Bushcraft Courses for Schools
Bushcraft, Wilderness and Survival Lessons
Bushcraft is an exciting and engaging way for UK school children to learn about the natural world and develop important outdoor skills.
Quite a few of the outdoor adventure companies we work with have started adding bushcraft options to their school trip itineraries. Together with specialist bushcraft companies, they are making a great case for the teaching of sustainability and nature awareness courses.
From constructing simple shelters using only natural materials found in the local environment, to starting fires without matches or lighters, and even identifying edible wild plants. In our modern age, we face an growing disconnect from our natural environment. Learning practical survival skills through Bushcraft is a great way for young people to reconnect with the environment. Or, take a look at our Forest School page if you are looking to give children an immersive connection with nature.Speaking to some of the experts who have designed and run these outdoor bushcraft courses, we love what they have to offer school groups, and are keen to share them with you. We can offer you courses up and down the country, suitable for any key stage, from half day experiences to multi day adventures. We can even send bushcraft specialists to your school to teach your children on the school grounds. Take a look below or get in contact with us for more information.
Children living in urban areas often have very little contact with the great outdoors. Our woodlands and hills, rivers and streams are not part of their daily life, and many kids are completely detached from the natural world. Traditional residential activity holidays are great for getting school kids out in the fresh air, getting muddy, but a new breed of outdoor adventure trips are gaining serious momentum - the bushcraft trip - life without technology!
The Stone Age Company
School Trip West Midlands
Subjects: Bushcraft, History, Prehistory
A fantastic way to get children immersed in the Stone Age. Workshops are Interactive & hands on. An opportunity to get up-close and personal with our ancient ancestors. Smell and feel the Stone Age. We even have a real mammoth tooth to pass around!
The Stone Age Company
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Bushcraft school trips and workshops
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South West
The Bioasis
Immerse your students in hands-on outdoor education that blends fun and essential skills. Our bushcraft activities include den building, fire-lighting, and shelter construction, sparking teamwork and...
West Midlands
The Stone Age Company
We can teach Bushcraft and survival skills including skills such as fire lighting, carving, camouflage, cooking on an open fire, shelter building, plant Identification and more.
West Midlands
Ackers Adventure Residential centre
Our Bushcraft instructors are passionate about providing an immersive and memorable experience for students in the great outdoors. With activities such as fire lighting, campfires, den and shelter...
South West
Cumulus Outdoors Residential Centre - Swanage
Our exciting Bushcraft sessions and challenges are geared to help you get back to basics whilst also enjoying the natural environment. Using our own woodland sites at our tented villages and at our...
West Midlands
Ackers Adventure Day Trips
Our Bushcraft instructors are passionate about providing an immersive and memorable experience for students in the great outdoors. With activities such as fire lighting, campfires, den and shelter...
in-school workshop
Cumulus Outdoors Activity Camps at your School
Our exciting Bushcraft sessions and challenges are geared to help you get back to basics whilst also enjoying the natural environment. Using your own school grounds, we teach the fundamentals of...
in-school workshop
In School Workshops
Our Bushcraft instructors are passionate about providing an immersive and memorable experience for students in the great outdoors. With activities such as fire lighting, campfires, den and shelter...
East Midlands
Mount Cook
Our activity instructors are highly trained in Bush Craft, meaning that groups can learn and develop skills at a variety of levels. We venture beyond forest school learning to cover friction fire...
West Midlands
Beaudesert Activity Centre
We can provide a range of bushcraft sessions at various levels including a number of fire lighting techniques, shelter building cooking and water purification. Our instructors are able to adapt sessions to your needs. Please call or email to arrange a telephone call with our activity manager.
All UK Regions
Bushcraft with the Field Studies Council
Our centres offer a range of bushcraft activities such as shelter building, fire lighting, navigation and learning about wildlife. These activities can be done standalone or as part of our other field...
Scotland
Lochranza Centre CIC
We provide a half day activity session on Bushcraft Skills. However we can also design a bespoke break based around Bushcraft Skills or Forest School activities.
South West
The Ultimate Adventure Centre
With over 12 acres of land available to us, there is no shortage of countryside and woodland for us to use when introducing your students to Bushcraft. From shelter building to fire making, rescue...
South West
Deanfield Outdoor Centre
Students will try various fire starting techniques before cooking dough twist dampers on an open fire. There is also the opportunity to cook popcorn bushcraft style. Often bushcraft is combined with...
London & South East
Hindleap Warren
Learn how to build a basic shelter to keep you warm and dry. Then have a go at lighting a fire using a traditional flint and steel, or a bow drill to create fire via friction. Then the challenge is...
South West
Portland Outdoor Centre
Coastal foraging, fire lighting and cooking are the key ingredients that make up our Bushcraft sessions. On the foreshore, the group will have the opportunity to explore and learn about their...
Wales
Plas Gwynant Outdoor Education Centre
In our bushcraft area we look at the ways that fires can be created, and we build dens and shelters in the woodland. We'll link the activities to your chosen aims and outcomes and mastery of the environment!
Wales
Arc Adventures
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...
Wales
Adventure Beyond
Imagine a classroom without walls, where students are engaged in hands-on learning, build essential life skills, and connect with the natural world. It's not just about survival; it's about thriving...
West Midlands
Frank Chapman Outdoor Education Centre
Creating fires, building shelters and dens in our ancient oak forest is a memorable experience. We'll link the activities to your chosen aims and outcomes, and draw upon recreations of stone age processes and mastery of the environment!
South West
Land & Wave Adventure School Trips in Dorset
Bushcraft at its most authentic. Fire! Shelter! Feast! Join us in our ancient woodland for an atmospheric Bushcraft session for children and young adults. Children learn essential survival skills...
All UK Regions
Caldecotte Xperience
Bushcraft for young people of all abilities Providing an opportunity for young people to connect to the natural world is vitally important for their own health, well being and learning. Developing an...
West Midlands
Peak - Chasewater Activity Centre
Learn essential skills such as crafting shelters from natural materials like wood and sticks, purifying water, foraging for edible food such as berries, crafting tools, and collecting wood from the...
in-school workshop
Peak - Mobile Outdoor Adventure Activities
Description: This is an activity that will teach people how to make shelters out of natural materials like wood and sticks, purify water, forage for edible food like berries, making tools, collecting...
Wales
Adventure Residential Trips
We run our coastal craft sessions where we forage for various edible seaweeds along the coastline as well as crafting up "bread on a stick" to toast on the camp fire. We use Kelly kettles fueled with driftwood to make hot chocolates on the beach too!
West Midlands
Stone Age Explorers
We can shape activities to suit your learning aims. Activities often include 3 from: - Building woodland shelters - An introduction to making fire and fire lighting - Creating Stone Age art exploring painting / drawing implements from natural materials. - Making Stone age tools
North West
Peak - Trafford Watersports Centre
Learn essential skills such as crafting shelters from natural materials like wood and sticks, purifying water, foraging for edible food such as berries, crafting tools, and collecting wood from the...
Wales
Conway Centres Anglesey
The aim is to help equip young people with the physical and mental skills to survive in the natural modern world. Each session aims to encourage young people to embrace nature, whilst cooperating and...
Wales
Adventure Day Trips
We run our coastal craft sessions where we forage for various edible seaweeds along the coastline as well as crafting up "bread on a stick" to toast on the camp fire. We use Kelly kettles fuelled with...
North West
Peak - Astbury Watersports Centre
Learn essential skills such as crafting shelters from natural materials like wood and sticks, purifying water, foraging for edible food such as berries, crafting tools, and collecting wood from the...
Yorkshire
Peak - Underbank Activity Centre
Description: This is an activity that will teach people how to make shelters out of natural materials like wood and sticks, purify water, forage for edible food like berries, making tools, collecting...
East of England
Aylmerton Outdoor Education Centre
This activity involves an examination of the woodland habitat of the National Trust estate at Felbrigg which is directly opposite our Centre. The pupils will observe the flora and fauna of this...
South West
Skern Lodge Day Visits
From campfires to shelter building, our instructors provide an ideal environment where young people can learn the practicalities of being able to survive in the wilderness.
South West
Braeside Residential Adventure Centre
Bushcraft and survival activities offer a great opportunity for team bonding and personal development. Students can make a shelter, build a fire and cook over it, explore woodcraft and play woodland...
London & South East
Unforgettable Residentials at The Hive
Bush craft sessions aim to improve communications skills, resilience and environmental awareness. The activities can include how to safely make and light a fire using natural materials, water...
London & South East
Juniper Hall Field Centre
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and...
South West
Nettlecombe Court Field Centre
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem...
London & South East
Blackland Farm Outdoor Centre
Our bespoke Bushcraft sessions can be tailored to your specific outcomes, but generally teach participants a range of topics, including shelter/den building, tarp craft, camp craft, fire lighting...
London & South East
Field Studies Council - London South East
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem solving activities.
South West
Slapton Ley Field Centre
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem...
London & South East
Epping Forest field centre
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and...
West Midlands
Team Building Outdoor Adventures
Camp fire, den building and outdoor pizza making are all activities we offer. We also offer a woodland navigation activity which enhances our outdoor woodland offering. Children will enjoy toasting mashmallows, working on their den buiding skills and exploring our vast woodland.
London & South East
Lymley Wood Residential
Can the children survive in the wild!? Survival skills delivered in a friendly style using Bushcraft trained expert leaders. Session include including fire making in traditional methods, open fire...
London & South East
Bentley Copse Activity Centre
Small group bushcraft sessions teach safety around fire and tools. Your students will light their own fires, pop some popcorn or make a refreshing hot drink. Our woodland environment is idea for quiet bushcraft sessions among the trees.
London & South East
Isle of Wight - The Island Classroom
Bushcraft is a set of skills that can help you survive in the wilderness. It includes things like finding food and water, building shelter, and making fire. Bushcraft can be a lot of fun, and it's...
West Midlands
Bishops Wood Field Centre
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and...
North West
Blencathra FIeld Centre
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and...
London & South East
London Field Sites
Identify basic survival needs, explore the woods, build a shelter and forage for wild foods. Follow a woodland trail and search for tracks and signs. A day filled with team building and problem...
South West
Calvert Exmoor
Bushcraft is an activity that unleashes creativity and resourcefulness in the great outdoors. Whether carving tools from branches, hunting for wild edibles, or crafting cosy shelters, it’s an...
So what is Bushcraft?
A bushcraft school trip is primarily designed to get children out of the classroom and into the wild (or as wild as we get in the UK), for a true nature experience. By the end of the course, especially if you are giving them a multi day experience, your school group will have a better understanding of our natural environment, and the children will have gained some practical and valuable outdoor skills. The type of knowledge that would have been commonplace to among our ancestors, but which many of us would now struggle with.
The typical school bushcraft trip will be aimed at beginners, giving everyone a chance to try lots of fun and challenging activities. Pupils will be taught how to safely enjoy a range of outdoor crafts, including camping and survival. Specific topics will include foraging for food, food preparation – build an open fire to keep you warm and to fill your tummies by cooking fish or meat, shelter building – guess where you are sleeping tonight! Learn to make a safe and secure shelter to keep you dry and warm, sourcing and filtering water, making tools out of natural materials, identifying plants and trees, tracking and navigation skills, crafts and much more.
Stone Age bushcraft
Looking for something a bit different? Our friends at The Stone Age Company offer multi day residentials in woodland locations, or short day and half day courses at your school, suitable for and tailored to all key stages. Get hands on with cave art, fat lamps and stone tools in this incredible stone age experience – feedback from teachers who have been on this courses is extremely enthusiastic! Read more about this one here: Stone Age Bushcraft Course
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