School Activity Trips: Raft Building

On school activity trips Raft Building is a classic residential adventure activity. Its great fun for your pupils because they get a chance to get completely soaking wet for a legitimate reason! Due to the fact that pupils will almost guarantee that they get wet, during the spring and late autumn, we always choose to put this on at the end of the day so that they can get back to the centre to warm up and dry off.

We can deliver raft building as a fun event or if you wish as a little more involved event that helps to develop team work, communication, design and budgeting. How do we do this? Well, firstly your pupils will be split into teams, then given a financial budget. Then they will be given the task of designing and build a raft that is within budget and able to carry their team on a course to race with the opposing team(s).

School Activity Trips: Raft Building

They will have on offer from our trailer shop a selection of large plastic barrels, wooden poles, ropes and paddles. They will have to buy the pieces that they need to build their raft, using your allocated budget. The winning team is the team that completes the race course carrying all it’s team members and has the greatest allocated budget remaining. This is a great competitive exercise for groups, which brings out the real characters within your pupils.

Fitness:

Basic, however if there are any issues please discuss this with us so that we can ensure the activity is fully inclusive.

Other Requirements:

Must be able to swim 10 meters with a buoyancy aid fitted.

School Activity Trips: Raft Building

Duration:

3.5 Hours approx.

Locations Where Raft Building Is Available:

Conwy: North Wales Coast
Llanberis: Snowdonia National Park
Snowdon Ranger: Snowdonia National Park
Brecon Beacons
St Briavels: Forest Of Dean
Manorbier: Pembrokeshire
St Davids: Pembrokeshire

Available:

April 30 – October 31

What We Provide:

Wet suit
Safety helmet
Buoyancy aid
Components to build a raft
Paddles

What Pupils Will Need To Bring:

Swim wear
Towel
Old boots or strong trainers
Extra pair of baggy sports shorts (Essential extra to your swim wear)
Warm clothes for when you get out

For full details of your pupils packing list and information, please see our Info For Parents page.

Other activities available through Pro-Active Adventure include the list below. Just click on the link to go the relevant page. However, please be aware that what is available at different locations may vary, very slightly. Check on the page of your chosen location to see what is available there, or simply take a look at the sample programmes for each location, alternatively Contact Us for full details: