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SHROPSHIRE OUTDOOR PURSUITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SHROPSHIRE OUTDOOR PURSUITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SHROPSHIRE OUTDOOR PURSUITS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE Manor Adventure: Established in 1991 Handles over 27,000 students + 500 families each year Owns Culmington Manor, 100 acre estate in Shropshire Owns Lockerbie Manor,
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Manor Adventure:
- Established in 1991
- Handles over 27,000 students + 500 families each year
- Owns Culmington Manor, 100 acre estate in Shropshire
- Owns Lockerbie Manor, 78 acre estate in Scotland
- Owns Abernant Lake Hotel - 55 acre estate in Mid Wales
- Owns Le Château du Broutel, Somme, Northern France
- Owns Le Château de Warsy, Picardy, Northern France
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What makes Manor Adventure different?
- First class facilities
- Secure safe location
- Quality instructors
- 19 outdoor pursuit sessions per week (Monday-Friday)
- Profits re-invested every year since 1991
- 93% re-booking levels
- Much more offered compared to competitors for a similar price (in many
cases for less)
- Only five centres as opposed to 10-40 centres, therefore management
control much stricter
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Culmington Manor has a capacity of 300 students:
- The Lodge
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- The Manor
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Culmington Manor has a capacity of 300 students:
- Mews
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Teachers rooms adjacent to students rooms
- Duty Instructor per building (24 hours)
- School stays together all the time
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The food is child friendly, plentiful and nutritious:
- Full English breakfast
- Substantial lunch
- Excellent cooked dinner
- Plenty of choice
- All catered for
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Health & Safety our No 1 Priority:
- Regularly inspected by Health &
Safety Executive
- Each outdoor pursuit Risk Assessed
- 4X4 Rescue vehicle
- Radio linked outdoor pursuits
- Outdoor pursuits, equipment and
instructors continually assessed and monitored
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Instructors:
Our reputation is very dependent on quality of
- instructors. Extensive recruitment process – far
exceed blue chip companies
- For every 20 vacancies we receive over 500
applicants
- 50 Invited to assessment weekend
- Then 30 short listed to selection week
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Course benefits; for each and every child:
- Education outside the classroom
- Develop an inner confidence
- Personal achievement
- Develop self esteem
- Develop social skills
- Develop team building skills
- Experience new / exciting outdoor pursuits
- Learn respect for others
Every Child benefits enormously from the course especially children who are not necessarily academic or sporty.
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Outdoor pursuits programme:
- Leave school to arrive at 14.30
- Students shown to dormitories
- Fire drill
- 1st outdoor pursuit at 15.30
- Each outdoor pursuit lasts 1.5 hours
- 2nd outdoor pursuit at 19.15
- 5 outdoor pursuits per day
- Depart after lunch at 13.30
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Outdoor pursuits available:
- Abseiling
- Archery
- Bivouac Building
- Blind Trail
- BMX Bikes
- Camp Craft Skills
- Canoe/Kayak
- Crate Stacking
- Confidence Course
- Caving
- Climbing
- Compass Work
- Educational Visits
- Evening Walk
- Expedition Experience
- Fencing
- Film Studies / Video
- High Ropes
- Hill Walk
- Initiative Exercises
- Manor Olympics
- Nature Trail
- Obstacle Course
- Orienteering
- Overnight Camp
- Raft Building
- Rifle Shooting
- Scavenger Skills
- Swimming
- Survival Skills
- Team Games
- Wide Games
- Zip Wire
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Costs
Manor £ 290.00 per child Coach cost approx. £ 35.00 but this is based on 60 children going so this is the only amount that will change – it depends on the final number of children going. Total - £325.50 Monthly payments of £50 starting from the deposit this month.
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What do I pack?
- We are only going for a week!
- An equipment/ clothing list will be sent out to
everyone.
- The children are likely to get wet and muddy.
- Pack plenty of socks
- There is a drying room
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What if I take daily medication?
- Medical forms will be sent out to you to
complete
- Any medical information must be stated on
that form including travel sickness.
- The medicines will need to be brought to
school ideally before the leaving day.
- The medicines will be kept in the teacher’s
cottage and administered as stated on the medical form.
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Will the parents be updated as to what is going on?
- Yes. The lead teacher on the trip will
contact the head teacher daily.
- Twitter will be used regularly keep people
undated
- The behaviour of the children has always
been excellent but if this is not the case parents will be contacted and in extreme circumstances asked to collect the child.
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MANOR ADVENTURE IS SERIOUS,
STRUCTURED, SAFE, CHALLENGING AND HELPS DEVELOP AN INNER CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM
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