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Dukeshouse Wood

25th - 27th March 2020

A popular choice for Scottish and English schools, Dukeshouse Wood is situated on a beautiful fellside just

• utside the leafy suburbs of Hexham, close to Newcastle

and the Scottish Borders. The centre celebrated its 70 year birthday in 2010 and the culmination of an 18 month £2 million investment programme by Kingswood, to transform it into one of the premier venues for school trips in the region. Dukeshouse Wood has had a long history of developing children through outdoor learning and adventure, set in 18 acres of unspoilt countryside surrounded by trees and fields.

Outdoor & Adventurous Activities The beautiful setting at Dukeshouse Wood provides the safe and secure environment in which to introduce young people to outdoor and adventurous

• activities. All activities take place in the security of

the grounds, so that you can be sure that your children are always well supervised.

Challenge by Choice Challenge by Choice allows the individuals to set their own level of challenge on each activity, this ensures everybody maximises their personal achievement. The instructors are trained in the delivery of safe, educational and enjoyable activities. Challenge by Choice promotes holistic safety in terms of emotional, psychological and physical welfare.

Safety

All activity and learning programmes are operated in accordance with strict operating standards that define the minimum requirements for staff qualifications, supervision arrangements, equipment, facilities and appropriate clothing. Individual activities follow a defined session plan and all instructors are regularly

• bserved to ensure they are complying with safety standards and

delivering a quality experience to visitors. Risk Assessments form the building blocks for ensuring effective Health & Safety Management at every Kingswood Centre, and underpin the health & safety of all school trips. Kingswood

• perates comprehensive baseline risk assessments for all its

activities, which are backed up by centre-specific risk assessments to take into account any local requirements to ensure health & safety is maintained. In addition, ‘dynamic risk assessments’ are carried out on an ongoing basis by the instructor leading each activity to reflect ongoing changes to conditions.

Staff Attending the Residential Visit

Mrs Thompson Miss Wilson

• Mrs. Dutta

Mrs Hutchinson

Pupils’ Accommodation Accommodation is in comfortable, clean lodges with boys and girls sleeping in separate rooms and teachers nearby. These dormitories have been fully improved and updated, all with en-suite bathrooms for children and teachers.

Accommodation

Children will be sleeping in rooms of 4-10. Children will be asked to name one person they would like to be in the same bedroom with (same gender) then rooms will be allocated accordingly by Kells Lane staff. Working groups will be a maximum of 12 with boys and girls in each group. These groups will be decided

• n by Kells Lane staff.

Clean duvets and pillows are provided for the

• children. Before going, children should practise

putting on a duvet cover as they are required to make their own beds when shown to their dormitory.

Meals To fuel our young guests during a long day of thrilling adventurous activities, children are served three hot meals per day, with lots of choice and seasonal variations. Each day is a carefully balanced nutritional meal plan, recently updated to meet and exceed the latest Government standards on children’s meals.

Breakfast Rice Crispies Corn Flakes Weetabix Semi Skimmed Milk Orange Squash Fresh Orange segments Selection of Fruit Yoghurts White & Brown Toast Grilled Bacon Grilled Tomato Spaghetti Hoops Selection of Jams and Marmalade Lunch Freshly Baked Sausage Roll Spicy Cajun Chicken Cheese and Onion Pasty Freshly Baked Jacket Potatoes Baked Beans Grated Cheese Saute Potatoes Sliced Carrots Garden Peas Mayonnaise & Sauces Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber Rice Salad, Pasta Salad Coleslaw Dinner Homemade Lasagne Toad in the Hole Macaroni Cheese Chipped Potatoes Sliced Green Beans Cauliflower Mayonnaise & Sauces Lettuce, Tomato, Cucumber Rice Salad, Pasta Salad Coleslaw Syrup Sponge and Custard Fresh Fruit available at all meal times Bread, Butter, Margarine and Preserves

Thank you for attending this meeting. If you have any additional questions which you would like to ask we are here to help. Please make sure you have your information envelope, if not see a member of staff.