Woodland and waves dual centre residential trips

Train, learn and grow

Our customised programmes are designed to build confidence and encourage teamwork using a wide range of activities and outdoor learning as a catalyst for positive outcomes.

During the autumn and spring months we run our Woodland & Waves dual centre programme with our Island partner from Inspiring Learning, Kingswood. This brilliant experience gives you the best of all worlds including activities focused on both maritime and shoreside. We help you pick and mix your sports and experiences to ensure you have a programme which reflects your requirements, the length of your stay and your budget.

About the programme

Spoilt for choice

The Woodland & Waves programme encourages resilience and teamwork along with problem solving, which benefits students when they return to the classroom environment and back to their own communities and social groups.

Depending on the length of the residential visit, the Woodland & Waves syllabus includes double hander dinghy sailing, keelboating, Canadian canoeing, powerboating and sea survival skills and then climbing, abseiling, zip wire, aero ball, high and low ropes, buggy build and bushcraft.

With adventures to last a lifetime, this exciting programme also gives students the opportunity to try their hand at climbing, archery, canoeing and volleyball not to mention den building, water polo, disco, movie nights and crabbing.

Available for young people as a dual centre experience, UKSA and Kingswood provide a combined four-night, five-day stay to enjoy both water and land based activities. This programme is also available as a combined two-night, three-day residential stay during weekends with a day trip to the second centre.

Sample programme

Our pick and mix approach to the following activities enables us to to build a programme together that suits your exact requirements.

Waves daytime activities include:

Water confidence sessions
Keelboating
Double hander dinghy sailing
Team building games
Powerboating
Canadian canoeing river trips
Sea survival skills
Navigation, rope work and VHF

Waves evening activities include:

Indoor pool games
Sea survival in our indoor pool
Crabbing
Archery
Games by the sea or in the park
Cinema
Disco
Climbing wall
Indoor football/netball

Woodland daytime activities include:

Climbing
Abseiling
Leap of Faith
Jacobs Ladder
Zip Wire
High Ropes
Low Ropes
3G Swing
Obstacle Course
Aero Ball
Archery
Buggy Build
Orienteering
Team building games
Bush Craft

Woodland evening activities include:

Cinema
Camp Fire
Mini O’s
Scrapheap Challenge
In the Spot Light
Disco
Culver Walk
Team Games

What’s included?

We do the hard work, so you don’t have to! Our team are ready to work with you to make sure your trip is as hassle-free as possible.

UKSA provides:

Return ferry travel to and from the Isle of Wight
All kit required for activities, e.g. wetsuits, buoyancy aids and safety helmets
Daily action-packed customised team-building activities
Fully supervised evening entertainment
Access to 50 Degrees North, our dedicated chill-out area for children
Home cooked healthy food including a hearty breakfast, packed lunches and a wholesome evening meal
CCTV perimeter fences and secure front gates
Sole-occupancy dormitory-style rooms with coded door access to each block
Separate leader rooms in the same block as students
One free leader place per 10 participants
Access to our newly refurbished full-sized sports hall

Inspiring Learning, Kingswood provides:

All kit required for activities
Daily action-packed bespoke team-building activities
Fully supervised evening entertainment
Home cooked healthy food including a hearty breakfast, packed lunches and a wholesome evening meal
CCTV perimeter fences and secure front gates
Sole-occupancy dormitory-style rooms with coded door access to each block
Separate leader rooms in the same block as students
Dedicated teachers’ lounge per accommodation block
One free leader place per 10 participants

Accommodation

Relax after a busy day with us in our comfortable self-contained dormitory rooms. Rest assured your group will enjoy sole occupancy in single gender rooms, with separate leader rooms available within your allocated block.

Sample menu at UKSA

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Full English breakfast, cereals, toast and seasonal fruit	Full English breakfast, cereals, toast and seasonal fruit	Full English breakfast, cereals, toast and seasonal fruit	Full English breakfast, cereals, toast and seasonal fruit	Full English breakfast, cereals, toast and seasonal fruit
Packed lunch	Packed lunch	Packed lunch	Packed lunch	Packed lunch
Spaghetti bolognaise or Lentil bolognaise (v)	Oven baked breaded chicken or Vegetable goujons (v)	Island butchers sausages and mash or Vegetarian sausage (v)	Meatballs or Macaroni cheese (v)	Lasagne or Vegetable lasagne (v)
Salad Bar	Salad Bar	Salad Bar	Salad Bar	Salad Bar
Chocolate sponge	Pear crumble	Lemon crunch	Apple tart	Fresh fruit salad

Sample menu at Kingswood

#SeaChangeStories

At least 10% of our students have special needs. Our autistic students became comfortable to be in wetsuits and in the cold water. Another student who was a selective mute became comfortable to speak his name to an instructor by the end of the week.

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