🌳 40 years experience in creating life-changing adventures outside of the classroom
🗺️ Where: 15 activity centres (UK & France)
☀️ When: All year round
We're pretty cosy and having lots of fun fundraising for such a great cause across our offices and centres today! Check out some of our wonderful team getting involved...
#ChristmasJumperDay
best one yet
@savechildrenuk
A huge Kingswood thank you to the LEO Academy Trust for bringing together such wonderful schools as the first residential group at our new North Devon centre! Thrilled to deliver such an amazing adventure to the variety of students involved & thoroughly enjoyed having you :)
If you wondered what the 3G Swing
@Kingswood_
is really like, then look no further! As Miss Hendra is so fearless, she even managed to film the experience! 🦁🧡👍
Our charity partner
@YoungMindsUK
are campaigning for all parents to
#Take20
mins per week to a share an activity with their child - which creates a space for your child to talk about their feelings. Here are ways to use the great outdoors to do just that:
We're famous! Kingswood Colomendy is currently the subject of a brilliant play, 'Lost in Colomendy', at
@RoyalCourtLiv
. The play is based around our centre and a group who gets lost on a hike to Moel Famau! Out team were invited and said it's very funny, get tickets while you can
This week is The Geographical Association's National Fieldwork Week, a brilliant week to get out there, complete some field studies and learn more about the outdoors. Anyone who does any fieldwork, this week, can receive a certificate from
@The_GA
.
#nationalfieldworkweek
We're keeping our team and guests warm in the snow this week. It’s caused changes in programming and plans, but we’ve been keeping positive and our young guests and instructors are having lots of fun in the snow.
#snowday3
#kingswoodinthesnow
Interested in finding out more about what we do? Register your interest to join our free preview weekend for non-school groups on the
#IsleofWight
in March
@KW_IOW
#outdooradventure
Teachers, to celebrate this GCSE results day and reward your hardworking students, we’re running a competition giveaway for the chance to win a FREE school day trip for 100 students worth £3,500. Enter our prize draw here:
#GCSEs2018
#gcseresultsday2018
From the whole team at Kingswood, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here’s the 12 days of Christmas song, Kingswood-style:
@YouthSportTrust
conference has been amazing - focused on inspiring changemakers, it's been great meeting so many who are passionate about children's futures.
We're lucky to have met 3 of the Youth Board who all came on their residentials to Kingswood, too!
#YSTconference
This year we planted 205 new trees across our centres. Our trees encourage local wildlife and improve landscapes for adventure and activities such as bushcraft. We wanted to share our huge appreciation of trees on
#NationalTreeWeek
#treesmatter
Win FREE places at our exciting new groups festival, May Fest! If you've got a talented group member or the whole team's talented, enter Kingswood's Got Talent by 19th January! Simply send a short video and enter our competition here:
Last week some of the Kingswood team spent the day volunteering to help clear the Trans Pennine Trail. Here are some before and after shots of the team clearing the area and making burrows for hedgehogs, mice and other wildlife.
#welovenature
#protectingwildlife
Findings show that children's over dependence on social media is increasing anxiety and feelings of inferiority. Getting children outdoors and immersed in adventure can help develop social and emotional skills away from digital screens. Visit
#lifeinlikes
We're so excited to be at the
@RymanStationery
#tnecfinals2018
finals today, surrounded by such inspirational young people. We can't wait to hear
@TheoPaphitis
' welcome and words of encouragement. Well done to all involved. Check out some photos from our stand at the event...
“There is compelling evidence… that children and young people thrive through
#learning
and engaging outside the classroom. Such activity helps children develop character and
#resilience
.” Martin Smith, Outdoor Council, July 2019.
Our young people are crying out for access to nature. We fully support the initiatives of our fellow advocates
@OutwardBoundUK
in their
#LetUsOut
campaign to enable every young person in the UK to experience an outdoor residential.
Are you a school looking to level up your learning?
Our programmes offer adventures based around our curriculum goals, plus some added extra benefits that will
#leveluplearning
in the classroom.
Get in touch with us to learn about the difference a Kingswood residential can make.
Sid along with members of our learning and development team spent the weekend rowing 10k! All in support of
@YoungMindsUK
and their '10k your way' campaign. There's still time to get involved, find out more here:
#10kyourway
#fightingfor
Day visits have arrived at Kingswood! Learn together, get outdoors and grow in confidence whilst experiencing a series of adventure challenges. We're delighted the
@educationgovuk
has confirmed that from this autumn schools can resume non-overnight domestic
#educational
visits.
We’re thrilled to announce that watersports are now available as part of our activity programmes at Kingswood Grosvenor Hall. Our new lake will be home to both canoeing and raft building. Discover more about Grosvenor Hall here:
We're loving the new
@_thedailymile
initiative, which encourages young people to spend 15 mins a day focusing on their health & fitness. Keeping active is directly linked to concentration levels, mood, behaviour & general wellbeing. We couldn't agree more.
Teachers, help us shape the future of Kingswood residential experiences by joining one of our focus groups in Kent or Doncaster this August. Plus, enjoy a preview of our activities and fantastic catering offer. Book your place here:
#teacher
#event
@CLOtC
Giving children with SEND a chance to explore PE is a vital step to accessibility. Carina Taylor shares some great insights from Chadsgrove School including:
- adapting rules
- adding variations
Well worth a read!
@YouthSportTrust
Alongside lots of children around the country, we're wearing
#OddSocks
to celebrate uniqueness and individuality on the first day of
#AntiBullyingWeek
. According to the Anti-Bullying Alliance, acceptance of individuality at an early age can help prevent bullying in later life.
The snow has now made it over to our Chateau de Chantereine in Normandy. This pretty dusting of snow makes our French centre look even more beautiful.
@kw_chateau
Following our recent investment of £1m in our adventure centre, Grosvenor Hall, we are hosting an activity open day and would love you to join us! Book your place/s here:
@kw_Grosvenor
A huge thank you to
@TeachSecondary
who featured us at number 1 in their top 10 list of best outdoor adventures. Get your copy of their Top School Trips magazine here:
Abseiling is a great challenge by choice activity! Learning how to descend from the top of our tower, participants build courage, develop confidence and gain a sense of achievement.
Always great to see the smiling faces at the end!
#residentialtrip
This is the kind of training we do at our annual Chief Instructors' workshop, a spot of mountaineering and leadership coaching in the breathtaking CairnGorm Mountains, Scotland. Get involved, we're currently recruiting Activity Leader Apprentices..