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Kingswood - Colomendy

Kingswood School Trips

Why book 'Kingswood - Colomendy' with Kingswood for Residential School Trips and Educational Visits?

Kingswood has been delivering award-winning outdoor adventure learning trips for 40 years, engaging with the latest pedagogic research to design curriculum-linked programmes that develop confidence, resilience and learning ability.

Head to North Wales for an immersive outdoor learning adventure that offers water sports, caving, woodland exploration and an adrenaline-filled adventure park set across 130 acres of scenic hills and woodland.

Located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Site of Special Scientific Interest, Colomendy offers young people exceptional access to the great outdoors, brimming with wildlife, adventure and learning opportunities. In addition to our regular adventure learning programmes, this site also offers these Environmental Field Study courses: Coastal Studies, River Studies, Sand Dune Studies, Urban Studies and Rural Studies.

Our outdoor activities are integrated into the stunning woodland and include three huge climbing and abseiling towers, high and low rope activities, a 3G swing, a 200-metre giant zipwire, and an exceptionally realistic caving system built into a natural rock seam.

The purpose-built water sports lake gives kids a chance to do kayaking and canoeing under the leadership of our highly trained instructors or test their teamwork in a raft building session.

The centre also features two football pitches and a spacious sports hall for team games, fencing and recreational activities.

Colomendy's student accommodation options include from dormitories (4-12 beds) or Adventure Lodges. Party leader bedrooms are complete with furnishings and tea and coffee making facilities. It also features a large party leader lounge with hot drink making facilities and comfy sofas to warm up after a chilly day in the woods.

Whether you would like to create your own activity programme, or let the experts do it for you, our outdoor adventures are designed to ensure that you achieve your desired learning outcomes, whilst offering each child an opportunity to increase their resilience, grow their confidence and develop their character.

We work hard to provide quality education courses with affordable options. We offer a selection of trip durations, available all year round.

Our on-site shop sells snacks and drinks, souvenirs, games and mementos.

Teacher Checklist

Risk Assessments
Inspection Visits
Free Places for Teachers
Bursaries or Funded Places Available
Resource Packs
LOtC Quality Badge
AALA Licence
Institute of Outdoor Learning
ABTA Licence
British Activity Providers Association
Adventure Mark
NCS Centre

What activities are available during group visits?

Activities include climbing, abseiling, 3G Swing, ziplining, tree climbing, orienteering, low ropes, archery, fencing, Aeroball, frisbee golf, bouldering and a high ropes course that includes our famous Leap of Faith and Jacobs Ladder challenges

Water sports include raft building, canoeing and kayaking

Environmental field studies courses: coastal studies, river studies, sand dune studies, urban studies, rural studies

Which Curriculum Subjects do you cater for?

Curriculum topics available: Autistic Spectrum, Emotional and Behavioural Disorders, General Learning Difficulties, Deafness, Physical and Mobility, Partially Wheelchair Accessible.

Programmes contain plenty of opportunities to differentiate for varying abilities. Kingswood are able to accommodate participants with learning difficulties, challenging behaviours, and those who are mobility, visually or hearing impaired. An overview of the general suitability of key activities offered at our centres can be viewed on our website under the policies section. We encourage any group leaders to contact their chosen centre to arrange a free visit as early as possible in the planning process to discuss their requirements.

Teambuilding activities and collaborative working encourages social skills and helps boost confidence. By sharing ideas and knowledge, young people figure out ways of completing challenges; encouraging one another to achieve their goals. Teambuilding challenges can either be competitive or results oriented.

Used as either a full programme, or as individual progressive sessions, Bushcraft teaches young people the wide range of skills necessary to survive in a wilderness scenario.

Young people are encouraged to think about their perception of the natural world, as well as understand which elements can be utilised in conjunction with newly acquired skills; such as learning to construct a shelter, safely lighting a campfire using natural materials, and using campfire gadgets to cook a variety of meals outdoors.

Curriculum topics available: Kayaking, Canoeing, Raft Building.

At Colomendy, a river runs through part of the site with a purpose built lake ideal for kayaking, canoeing and raft building.

Our kayaking and canoeing trips are led by fully qualified British Canoe Union trained Instructors organise games and aqua activities.

Raft building is a great activity for learning the intricacies of teamwork, leadership, planning and problem solving, but more importantly how not to get wet! Pupils work together to design and build their raft out of barrels, logs and rope and take to the water to test out their craft. Naturally, safety is our top priority, so buoyancy aids and protective clothing are provided, and all activities are carried out in carefully controlled, safe environments.

These give students the opportunity to try something different and building water confidence and team-working skills, all under the watchful eye of our trained lifeguard. Less confident pupils are always given plenty of gentle encouragement, and where required all of our watersports activities are licenced by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA).

Curriculum topics available: Ecology and environment, Habitats, Minibeasts, Plants, Living things and habitats.

Bring biology and ecology to life with our specially trained, passionate instructors. We can tailor our programmes to meet various exam board requirements and give your students the opportunity to improve their ecological fieldwork skills.

Curriculum topics available: Rivers, Environment, Coasts and seaside.

In addition to activities exploring woodland and rivers, Colomendy offers environmental field studies programmes: Coastal Studies, River Studies, Sandune Studies, Urban Studies and Rural Studies. Inspire and immerse your students in one of the UK's best physical geography field studies locations in the UK. Learn about coasts, rivers, urban and rural environments and so much more.

Curriculum topics available: Sampling and Statistics, Ecology, Ecosystems, Geology, Rivers, Sustainability, Mapping, Coastal, Towns and Cities.

Colomendy offers the following environmental field studies programmes: Coastal Studies, River Studies, Sandune Studies, Urban Studies and Rural Studies.

With our specialist environmental instructors, bring fieldwork to life! Whether that's encouraging your KS3 Geography students to choose Geography as a GCSE option or to help them discover a range of environments or explore human concepts in nearby urban or rural areas. At GCSE level, IT follow up sessions will allow your students to present their fieldwork results using GIS and Excel. This will enable them to analyse their findings and evaluate their investigation whilst it is still fresh in their minds.

For GCSE Biology, ecological fieldwork skills will really make sense to the students as they explore a variety of environments. You can also combine your trip with a visit to a local nature reserve to learn more about conservation efforts.

For A level Geography, students undertake fully independent investigations with trained instructors on hand to facilitate and advise in the research, methodology development and collection of their primary data. Our instructors can also give practical support when presenting this data using Excel and GIS. Programmes can be tailored to include a variety of human and physical topics, meeting the needs of the different exam board specifications and the questions of your students.

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

We offer a range of physical activities across our centres which promote health and wellbeing, resilience and team-building skills. Activities at Colomendy include climbing, high ropes, ziplining, abseiling, bouldering, fencing, archery and more.

What size groups do you cater for?

Any group size can be catered for. There is no minimum group size and providing there is availability, the maximum is the full centre capacity, splitting into smaller groups (maximum of 15) for activities.

Do you offer on-site classroom facilities?

Classrooms and computer labs available

Is there first aid on site?

All Kingswood staff go through health and safety training and there are first aiders on site at all times.

Do you offer access for visitors with disabilities?

We endeavour to make our centres accessible to as many young people as possible. Experience has taught us that the best way to understand the provision we offer, is for party leaders to visit the centre and discuss any requirements with the management team on site. We would encourage you to arrange a free visit for yourself and a guest with special needs to your chosen centre as early as possible in the planning process.

Do you cater for visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

Kingswood’s support of young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, including learning difficulties, behavioural issues, hearing, visual or mobility impairment, can be found in the SEND document on the policies page of their website. Kingswood would encourage party leaders to contact the management team to arrange any SEND provisions.

Anything else?

- Programme tailored to suit your learning outcomes
- First aiders and NSPCC trained Child Safety Officer on site
- Institute for Outdoor Learning
- AALA Watersports Licence
- Founder member of BAPA
- Adventuremark badge
- SkillsBuilder Level 3 accreditation
- Quality Badge Holder, Learning Outside the Classroom
- School Travel Awards Winner 2022 - Best residential experience
- Specialist environmental field studies teaching
- Our pre and post-visit toolkit will help you link your trip to tangible learning outcomes
- Our experience experts will support you from start to finish
- Programmes link to the curriculum, from character education to revision strategies and Environmental Field Studies
- Launch trips with a whole host of digital resources
- Save on places with one free party leader place for every ten young people. The Kingswood Hardship Fund can also fully fund up to 2 in every 10 places. To find out more about this, visit the funding support section of our website or email the sales team
- Risk assessments and safeguarding materials are easily accessible
- Meet centre teams ahead of your trip and get to know your chosen centre

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Who are Kingswood?

With 40 years of experience, we are experts in learning outside of the classroom.

A Kingswood trip offers a sense of adventure and a taste of independence; benefits which last way beyond a child’s return to the classroom. Our brilliant experiences for young people help them build confidence, resilience and skills that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Our award-winning programmes take place at 11 Inspiring Learning adventure centres across the UK and four chateaus in France. Whether visiting for a day or staying for a residential trip, our amazing team supports every young person to reach their full potential in a safe and fun environment.