The Venture 60 promotes adventure in the outdoors.
These are the skills and adventures that we believe that all children should have a chance to experience.
Our curriculum is designed to do just that!
- Climb a tree
- Build your own den
- Build a bridge across a river
- Sleep in a bivi/shelter
- Camp out in a tent
- Go on a night hike
- Track a wild animal
- Find your way using a map and compass
- Dam a stream
- Create some wild artwork
- Learn to surf and jump in the waves
- Visit a working farm
- Hike up a big hill
- Explore a cave
- Hunt for minibeasts
- Forage a meal
- Build a raft
- Light a fire without matches/lighter
- Cook on a campfire
- Try rock climbing
- Canoe on a river/lake/sea
- Plant it, grow it, eat it
- Go sea swimming
- Learn to ride a balance bike
- Learn to ride a pedal bike
- Go on a long off road bike ride
- Pack my own rucksack
- Put up my own tent
- Learn to tie 3 different knots
- Run down a sand dune
- Complete a beach clean
- Go Geocaching
- Identify 5 different trees
- Defend a fortress
- Make a meal on a camping stove
- Walk between two trees on a strap line
- Build my own bow and arrow
- Find some buried treasure
- Go scrambling on the rocks
- Carry out an environmental survey
- Go underground
- Bake some bread on a fire
- Climb a boulder
- Catch a fish
- Climb a mountain
- Go on my own to the shops
- Jump off rocks into the sea
- Dig a deep hole
- Crawl through some mud
- Make a mud pie
- Have a water fight
- Have a battle with a sword
- Skim a stone
- Plant a tree
- Draw a map
- Follow a trail
- Make paint and dyes from nature
- Identify 6 different birds
- Identify 6 species in a rock pool
- Beat the tide in a tide race
