Activity Programme
Please use the table below to view all of the activities on offer, this includes offsite activities.
| Activity | Description | Suitable For | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure Activities | Archery | Individual skills/team competition | All ages | All ages | No |
| Adventure Activities | Bushcraft/Survival Skills | Fire, cooking and shelter | All ages | All ages | Yes |
| Adventure Activities | Canoeing | Multi-person boats. Encourages cooperation and teamwork | All ages | All ages | Yes |
| Adventure Activities | Paddle Sports | Multi-vessel session. Canoe, kayak, SUP (stand up paddleboard). Try out different types of paddling. | Year 4 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | Yes |
| Adventure Activities | Raft Building | Test your team work to build a raft to keep you afloat! | Year 4 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | Yes |
| Adventure Activities | Kayaking | Individual skill | Year 4 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | Yes |
| Adventure Activities | Climbing Wall | Auto belays | Year 1 and above | KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 | Yes |
| Adventure Activities | Cycle Skills | Learn to ride or improve your bike handling skills in a simulated environment | Year 3 and above (or based on individual ability) | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Adventure Activities | Mountain Biking | Off road cycling | Year 4 and above (based on individual ability) | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Adventure Activities | Fencing | Olympic sport of foil sword fencing | All ages | All ages | No |
| Adventure Activities | Olympic Style Air Rifle | Target rifle shooting and shooting gallery | All ages | All ages | No |
| Orienteering/Navigation | Orienteering | Different styles of the sport | All ages | All ages | No |
| Orienteering/Navigation | Photo Search | Basic orientation | KS1 and KS2 | KS1, KS2 | No |
| Orienteering/Navigation | Navigation and Map Reading | Use of map and compass | Year 3 and above | KS2 | No |
| Orienteering/Navigation | Night Navigation Exercises | Hone your skills at night | Year 9 and above | KS3, KS4 | No |
| Orienteering/Navigation | Journeying and Basic Navigation | Navigation and camp skills | Year 5 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Walking | Fosbury Iron Age Hill Fort Walk | Iron Age Hill Fort, spectacular scenery and history talk. Celts and Romans battle game. 3 miles or 5 1/2 round trip) | Year 3 and above (for younger ages 3 mile option with minibus to drop off point is available) | All ages | No |
| Walking | Kennet & Avon Canal Walk | Varied Scenery including the canal and woodland of Bedwyn Brail, other features include Crofton Pumping Station and Wilton Windmill. Nature and history talk and sketching opportunities. (5 1/2-mile circular walk) Guided Tour of Windmill. | Year 3 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Walking | Hangman's Walk | Coombe Gibbet/Walbury Hill - features include dramatic scenery, gibbet and Iron Age Hill Fort, history talk (5 1/2 miles one way) | Year 3 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Walking | Windmill Walk | Scenic walk to Wilton Windmill includes talks on local nature and history talk and guided tour of Wilton Windmill. (2 1/2 miles) | Year 3 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Walking | Spooky Alley Walk | From the Centre onto the Downs, looking over the Pewsey Vale, Northern Salisbury Plain and distant views of the Savernake Forest (2 1/2 miles circular walk) | Year 1 and above | KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Walking | Spooky Alley Night Walk | Brave your fear of the dark and the mud in the infamous “Spooky Alley”. Ghost stories optional. (2 1/2 miles circular walk) | Year 3 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Walking | Evening Nature Walk | Walk through the local countryside and woodland around the village (1-2 miles variable) | KS1, KS2 | No | |
| Team Building | Outdoor Problem Solving | Team building | Year 3 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Team Building | Indoor Problem Solving | Team building | Year 3 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Team Building, Woodland Activities | Shelter Building | Team building | All ages | All ages | Yes |
| Environmental Studies, Woodland Activities | Mini Beast Hunting | Simple keys / ID charts | Key Stage 1 and 2 | KS1, KS2 | No |
| Environmental Studies | Stream Survey and Stream Dipping | Simple keys / ID charts | Key Stage 1 and 2 | KS1, KS2 | No |
| Environmental Studies | Tree Identification | Simple keys / ID charts | Key Stage 1 and 2 | KS1, KS2 | No |
| Environmental Studies | Bird Identification | Simple keys / ID charts | Key Stage 1 and 2 | KS1, KS2 | No |
| Woodland Activities | Woodland Art and Sculpture | Using forest materials | Key Stage 1 and 2 | KS1, KS2 | No |
| Offsite Activities | Mountain Day (Pen y Fan) | Summiting the highest point in the Brecon Beacons - Pen y Fan | Year 5 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Offsite Activities | Mountain Day (Waun Fach) | Summiting the highest point in the Black Mountains - Waun Fach | Year 5 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Offsite Activities | Outdoor Rock Climbing | Climbing and belaying at the fantastic Burrington Coombe in North Somerset | Year 5 and above | KS2, KS3, KS4 | No |
| Corporate Groups, Offsite Activities | Mountain Day (Pen y Fan) Adults | Summiting the highest point in the Brecon Beacons - Pen y Fan | Adults | Adults only | No |
| Corporate Groups, Offsite Activities | Mountain Day (Waun Fach) Adults | Summiting the highest point in the Black Mountains - Waun Fach | Adults | Adults only | No |
| Corporate Groups, Offsite Activities | Outdoor Rock Climbing (Adults) | Climbing and belaying at the fantastic Burrington Coombe in North Somerset | Adults | Adults only | No |
| Corporate Groups, Offsite Activities | Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) | 3-4 day survival course being taught the essentials of shelter building, fire construction, water purification, navigation and more, culminating in a final assessment phase whilst being pursued by a live hunter force by foot, vehicle, and air! | Adults | Adults only | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Stone Age Man | Hunter-gatherers, the mobile 'supermarket' and the birth of farming | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Celts and Ancient Britons | Druids, rebellion and hillforts | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Romans | The army, invasion and daily life | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | King Arthur | The legend and the hero from history | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Angles and Saxons | Run swords, riddles and the forging of England | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Beowulf | Heroes and monsters | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Alfred the Great | Burnt cakes, heroic battles and strong rule | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | The Vikings | Long ships, raiding and invading | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | 1066 | The year of battles, the defeat of the Vikings and the coming of the Normans. Stamford Bridge and Hastings. | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Knights and Castles | Squires, jousts and fair and fierce maidens | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Tudors | A King, Queens, the executioner's axe and the age of exploration | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Pirates | Cutlasses, buried treasure and skulls and crossbones | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | Wiltshire in the Civil War | Waller and Hopton. Gunpowder and sieges. | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | 1666 - The Great Fire | A King, a diary, a war and disaster | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | 1914 - Lord Kitchener's New Army | Enlistment, basic training and the frontline | All ages | All ages | No |
| Curriculum Enrichment | WW2 - The Home Front | Experience what life was like in Wartime Britain, join the Home Guard and do your bit for the war effort | All ages | All ages | No |
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