Language Learning Experiences
Outdoor Education Experiences
It can be challenging to think of new, fun, and excellent school trip ideas for your class. You want them not only to provide a fun experience but also to be packed full of learning opportunities. If you’re stuck on where to take your students on their next school trip and looking for something exciting, then consider The Bushcraft Company.
What Is Bushcraft?
Bushcraft is a type of wilderness survival skill in which individuals and groups learn to live off their surrounding environment and what nature has to offer. It’s a fantastic way to teach students about self sufficiency, self respect for nature, and most importantly teamwork. So why not take your students on an adventure where they learn new skills and develop a sense of independence?
What takes place at a Bushcraft Camp?
Camouflage & Concealment: The children will take part in a fun camouflage and concealment exercise, employing team tactics and making the most of their surroundings to camouflage themselves and evade capture.
Fire Lighting: The children will learn the basic principles of fire and the fire triangle. They will be shown a variety of ways fire has been made over the years, and put this knowledge into practice, lighting fires in tribes using these methods
Shelter Making: The children will learn why we need shelter when we are living outside and the types of shelter from different societies and nationalities across the ages. Tribes will build their own shelter, using natural woodland materials.
Wilderness First Aid: The children will learn basic skills to cope with a medical emergency in the wild, including how to construct a simple stretcher from the items you have on you, and how to improvise and effective splint.
Water Purification: The children will learn how to recognise dehydration, and the effects it can have on the body. They will be shown how to collect, filter and purify water in a remote environment, using various methods.
Trap Making: The children will be taught why it is important to find food in remote settings, and how this has been achieved over the ages. Our instructors will demonstrate trapping methods, before each tribe designs and builds their own trap.
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Final Thoughts
Bushcraft provides unique, innovative, and connective activities that students will relish. It’s different from your typical school trip and can also help boost morale and foster stronger relationships between students and teachers. So, let’s put down our digital devices and venture out into the unknown – the wilderness awaits us!
