Woodlands Adventure & Outdoor Learning

Winter Day Visits are now available here at Woodlands from 1st November - 28th February!

Mon - Fri - 3 activities, see below, £27pp

Half Day Weekends £27pp - x2 activities (lake activities not available)

Full Day Weekend £35pp - x4 activities ((lake activities not available)

To book please contact [email protected]

One of our popular activities here at Woodlands is our High Ropes course.

Our high ropes course stands at 12 metres and involves being up in the air whilst manoeuvring along obstacles.

Our staff enjoyed some training last week on the Jacobs Ladder challenge. We hope to have this section of the High Ropes running for next years bookings.

This week we welcome back Hillstone for their residential visit. We hope you enjoy your stay here at Woodlands!

We have spaces for our Autumn Family Fun Day, next week, Wednesday 26th!

This is for 3 activities, Climbing, High Ropes and Archery.
£27pp, from 10.00-12.30, with 30mins lunch, finishing at 2.15.

Each group of children must have at least one accompanying, paying and participating adult.

To book please contact [email protected]

Please be aware on Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th this week between 10.00 and 12.00, our phone line will be temporarily unavailable during these hours, due to planned power outages for essential work by Western Power

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. We do have access to email, so, if you need to contact the Centre please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.

This week we've been visited by Dudley Youth Justice Service, Redrow Corp and St Josephs Catholic School - who are the first to to take part in our new activity, Woodlands Explorer!

This weekend we are also looking forward to welcoming the Phoenix Navigators.

This week we have welcomed Dudley College on their camping week here at Woodlands!

We are also looking forward to meeting St Marys of the Angels and this weekend the 1st Streetly Brownies.

This week we welcome back Slade School, Glenmead School and QMGS - have a great week here at Woodlands!

Recently our Woodlands staff did a River Trip, paddling the Shugborough loop - the River Trent/Trent & Mersey Canal.

It was a great day out, some of our new staff members gained valuable experience paddling out on the river and canal for the first time.

This we week we welcome Wheelers Lane School on their residential visit and Yardley Pilots this weekend🙂 Enjoy!

FIRST AID at WORK REQUALIFICATION - 3rd to the 4th of November 2022.
Duration: 2 days/12 hours 09:00 – 16:30. £ 180.00 pp

This qualification is for those who have a FAW certificate and wish to renew it before the expiry date. If the learner has a certificate that has expired then this this course is also suitable as long as the expired certificate is no more than 1 month out of date.

Please note this course is a requalification course and not stand alone. A learner will be required to send a copy of their current/recently expired FAW qualification before they will be accepted onto the course. Those with Emergency First at Work (1day) will not be able to renew their certificate with this qualification.

See below for more information.

Within the UK industry over 100,000 people a year are injured or suffer an illness while at work. For educational establishments this takes into consideration students and pupils on premises.

We have 12 places available on our Requalification First Aid at Work course. This will take place over two days, 3rd– 4th November, £180pp.

The course will be held at Woodlands Adventure and Outdoor Learning site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, current availability and booking details.

This week we have visits from Solihull School, St Edmund Campion and IIsley School - welcome to Woodlands, enjoy!

This week we have welcomed Queen Mary's Grammar School and Walsall Housing Group - have a great time here at Woodlands!

NEW Autumn 2022! Woodlands Explorer!

Explore and learn about the natural environment while also developing communication and leadership skills. Using modern GPS navigation units and short range 2-way radios (walkie-talkies) participants will be sent off around the Woodlands site to find fact-files about the local wildlife before answering quiz questions set by the instructors over the radios. Team work and decision making will be crucial as the group operate the electronic equipment and lead themselves around the course.

So come along to Woodlands and see if you and your group can fine tune your navigational skills, as well as having a great deal of fun and adventure along the way!

If you would like to book please visit our booking page https://woodlandsadventure.co.uk/booking/how-to-book/
or alternatively if you have any questions, please contact us and we would be happy to help!

NEW Autumn 2022!

Imagine the scene circa 20,000 years ago. You look out across the open land and see a herd of woolly mammoths. It’s nearly dinner time and the tribe are hungry. How can you take on the giant mammoth and bring home the food to feed your growing population?

Woodlands is proud to introduce the Atlatl (pronounced atal atal) as a new target activity. Atlatl’s are spear throwers that bridge the gap in human development between the spear and the bow and can be traced back at least 17,000 years to the Upper Palaeolithic period. This activity can be delivered by itself or incorporated into an archery/tomahawk session or even a bush craft day where participants can make their own from naturally found materials before being taught how to use it to great effect.

We are pleased to introduce a new activity for Autumn 2022! The new Mini Medics course can be booked as one of your B choice activities, as part of a group booking for day visits, residential and camping, from the 23rd of September.

Mini Medics is a very basic introduction to First Aid aimed at children between the ages of 8 and 11, but it can suit children of any age.

The course is kept at a basic level with no use of confusing terminologies. The course will show complete respect for the child’s ability, make it educational and practical, and instil the importance of helping someone who is poorly or injured. The syllabus has been designed to support the National Curriculum and includes modules that support elements of both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 Personal, social, health and economic education.

Course Duration
1h 15min hours including educational, theoretical and practical teaching sessions.

Syllabus - A range of subjects are covered including:
• What is First Aid?
• First Aid kits
• DR ABC
• Recovery position
• Resuscitation (CPR)
• Safety
• Communication and contacting the emergency services

Certification
A certificate of attendance is included as is a Mini Medic ‘Text Book’

Please contact [email protected] for more information and booking details.

Within the UK industry over 100,000 people a year are injured or suffer an illness while at work. For educational establishments this takes into consideration students and pupils on premises.

We have 12 places available on our Requalification First Aid at Work course. This will take place over two days, 3rd– 4th November, £180pp.

The course will be held at Woodlands Adventure and Outdoor Learning site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, current availability and booking details.

We have 12 places available on our Paediatric First Aid at Work course. This will take place over two days, 31st October - 1st November, £180pp.

The course will be held at Woodlands Adventure and Outdoor Learning site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, current availability and booking details.

Currently we are offering four types of First aid qualification, but if there is something specific that you require, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

All of the courses are run to the regulations set by the relevant bodies such as HSE or OFSTED. The course fee includes an up-to-date text book and certificate on successful completion of the training/assessments.

Specific joining instructions will be sent out on receiving the completed booking form.

Please take a look at some of your recent posts, explaining each course available in more detail.

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require all employers to make arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. This includes appointing a suitable amount of first aiders and providing appropriate first aid training.

We have 12 places available on our 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work course, 28th October, £80pp.

The course will be held at Woodlands Adventure and Outdoor Learning site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, current availability and booking details.

Within the UK industry over 100,000 people a year are injured or suffer an illness while at work. For educational establishments this takes into consideration students and pupils on premises.

We have 12 places available on our First Aid at Work course. This will take place over three days, 24th – 26th October. £250pp.

The course will be held at Woodlands Adventure and Outdoor Learning site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.

Please contact [email protected] for more information, current availability and booking details.

This week we've welcomed back Kicksters as well as Handsworth Play group and Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - we hope you've enjoyed your visit here at Woodlands!

This week we say hello to Yemeni Community Association, Aaina Community Hub, Acti-Fit and Capstone Fostering - we hope you enjoy your day visits here at Woodlands!

This week we welcome Include Me Too, Kubix Media and CMG Maintenance Dudley - we hope you enjoy your day at Woodlands!

This week we have welcomed Ash Green School , Home Educators, The Ladder School and Ward End Primary!

We have been monitoring the current weather situation closely and with the extreme heat wave due next week we felt it appropriate to include some points to try and make your stay more comfortable.

• We recommend hats and sunglasses when not wearing our safety helmets.
• Please ensure that your groups have access to, bring and use, both water bottles and sun cream with a high spf.
• T-shirts or tops that cover the shoulders as well as decent length shorts (ideally to just above the knee) are perfect for the activities with trainers being ideal foot wear. Sandals, Crocs, Sliders etc. will not be allowed on activity for safety reasons.
• Where possible we will try and keep users in the shade and take regular breaks but we also reserve the right to either cancel or change an activity due to potential health and safety implications. This will be at the discretion of the Centre Manager and/or Senior Instructing staff.

If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to get in contact.

We look forward to seeing you all soon for a happy and safe visit.

This week we welcome Ash Green School, Leamore Primary, Canterbury Cross and Barford St Peters - have a great time here at Woodlands!

Another busy week here at Woodlands!

So far we've been visited by St Mary Mount, Kingsland Primary, University of Birmingham and St Clemence.

This week we also welcome Christ the King, Cradley School, Jubilee Academy, Birchills Academy and 1st Chase Beavers - we hope you all enjoy your visit!

This week so far we have been visited by Brookfield Primary, Caldmore Primary, Walsall Virtual School, North Walsall Primary, Slade Primary and Bloxwich Primary!

Later this week we are looking forward to welcoming St Clemence and King Charles Primary!

Another adventure packed week here at Woodlands!

This week we have welcomed Timberly Academy, Rushall Primary, North Walsall Primary, Cooper & Jordan Primary and Streetly Academy!

Another very busy week here at Woodlands!

This week we would like to welcome Blue Coat Federation, North Walsall Primary, Oakwood School, Lyndon Green School, St Mary of Angels, Queen Marys High School and Mencap - have a great time here at Woodlands!

This week we would like to welcome Tameside Primary School, Sundridge Primary School, Radleys Primary School, St.James CE, Fibbersley Park Primary School, Pheasey Primary School and Queen Marys High School - we hope you all enjoy your visit here at Woodlands!

Thank you all for the great feedback this year so far and last year!

REC LEVEL 2 1ST AID COURSE – We are proud to run a second REC (Rescue Emergency Care) 1st aid course here at Woodlands Adventure on the 11th and 12th June 2022 - we have 5 places left!

This course is the 16hour qualification recognised by all the major NGBs including RYA, BC, MTA etc. and is designed for all those who work and play outside the office. It is suitable for anyone in the outdoor industry or those who simply enjoy being in the Great Outdoors and would feel more secure that in the event of an accident they would have the skills to deal with it.

The course will be held at Woodlands Adventure and Outdoor Learning site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.

The price per person will be £125 including any certificates and handouts.

For more information or to book, please email:
[email protected]

Our latest Newsletter 2022 is now available!

Family fun day - June 3rd! Fantastic fun for all of the family.

Zip Line & Assault Course in the morning, Archery and Canoe in the afternoon.

Full Day available: £35pp
Half Day available: £27pp

Each group of children must have at least one accompanying, paying and participating adult.

To book please contact [email protected]

June and July, Monday to Friday term time including weekends, is now FULL and we are currently taking summer term day visit bookings for 2023. Book now to avoid disappointment!

Please contact [email protected] for more information and current availability.

Some of our new archery targets were out today for our Family Day visit!