Activities at Beaulieu Development Centre

Activity	Key Learning Objectives	Suitable For Age Groups	Duration	Activity Description
Wall	Physical challenge, teamwork.	8 years +	30 – 60 mins	Using only your team try to scale the wall – simple!
Wild Woozy	Physical activity, teamwork, challenge.	8 years +	30 mins	Get your team safely along the wild woozy wires to a platform at the other end.
Escape Challenge	Physical activity, teamwork, challenge.	8 years +	45 mins	A combination of the wall and the wild woozy incorporating a prison break scenario.
Nightline	Physical challenge, teamwork, trust, communication skills.	8 years +	45 – 60 mins	A blind folded trust exercise where participants have to navigate a mini obstacle course without letting go of the rope, great for communication.
Low Ropes Course	Physical challenge, teamwork, problem solving, communication skills.	8 years +	60 – 75 mins	An adventure playground of low activities, teams must work together to complete a transportation challenge.
Gutter Run	A really challenging problem solving task, communication skills, co-operation.	8 years +	60 – 75 mins	Get tennis balls from A to B to score points using only guttering…and a few extra challenges added!
Board Walk	Teamwork, problem solving, communication skills.	8 years +	30 mins	Team skiing on wooden planks, navigate your team around the course, great for communication.
Mohawk Walk	Physical activity, teamwork, challenge.	11 years +	60 mins	Not just a rope walk between trees.
Electric Grid	A really challenging problem solving task, communication skills.	11 years +	30 mins	Remove the damsel (teddy) in distress from its electrified prison.
Canister Retrieval	A really challenging problem solving task, communication skills.	11 years +	30 – 45 mins	Remove canisters from an impermeable area using only the equipment provided.
Electric Fence	Physical Challenge, teamwork,	11 years +	60 mins +	Using equipment given to you, build a structure over an electric fence to safely get your team to the other side.
Mine Field	Physical challenge, teamwork, co-operation.	8 years +	30 – 45 mins	Using your team and two planks safely cross the minefield – watch your feet!
Spider’s Web	Physical challenge, teamwork, problem solving, communication skills	11 years +	30 mins	Get your team safely through the web without touching the strands and disturbing the spider.
Bridge	Physical challenge, teamwork, problem solving, communication skills	11 years +	45 mins +	Build a bridge that enables your whole team to safely cross the chasm.
Leap of Faith	Personal challenge, trust, communication skills, group work	11 years +	90 mins	Climb a tree to a platform and then leap off to try and touch a ball hanging just out of reach.
Aerial Runway	Personal challenge, trust, communication skills, group work	11 years +	90 mins	Climb a tree to the zip wire platform and then whiz off for an exhilarating ride of about 50 metres.
High Ropes Course	Personal challenge, trust, communication skills, group work	14 years +	3 hours max	A progressive course that you travel up and round, from one obstacle to the next, up in the trees, up to 40 feet from the ground.

Sample programmes

We design all our programmes individually with clients to suit their requirements, objectives and outcomes. Activities are set in many different ways in order to maximize the learning potential and build on learning through out the day. These programmes represent examples of the sorts of things we can offer, however we are completely flexible when creating programmes.

A fun 5 hour, low activity team building day for two youth groups (of up to 12 people per group)

Download sample programme 13kb pdf