Arc Adventures School Trip

We can provide everything from a full water sports week to a week based around and on the water. We have close access to the incredible reservoirs, lakes, rivers and canals of Wales and can provide Sailing, Windsurfing Kayaking, Canoeing, Paddleboarding, Gorge walking and canyoning as well as a few other more weird and wonderful on, in or under the water activities.

Sustainable living is a buzzword these days but the importance of it and the idea of living in a more regenerative world are crucial. We want to lead by example so it's an aspect that's part of our core values as a company and is part of what guides us to. make each decision. We want to bring you to our home and show you some of the things we are doing in this aspect. e.g in '2023 we decided to get a biomass generator to heat up our water and radiators. This is not only a renewable energy source but also produces significantly less CO2.

Learn to appreciate natural and the natural resources we have available to us. Especially for those young people growing up in cities, it is crucial for us to reconnect with our environment so that we can learn how to look after it.

Rivers - Walk, Jump, splash and paddle your way down through the rivers of Wales from source to sea, run your hand through the insane sculptures caused by erosion, feel the power of the water as it carves its way through the landscape, paddle through the meanders and moor up for lunch in an oxbow lake. What better way to understand the effects than to feel them in motion. Witness how we have harnessed the power of water into the dams, reservoirs and landscapes that feed our water systems and hydro-electric power.

Mountains - View the landscape as you move through it, within the international Geopark - in one walk you can traverse through multiple rock types, see the changes in flora and fauna based upon the rock and highland/lowland climates. Feel the grandeur of the once glaciated environment by striding to its peaks and witness the waves of geological folding whilst discussing the practical uses of the structures through the limestone revolution to the gold and coal mines.

Caves - Delve inside the rock to view thousands of fossils and develop and epic understanding of how rock types form, fold and collide. Stand inside the tectonic plate to imagine how they collided and be amazed by the insignificance of us within the geological timeline. An awe inspiring trip to truly see our geography from another perspective.

Our remote location allows us a huge multitude of options for Art and artistic based residentials. From the 200 Acre woodland full of mosses and fungi on our doorstep to the views of mountains, lakes, rivers and ruins. Our ART weeks are bespoke to each groups needs and are led by our specialist Art instructor who has over 15 years working at all levels of mainstream school art education. Suitable for starting off coursework projects, rewarding high achievers or catching up groups who are struggling, the inspiration to be creative never ends. We have run courses in Painting, Sculpture, Photography and Textiles as well multimedia and applied art and design. We can arrange visits to local sites of interest as well as local Galleries. Combine your stay with an array of on and off site adventurous activities for a trip they will never forget.

ARC Adventures offers exciting bushcraft experiences in South Wales, where you can master essential outdoor survival skills. Learn den building and shelter construction, perfect fire-lighting and campfire techniques, and explore foraging, hunting, and camouflage in the region's wilderness. With a focus on navigation, concealment, and outdoor cooking, ARC Adventures provides a hands-on experience to develop your bushcraft abilities in an unforgettable natural setting; we back onto hundreds of acres of welsh forestry!

From leadership skills and project management to innovative ways of thinking: we want to create young people that know how to think for themselves but still know when to ask for help. This mixed with learning how to cultivate relationships is the basis for any entrepreneur and we love the idea of creating a world where everyone aims to work for themselves so that there's great pride in what they do.

Learn how to get to where you want to be! Get the Job you want! Start Your own business!
With our unique combination of Outdoor physical activities, Teambuilding, reflective classes and lectures we create an intense week of self reflection and planning all building to the dreaded end interview with our brutal business bosses to see how your proposal stands up!

We at ARC adventures have been running development courses for young people for over 15 years and this is one of our most fun ones. Go deep to figure out your strengths and weaknesses, Where you want to be and how to get there. The ultimate test of your Entrepreneurship.

Our sessions include:- Self authoring, Marketing, Project Management, Budgets and Accounting, Funding, How to Ace interviews, How to write a proposal or CV, Logos, Brand and voice, Basic Economics.

How better to teach citizenship than by looking at team dynamics. Our Bespoke V.S courses pit teams against each other in challenges which range from debating to Caving with everything in between. We ask young people to take responsibility for themselves and others with very little supervision. We use this tactic and their failure at tasks because of it to facilitate discussions about democracy, Crime and Justice. Their team will only win in these puzzles if they can develop a feeling of community, mutual respect and tolerance.

With optional sections that cover: Drugs and Alcohol, Sex Education & Cyberbullying,
Politics and Parliament, Economics, Money and Finance. We design the week to your curriculum or your groups passions. This is a week led strongly by the students, impossible inside the normal framework of a school allowing them to make their own discoveries as to what it takes to be a successful citizen.

Hidden in the rural heart of Wales where Myth, Legend and history intertwine. We have our own breed of fairy tales with surreal Narratives all tied to its epic and inspiring landscape. What could be more inspiring to the imagination than hearing the legends spoken around a camp fire and then visiting the locations they happened in the next day.

We can focus our weeks around whichever medium you wish to address although we prefer to be the inspiration and allow the young people to choose their medium. Wherever their passion lies: Story Writing or poetry, Journalism or diary to create a creative piece based upon their stay.

With sessions on Narrative, Simile and metaphor, composition, Characters and Persuasive Language our stays are a deep dive into a world of magic and adventures in both the spoken and written word.

Situated in rural wales we exist within farming communities, our links to local farming mean that young people can experience first hand what it is like to live and work in the farms. From large commercial growers and sheep farms to self sufficient smallholdings.

Field studies in the countryside offer an invaluable opportunity to explore the intersection of geology, geography, and sustainability. Using geology maps, students can examine the physical landscape, understanding the rock formations and earth processes that shape the environment. Meanwhile, geography provides a broader perspective, linking human activities with natural systems, from land use to resource management. Sustainability is a key focus in these studies, highlighting the importance of preserving the countryside's ecosystems while promoting responsible land stewardship. These hands-on field experiences are crucial for developing a deeper understanding of how geography and geology influence sustainable practices in rural landscapes.

These are the obvious fieldstudies we can offer. However, we always love creating new weeks so make sure to share your ideas with us and we can work together to make the best, bespoke residential for your school!

Existing as we do in the heart of the Brecon Beacons and within the international geopark we can design trips based directly upon your learning outcomes. We using the mountains, rivers and the caves on our doorstep to explore and see real examples of the effects of geology on the natural world.

From primary Maths puzzle games to triangulation mapping we can tailor make a residential to your curriculum outcomes. Get in touch to let our inventive and passionate staff design a trip to bring even the hardest of problems to life.

Get completely immersed in our myths and legends storylines, acting out the characters exploring their worlds. From traditional methods of storytelling to improvised scenes let us take you on a journey through welsh history - where you become the history.

Our physical education courses introduce young people to a plethora of alternative sports from fencing to climbing and allow the students to reflect on their benefits and drawbacks. As well as discuss with people active in the sport how the sport affects their lives.

Our staff have experience of delivering health, sex and relationship education in a youth work setting our team are set to develop on whichever focus you would like within the broad PHSE spectrum. Outdoor Education is a perfect place to develop an understanding of risk, which is vital to understanding most elements of PHSE and we have a huge amount of activities and reflection sessions designed to help young people start to untangle their way through the moral maze that is life. Often subjects that are difficult to broach in school sessions with teachers that are known to the young people become much easier in a new and unpressured environment. .

Our competition weeks are some of the most exciting weeks we run - and definitely one of our favourites. We split your group into teams who will compete at a huge selection of outdoor activities, games and puzzles. They will be responsible for themselves and their teammates whilst away in everything from making their beds through to making sure no one gets left behind at the bottom of a cave!

We use the competition as a reflection tool constantly asking the young people what would have made their team perform better. Take your young people on an adventure to bring out the heroes inside them.

All our activities are done in the natural environment: We want to submerge young people into the wilderness so that they learn to love it as much as we do. No artificial environments here! You're also in Wales so you'll cross more sheep than people.