Summer activity camp 2025

SUMMER ACTIVITY WEEK

14th-18th July 2025 and 4th-8th August 2025

Our courses are fully immersive, action packed days. Please see below the activities for each day. Sign up for the whole week or for a day or two.

Venue: The grounds of the Marist School, Kings Rd, Sunninghill, Ascot SL5 7P

DAY 1

Master the first two survival needs; shelter and fire. You will learn all the fundamental skills of fire lighting and then put your new skills to the test and build a fire. Celebrate your achievement with toasting marshmallows over the fire. Then in the afternoon you will build shelters using the natural resources around the team.

DAY 2

Learn all about the amazing plants and trees all around us and which can be used for food or medicine. You will also build a fire, cook bread and make a herbal remedy over the fire to take home.

DAY 3

Today is all about the skills to help with make water safe to drink. You will learn where to find it, how to make it safe to drink using a filter you will make a fire and boil it over the fire. You will also learn other useful skills such as how to make charcoal and string from plants to suspend your water filter.

DAY 4

Learn how to find direction using nature, learn the tricks of camouflage and tracking and how to put up a tarp with quick release knots.

DAY 5

Learn about various Stone Age tools and their uses to understand how our ancestors lived, make your own stone age glue stick to take home, then pull all of the skills together in the final Shipwreck scenario. You have the option to participate in a final challenge, the bushtcker trial!

GUIDE TIMETABLE

Please see below a rough guideline for the timings each day. Please note break time may vary depending on the group and activities.

SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES EACH DAY WILL INCLUDE:

DAY 1, MONDAY: Fire skills, build a fire, toasting marshmallows, build natural shelters

DAY 2, TUESDAY: Foraging treasure hunt, build a fire, toasting marshmallows, make bread, make a herbal remedy

DAY 3, WEDNESDAY: Make a water filter, build a fire, boil water over the fire, toast marshmallows, make string from plants, make charcoal

DAY 4, THURSDAY: Natural navigation techniques, make a compass and shadow stick, learn camouflage and tracking skills, learn how to put up a tarp and quick release knots

DAY 5, FRIDAY: Stone age tools, build a fire, make stone age glue, shipwreck scenario (including build a fire and improvised shelter), toast marshmallows, bushtucker trail

WHAT STUDENTS WILL NEED EACH DAY:

· A packed lunch

· Snacks

· A water bottle 500ml to 1 litre

· Comfortable clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and are appropriate to the weather conditions.

· Waterproof jacket and waterproof trousers if rain is likely

· Closed toe shoes such as trainers or walking boots (No sandals or flip flops)

· Sunscreen or hat if it’s sunny

· Sun hat if it’s warm and a warm hat if it’s cold

VENUE:

Marist School, Kings Rd, Sunninghill, Ascot SL5 7PS . To meet at the Prep school reception. Please note the pick up location is the same as meeting place.

TIMES:

9:30am to 4:00pm

WHAT IS INCLUDED

Included in the price is expert bushcraft guidance with 2 instructors, programme as mentioned and all of the equipment.

WHAT HAPPENS IF IT RAINS

If it rains we can put up a large shelter and we also ask everyone to bring a waterproof jacket.

WHAT IS THE MAXIMUN GROUP SIZE?

A maximum of 16 can attend each day.

WHAT AGE GROUP CAN ATTEND?

7 years to 16 years old.

COURSE COSTS

One day: £76