School Day courses

spoon carving course using a crook knife Really Wild Team - Shane sanding a spoon when it is nearly sinished Young People learning about wildlife and surviving from one of the Polaris Outdoor Instructors. Nev is describing how important it is to stay hydrated and to keep your water clean and safe. Children building trust and discovering how hard it is to walk in a perfectly straight line while blindfolded. In pairs, one child is blind folded, their task is to walk across the field in a straight line. Their partner is there to keep them safe but not to guide them. They are not managing to walk in a straight line! Creating clay coil pots at the Home Education Wild Gathering Evaluating the Polaris Outdoor experience. Every participant gets to feed back on their views of how the expedition has gone. A great chance for reflection on what went well, what supported personal development, what was challenging and what could be done even better next time. Child working with a parent to create a tent peg, using a variety of techniques to demonstrate safe knife use.
spoon carving course using a crook knife Really Wild Team - Shane sanding a spoon when it is nearly sinished Young People learning about wildlife and surviving from one of the Polaris Outdoor Instructors. Nev is describing how important it is to stay hydrated and to keep your water clean and safe. Children building trust and discovering how hard it is to walk in a perfectly straight line while blindfolded. In pairs, one child is blind folded, their task is to walk across the field in a straight line. Their partner is there to keep them safe but not to guide them. They are not managing to walk in a straight line! Creating clay coil pots at the Home Education Wild Gathering Evaluating the Polaris Outdoor experience. Every participant gets to feed back on their views of how the expedition has gone. A great chance for reflection on what went well, what supported personal development, what was challenging and what could be done even better next time. Child working with a parent to create a tent peg, using a variety of techniques to demonstrate safe knife use.
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School Day courses

Duration: 1 Day

Visit one of our beautiful woodland sites or we can come to you. Our highly skilled teachers and instructors tailor your session to meet your personal goals, delivering with fun and enthusiasm.

Courses can include...

  • Whole year group/house events: "Getting to know you" days, induction activities and fun camps.
  • Young leaders and prefects: Training, values and development for young leaders.
  • Spoon carving classes, wood work and tool use: fitting with KS3-5 Design Technology and Art and incredible therapy and wellness for those who need a confidence boost or an opportunity to create something amazing.
  • Personal wellbeing and reward: We have a vast amount of experience working with students with specific needs, and rewarding those who push their boundaries to make great progress.
  • Bushcraft and wilderness skills: fire, shelter, foraging for wild foods and medicines, cooking over an open fire, shelter building and safety, use of primitive weapon technologies, animal stalking, tracking and more.
  • Practical skills: cooking, personal and camp hygiene, food and nutrition, time keeping, organisational skills and kit management.
  • Expedition skills and global travel safety training: camping methods, first aid, search and rescue and modern navigation. Travel safety courses for industry and gap year students.
  • Night games, wide games and Polaris Olympics: Just lots and lots of fun!
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