Craggan Outdoors

Physical Education

Curriculum topics available: Climbing, Canoeing, Archery, Kayaking, High Ropes.

Craggan Outdoors' 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.

Bushcraft

Bushcraft and camp skills with Craggan Outdoors are all about learning to be equipped and comfortable outdoors in an interesting and hands-on way. Providing life changing skills from building shelters and fire lighting, to foraging and tracking. Highlighting shared learning, environmental awareness and skills development.

Watersports

Curriculum topics available: Kayaking, Canoeing, Raft Building, SUP Stand Up Paddleboarding.

Located beside the River Spey and with a calm paddling pond on site, Craggan Outdoors canoeing and kayaking bases offer up wonderful locations to explore. Head downstream, explore and learn how to navigate the river, work as a team, as well as learning fundamental paddling techniques and skills. All of their canoeing and kayaking sessions are expertly guided by their knowledgeable activity instructors.
Sessions can be tailored 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 Craggan Outdoors 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.

Fieldstudies

As well as hosting school groups for outdoor activity based residentials, our bunkhouse accommodation is also used by school, college & university groups as an accommodation & classroom base for field trips.

Citizenship

Curriculum topics available: Personal development and resilience, Team building.

As well as offering a wide variety of fun and inclusive challenges, Craggan Outdoors 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 Craggan Outdoors 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!

PSHE

Curriculum topics available: Healthy Living, Teamwork and resilience.

Activities will always be delivered with the right mix of action and holistic reflection at Craggan Outdoors. 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 Cairngorms National Park and Craggan Outdoors are well-placed nestled amoungs the hills. Opportunities for investigation of the River Spey, forestry, woodland and remote highlands habitats are available on-site or within 20-minute drive. These are facilitated through small group team activities with individual challenges.