, and teamwork, all vital for participating in democratic life and discussions around real-world issues.
By combining physical activity with logical challenges, The Hub Challenge creates a rich, interactive environment that reinforces Citizenship learning in a way that’s active, inclusive, and unforgettable.
Maths Workshop
Logic and Problem Solving
Click to read full text WiseUp’s Hub Challenge offers a dynamic, real-world way to apply and reinforce the skills taught in the Maths curriculum at Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. Through a wide variety of physical and logical team challenges, students actively engage in problem-solving, reasoning, and numerical thinking—all while working against the clock and alongside their peers.
Here’s how it connects directly to curriculum objectives:
Problem-Solving & Reasoning
Many Hub activities are built around solving puzzles, completing sequences, or unlocking challenges using logical deduction and numerical reasoning—core components of the Maths curriculum. Students must identify strategies, test solutions, and evaluate outcomes collaboratively.
Working with Data & Estimating
From estimating distances and calculating quantities to interpreting clues and measuring results, students gain hands-on experience with the types of data handling and estimation skills emphasised in maths lessons.
Applying Mathematical Knowledge in Context
The real-world, practical nature of The Hub Challenge helps students apply their classroom learning in new ways—making maths meaningful, tangible, and fun. Whether they’re managing time, dividing resources, or using spatial awareness, they are using maths to succeed in a task-based setting.
Using Numbers in Real-Time Scenarios
Timed challenges encourage students to work under pressure, make quick calculations, and develop mental maths skills—preparing them for both assessments and life beyond the classroom.
Understanding Geometry & Measurement
Some tasks involve shape recognition, spatial awareness, scaling, or basic construction—all reinforcing key geometry and measurement concepts in a practical, engaging format.
Through active participation, students build confidence in numeracy, develop resilience in problem-solving, and see how mathematics can be applied outside of a textbook—helping bridge the gap between theory and practice.
PSHE Workshop
Teamwork and resilience Healthy Living
Click to read full text WiseUp’s Hub Challenge is a powerful tool for delivering core outcomes of the Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education curriculum across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. Through a full day of immersive, high-energy team challenges, students develop essential life skills that underpin their personal development, wellbeing, and readiness for life beyond the classroom.
Here’s how The Hub Challenge links to key PSHE curriculum strands:
Health and Wellbeing
The Hub encourages physical activity, goal setting, and perseverance—all while promoting positive mental health, self-esteem, and emotional resilience. The mix of physical and cognitive challenges helps students recognise the connection between physical activity and overall wellbeing.
Relationships
Team based activities reinforce respectful communication, conflict resolution, and mutual support—helping students develop empathy, build trust, and navigate the dynamics of working with others. These are crucial components of healthy relationships and social development.
Living in the Wider World
Students explore concepts like personal responsibility, leadership, team contribution, and decision-making under pressure—skills that align with preparing for future education, careers, and active citizenship. The event nurtures a strong sense of self-awareness and awareness of others in collaborative settings.
Developing Personal Attributes
The Hub Challenge naturally cultivates key PSHE traits including confidence, resilience, organisation, time management, and problem-solving. These are essential for success in school, work, and life
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Effective Communication & Listening
Activities require clear communication, active listening, and presenting ideas under time constraints—supporting PSHE objectives around effective interaction and self-expression.
Whether used to enhance a life skills programme, support transition or enrichment weeks, or reinforce your school’s personal development strategy, The Hub Challenge delivers PSHE learning in an active, memorable, and meaningful way.
Physics Workshop
Forces and motion (KS3/4) Time
Click to read full text WiseUp’s Hub Challenge is packed with physical and logical activities that not only build teamwork and communication but also provide an engaging context to explore key concepts from the Physics curriculum at KS3, KS4, and KS5.
Through hands on, real world challenges, students can apply their physics knowledge in fun, fast paced, and memorable ways. Here’s how:
⚙️ Forces & Motion
Many challenges involve movement, resistance, and balance—giving students the opportunity to experience and apply principles such as friction, gravity, acceleration, and Newton’s Laws of Motion as they complete tasks involving pushing, pulling, and manipulating objects.
🔄 Energy Transfer & Efficiency
Timed physical activities allow students to explore the concepts of work done, energy expenditure, and efficiency. They can observe how energy is transferred through movement and effort, linking directly to learning about kinetic and potential energy.
📏 Measurement & Data Collection
Students may be required to estimate distances, time tasks, or measure outputs—practising the collection and interpretation of data. These are essential physics skills, especially for developing experimental and investigative techniques.
Problem Solving with Scientific Reasoning
Many logical challenges in The Hub require students to make predictions, test solutions, and apply scientific reasoning—paralleling the scientific method and physics-based problem solving found in the curriculum.
Practical Applications of Physics
Tasks are designed to simulate real-world scenarios, helping students understand how physics applies beyond the classroom—in sports, engineering, construction, and everyday life. This supports deeper conceptual understanding and prepares students for future STEM pathways.
By placing physics into a team-based, active environment, The Hub Challenge helps students develop their understanding of physical principles in a way that is engaging, kinaesthetic, and curriculum-relevant.
What size groups do we cater for?
WiseUp are specialists in catering for large group numbers, and frequently work with groups of over 300.
We also cater for smaller groups of 10+.
We also cater for smaller groups of 10+.
Access for visitors with disabilities
All of our challenges are adaptable to incorporate those with disabilities. We pride ourselves on being the most inclusive provider in the UK. Please contact us to discuss your requirements and we will be happy to put together a bespoke programme to suit your student's needs.
Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Yes, we frequently take The Hub Challenge into specialist SEN schools, and tailor the programme of the day accordingly to allow students additional time on certain sessions. By having a bespoke planning conversation with the lead teacher, our days are fully adaptable to suit all needs.
Anything else?
Please contact us to discuss your requirements and we will be happy to put together a bespoke programme to suit your student's needs.
Who are WiseUp Team Building?
WiseUp Team Building is the multi award winning company that has established itself as the UK’s leading provider of school outreach activities. Our teams travel the length and breadth of the UK from our base in Kent. We provide fun, educational activities by bringing our equipment and our friendly team in our unique vehicles, directly to your school. We work with students of all ages from reception to sixth form and also run teacher inset days.
WiseUp Team Building recognises that every school and year group is different and as such have developed a diverse range of activities to meet these needs. Our ethos is to make outdoor learning accessible to all, providing a fully mobile service which significantly reduces the cost of running these events. From running Team Building days for over 700 students at an inner city secondary school to teaching Bushcraft to a class of 30 at a rural countryside primary, we can bring the fun to you!
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