Lea Green Learning & Development Centre

What will students see and do?

If you’re searching for UK school trip ideas filled with outdoor adventures and fun team building activities for kids, Lea Green has got you covered.

This outdoor activity centre aims to develop skills for life, including emotional skills and communication skills, while delivering problem solving activities that enhance peer relationships, self-esteem and confidence.

Catering for all ages and abilities, Lea Green is suited to primary school trips and secondary school trips, and is also autism-friendly and suitable for children with additional needs. Lea Green also offers residential trips for primary schools and secondary schools.

There are many outdoor learning activities to engage in, including using water features in the local area to study stream flows or carry out pond dipping, and using the team swing to work out mathematical equations.

Within the grounds, Lea Green offers a wealth of activities, including: archery; bouldering; BMX; buggies and accessible bikes; bushcraft and den-building; climbing tower; equilibrium seesaw; environmental art; frisbee golf; GPS navigation; high ropes course; low ropes course; orienteering; night line; problem-solving; Skyline accessible ropes course; team swing; wheelchair abseiling and many games across the grounds.

Within a short walk or drive, Lea Green also offers the following: abseiling; canoeing; environmental studies; expeditions; jungle adventure; navigation; night navigation; pond dipping; rock climbing; stream walking and rock scrambling.

Young people can also use the links Lea Green has with the Smedley family to explore the industrial revolution on their education visit, and take advantage of the high-quality teaching spaces for coursework or revision workshops.

How does the trip link to the curriculum?

All instructors come from teaching or youth work backgrounds, and are experienced in relating activities and challenges to life in school and at home.

Courses based on the national curriculum can be developed with you, and Lea Green will work on particular outcomes or learning topics as requested.

Trips to Lea Green can be whatever you want them to be – team building days out; a chance for a teacher to build relationships and set the scene for learning with a new class; an outdoor and adventurous activities ‘reward’ for the end of the school term; or an opportunity to work on a classroom topic – the choice is yours.

As well as tailored programmes for school groups, this venue offers inset days and team building days for teaching staff and programmes for groups or individuals within mainstream groups with additional support needs.

Lea Green is an approved Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme Activity Provider, so can also assist with expeditions and gold residential opportunities.

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