Top School Trips -Issue 6

Skern Lodge Skern Lodge, a premier outdoor education centre nestled on North Devon’s stunning coastline, offers bespoke learning experiences for primary, secondary, and higher education institutions. With a rich history dating back to 1976, the centre leverages its unique location to provide exceptional adventure activities, premium water sports, and carefully constructed experiential learning programmes, including field studies. Its growth-oriented methodology, focused on personal and social development, is integrated into the activities on offer, and the centre partners with schools to design tailored programmes that meet specific needs and objectives, ensuring that impact is felt on both individual and group levels following a residential trip. To find out more, call 01237 475 992 or email skern@skernlodge.co.uk Mendip Activity Centre It’s time for adventure at Mendip Activity Centre! With over 30 years of experience delivering school activity residentials, the Mendip team helps young people make time to disconnect. Your group will experience real adventure while surrounded by one of South West England’s most special natural playgrounds, the Mendip Hills National Landscape. With real outdoor activities surrounding the site’s unique and comfortable accommodation, this truly is the ultimate adventure destination. School residentials and school trips are available for all primary school pupils, with group sizes ranging from 30 up to 300. For more information, visit www.mendip.co.uk/primary Oaker Wood Leisure Nestled in a picturesque woodland setting just 20 minutes fromWales, Oaker Wood Leisure is the premier destination for outdoor activities and glamping on the Herefordshire-Shropshire border. Its school residentials give children the chance to connect with nature while developing valuable life skills. Your group can unleash their adventurous spirit with activities like woodland navigation, high ropes, low ropes assault course, target shooting, woodland krypton, rafting, paintball and more, all of which will help to improve teamwork and problem-solving skills. Staff at this family-run business ensure pupils have an enriching experience during their visit. Activities can be tailored to the needs of children with special educational needs. To learn more, visit www.oakerwoodleisure.co.uk or email info@oakerwoodleisure.co.uk www.teachwire.net/school-trips | 11 PARTNER CONT ENT