learn the ropes
Building confidence one hand and foothold at a time, our indoor and outdoor climbing walls provide a great experience for students of all abilities. From learning ‘the ropes’ for the first time in a friendly and sheltered environment, to practicing rope-work and climbing skills before heading out to the crag from some ‘real rock’ climbing and abseiling, to tackling challenging obstacles to test climbing limits.
As well as climbing skills, students will learn to tie knots and belay their teammates up the wall, developing interpersonal and collaborative skills in the process.
Our climbing walls are onsite at our outdoor education centres located in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks. The level of difficulty of the climb is adapted on the age and level of experience of students on adventure.
What’s Included
All specialist equipment
All climbing equipment and climbing helmet.
All specialist clothing
Waterproofs when required.
Experienced, full-time, outdoor teachers and tutors
Each group of 12 students is led by a fully qualified and experienced outdoor tutor.
– back in the classroom –
curriculum links
Indoor / wall climbing can be used as an effective tool to enhance delivery of parts of the curriculum, such as estimating distances or investigating how various forces are essential to successful climbing.
Key Stage 2
Science: Forces
Links for forces can be made throughout a wall climbing session in a number of ways, such as: between friction and how applying pressure makes a climber less likely to slip and the forces changing when a climber tugs on a rope.
Maths: Measurement
Climbers can use their maths skills to estimate the wall height, then work out the hight they have climbed over the session, and that of the whole group. Angles can be introduced as part of the session to help understand which walls will be easier or harder to climb, and when belaying a climber to know when the rope is being used safely.
Key Stage 3
P.E.
Climbing can enhance and help meet the curriculum as it presents intellectual and physical challenges, and encourages participants work in a team – building on trust. Students will also develop skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group.
Key Stage 4
P.E.
Following the GCSE P.E curriculum, we can develop students skills to help them perform key climbing skills and techniques on increasingly demanding and progressive grades of climbs in interesting and fun environments
LOCATIONS: Offered at both Bewerley Park and East Barnby
YEAR GROUPS: Suitable for Primary School, Secondary School, and post 16 students
DURATION: Half day activity
DIFFICULTY: Adapted to the age and level of experience of students on adventure
MIN GROUP SIZE: 12 Students
learn the ropes
Building confidence one hand and foothold at a time, our indoor and outdoor climbing walls provide a great experience for students of all abilities. From learning ‘the ropes’ for the first time in a friendly and sheltered environment, to practicing rope-work and climbing skills before heading out to the crag from some ‘real rock’ climbing and abseiling, to tackling challenging obstacles to test climbing limits.
As well as climbing skills, students will learn to tie knots and belay their teammates up the wall, developing interpersonal and collaborative skills in the process.
Our climbing walls are onsite at our outdoor education centres located in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks. The level of difficulty of the climb is adapted on the age and level of experience of students on adventure.
What’s Included?
All specialist climbing equipment
Experienced, full-time, outdoor teachers and tutors
Each group of 12 students is led by a fully qualified and experienced outdoor tutor.
classroom benefits
curriculum links
Indoor / wall climbing can be used as an effective tool to enhance delivery of parts of the curriculum, such as estimating distances or investigating how various forces are essential to successful climbing.
Key Stage 2
Science: Forces
Links for forces can be made throughout a wall climbing session in a number of ways, such as: between friction and how applying pressure makes a climber less likely to slip and the forces changing when a climber tugs on a rope.
Maths: Measurement
Climbers can use their maths skills to estimate the wall height, then work out the hight they have climbed over the session, and that of the whole group. Angles can be introduced as part of the session to help understand which walls will be easier or harder to climb, and when belaying a climber to know when the rope is being used safely.
Key Stage 3
P.E.
Climbing can enhance and help meet the curriculum as it presents intellectual and physical challenges, and encourages participants work in a team – building on trust. Students will also develop skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group.
Key Stage 4
P.E.
Following the GCSE P.E curriculum, we can develop students skills to help them perform key climbing skills and techniques on increasingly demanding and progressive grades of climbs in interesting and fun environments