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Outdoor Elements specialises in the provision of outdoor and adventurous activities to the education sector.Outdoor Elements staff and instructors are experienced working with all age groups and abilities including youngpeople with additional needs. Activities are designed to include many educational aspects and participants arechallenged to learn from their experiences. Outdoor and adventurous activities can satisfy many subject areas of thecurriculum including physical education, geography and science. Let us understand your students' learning aims andobjectives, and we can put together a programme to make the learning come alive through practical experience.

Team Building &Outdoor Activity Days...

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our centreSet within a 7-acre woodland, our purpose builtcentre has classroom facilities, in-house catering,is fully accessible and offers a great range of teambuilding and outdoor pursuit days utilising activitiesincluding high rope elements, archery, problemsolving and woodland discovery.

mobile activitiesOutdoor Elements delivers team building and

outdoor activities on a mobile basis across

the Pendle area, Lancashire, South & West

Pennines, Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

So if you have a venue in mind, please get in

touch and we can bring the adventure to you.

Courses designed for your curriculum...

Outdoor Elements can deliver programmes to meet criteria forkey stages 2-4 set out under outdoor and adventurous activities.

Outdoor activities and their learning outcomes are suited to many schemes of work including GCSE, Alternative Curriculum, BTEC, NVQ and further and higher education courses.*

Please contact us on 01282 416396 or visit www.outdoorelements.co.uk to discuss your requirements.

*Other accredited learning available for example, national governing body awards and AQA

Key Stage 2• Create outdoor activity challenges to allow the group to follow trails

in familiar, unfamiliar and changing environments.

• Develop orienteering and problem solving skills.

• Through outdoor activities allow the group to work with others and

meet the challenges set.

Key Stage 3• Allow students to meet challenges in outdoor activities

and journeys.

• Offer orienteering and problem solving challenges.

• Create a programme which allows students to identify roles and

responsibilities within the group and plan strategies

for implementation.

• Allow the group to respond to changing conditions and situations

with a range of activities.

Key Stage 4• Allow students to meet challenges in large-scale outdoor activities

and journeys.

• Offer canoeing, rock climbing and hill walking to enable the group

to develop a range of skills.

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OutdoorActivity Days...

Outdoor Activities are great fun and have a wide range of

educational benefits. Talk to us about your aims and objectives

for the day and we can tailor the activity according to those.

You tailored the day to meet our needsperfectly. Your friendly and professionalmanner makes the day a fantasticexperience for both children and adults.

Great Marsden, St John’s Primary School.

Activities available include:

• High Rope Activities:

Zip Line, Crate Stack, Leap of Faith, Climbing Trees, Jacob’s Ladder

• Archery • Survival Skills • Canoeing • Rock Climbing

• Abseiling • Hill Walking • Orienteering

• Team Challenge Events • Problem Solving

• Stream Walking • Woodland Discovery

• Bug Hunting • Navigation • Stream Study

Ideas:• Leavers and year-

end celebrations

• Induction days

• Year-round teambuilding days

• Revision and examreward days

OutdoorActivities at your School...

Outdoor Elements expert instructors will arrive with all the

specialist equipment and utilise the suitable space you have in

the playground, hall, gym or playing fields. The day can be split

up into a number of short sessions and groups can rotate round

a range of activities. This is a very cost effective and easy way of

delivering outdoor activities to a large number of students by

removing the need for expensive transport and

accommodation; and lengthy paperwork.

• Archery

• Orienteering

• Bushcraft / Survival Skills

• Problem Solving

• Team Challenge Events

Excellent! The pupilsreally enjoyed it

Alder Grange Community &

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What is a woodland discovery session?

Learning through the natural environment the group will undertake team and individual tasks. Groups willlearn to identify different trees, plants and animals that make up the woodland ecosystem. Individualswill learn about the various levels within the ecosystem with the tree at the centre. Mini beast and bughunts as well as a stream study will bring to life the learning experience.

The group will have a go at shelter building and other woodland crafts using natural resources. Theactivities are run in a sensitive way to minimise the impact on the environment. Some activities can berun to leave a lasting legacy within the woodland to enhance the biodiversity and helpto manage the woodland such as building habitat piles, nesting and roosting boxes.

The group will gain from the day an increased awareness of the importance of trees in ourwider ecosystem and how we can all help to protect our native woodland through moresustainable ways of living.

WoodlandDiscovery...

Key learning outcomes:

• team work • communication • leadership • listening skills • carrying out instructions • problem solving • analytical skills • safety awareness • geographical awareness • learn about wildlife and the natural environment • sense of achievement

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Team Buildingfor Staff in theEducation Sector

The whole group thoroughly enjoyed thetasks set. The day had been very cleverlystructured. Everybody learnt something tobring back to work

Myerscough College.

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Outdoor Elements offers a fantastic solution to organising your team building and

outdoor activity days. After taking an initial brief from you, Outdoor Elements can

put together an exciting programme to meet your objectives and your budget.

We can organise everything including accommodation and catering or if you

have a venue in mind we can bring the activities there.

We cater for both small and large groups and our aim is to ensure everyone has a

fantastic memorable experience. This is achieved through a challenge by choice

approach and activities are designed to include everyone regardless of ability.

In addition we can provide experienced facilitators who will maximise learning

outcomes that can be quickly and effectively transferred back to your workplace.

This ensures that the event is not only great fun but has a lasting impact on the

dynamics of your team for the future.

We can organise:• Half-day programmes• Full-day programmes• Residentials

Ideas for your event include:• Staff Inset Day• Team Building Challenge• Fun Staff Reward Day• Alternative Christmas Party• Promoting Health In The Work Place• Year End Celebration

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General Information

• Outdoor Elements Activities Limited is run by Jim and Lee Bowden• Established 2001• Registered centre at LCC• All instructors have been CRB cleared and first-aid trained• Written risk assessments are available for all activities• We hold Professional Indemnity Civil Liability & Employers Liability Insurance cover• Outdoor Elements is registered with the Adventure Activities Licensing Service as licensed to provide

specified activities under the following headings: Climbing, Trekking, Watersports

The project has been part financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe investing in rural areas.

This project was delivered through the Northwest Development Agency with Defra as the Managing Authority.

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Please contact us for furtherinformation, prices or to arrange a visit.

Outdoor Elements Activities Ltd, Pump House Dean Wood, Trapp Lane, Simonstone, Lancashire, BB12 7JD

01282 416396www.outdoorelements.co.uk info@outdoorelements.co.uk

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