The holidays, a time of fun and time to chill.  We're changing up the activities again!  This time, you're going to be able to book onto a variety of day activities encompassed in a mixture of different themes.  

Look at the description below to identify the sorts of activities, which we might be doing within those activities.  Once you've decided what theme you would like to do, just book onto that day.  Look further down to see an overview of the dates and find out when we're doing what!

You tell us, our activity days are different. Well let's tell you why!  Our new format is planned to help build solid foundations on which skills can be developed. With lots of hands on activities, there will also be some theory based input with the activities being aimed at all participants tailored to individuals abilities and skills as these become known. As always, our Adventure Seeker will be involved in every aspect of the activity, so it is not just about doing the activity. They get to see and learn the behind the scenes too! This brings in more skills and development, across the whole day, where they also learn about the safety aspects too. Development of individual skills will be through coaching, encouragement, activity goals and focussed feedback. We know this approach works and gives our participants better engagement and always with some 'take away' skills - great for future development. 

A lunch is included for the summer holidays. 

The activities listed below give you an idea of what to expect on your activity day.  Please note that some of these activities may not happen due to factors beyond our control. 

• Survival* - Fire building and lighting, den building, camouflage, cooking on a fire, animal tracking, zombie apocalypse
• Being A Leader* - Team tasks, canoeing, biking, leadership tasks, problem solving tasks
• Out and About* - Mountain Biking, map reading, orienteering, nature walk
• Aquatic* - Paddleboarding, canoeing, kayaking, lake trip, raft building, swimming, sailing
• Up and Away* - Rock Climbing, tree houses, bottle rockets, paper planes
• Team Player* - Games, archery, woodland games, kayaking, team tasks, problem solving tasks
• Surprise* - A selection of the above activities together with a super surprise

Following the feedback from our participants at Easter, we may also be doing some specific activity days where the day is focussed around one specific activity. E.g. Mountain biking. 

Payments:

Payment can be made online for the activity days or by childcare vouchers.  If you wish to pay by childcare vouchers, please contact us and ask for an invoice. You will still need to book online. Please note payment must be received before the activity for your child to take place.  We're sure you won't want to, however please be aware refunds will only be issued, if the activity is full and we are able to refill the space.  If the space is cancelled within one week of the activity, no refund will be issued. 

If you have a voucher code (HAF Participants), please enter that into the discount code box (Applicable to Summer only)

Activity Locations:

Activities will take place in two main areas. For the best access, we've found putting the location into Google Maps works the best.

- Paxton Lakes Sailing Club, Haul Road, Little Paxton

- Leslie Sell Activity Centre, Molivers Lane, Bromham, MK43 8LD (Summer Holidays only) - Week of 10th to 14th August.

Timings:

All activity days start at 9:30am and finish at 16:30. 

Sign in and drop off starts at 08:45. All children must be picked up by 17:00.  There is no extra charge for early drop off and late collection. 

Ages: 

8 to 15 years. 

Please note mountain biking has a minimum age of 10 years unless we have said otherwise on individuals on a case by case basis. This is due to the bikes that we have available. 

Joining Instructions

Please note that these will be sent to you before the start of the course. Please do look at these as this includes a kit list of what you need to bring for the activities! Any specialist kit that is needed will be able to be borrowed from us.

Transport

Transport is available to get up to the Paxton site from Bedford. This requires a seperate sign up if you are interested in this.

Planned activities (please note these may need to change for factors beyond our control like the weather):