Physical Education

Physical Education

P.E. teachers spend their working lives taking groups to play matches, participate in athletic competitions, and on outdoor walking and climbing activities. There would appear to be little time for any extra visits, and yet P.E. staff find time to take groups to a variety of venues.

Visits by P.E. and Games teachers are, of course, mainly to sporting venues – either as participants or spectators. Some venues are iconic, such as Wembley, Cardiff Arms Park, Lord's, Twickenham or Old Trafford, but the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum has its adherents, as do the British Golf Museum at St Andrews, the National Football Museum in Manchester and the Olympic Park, London.

But for something a bit different some schools visit the National Clay Shooting Centre at Woking, the National Motorcycle Museum just off junction 6 of the M42, the National Badminton Museum in Milton Keynes, or the Archery Museum at the University of Manchester, or the various sailing centres around our coast.

 

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Inclusion: NASEN

 

 

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The Grand Tour of Lord’s

Wembley Stadium Tours

National Football Museum, Manchester

Murrayfield Stadium Tours

Millennium Stadium/Cardiff Arms Park

Manchester Old Trafford Stadium and Museum Tour

The Museum of Rugby, Twickenham

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

The British Golf Museum, St Andrews

National Clay Shooting Centre, Woking

National Motorcycle Museum, West Midlands

National Badminton Museum, Milton Keynes

 

For a complete list of venues and providers who deliver specialist courses and activities for this subject see below:

Covering 100 acres of beautiful fields and woodlands in a superb clifftop location, overlooking Whitecliff Bay
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Outdoor Activity
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Situated on the enchanting Isle of Wight, with stunning views over Whitecliff Bay and direct beach access, this centre an instant hit with students and teachers alike

Located in a Site of Special Scientific Interest, providing the perfect destination for environmental and history studies along the dramatic Jurassic Coast

A specialist team of watersports experts conducting an array of sea-based pursuits, from raft building to body boarding and kayaking

About Isle of Wight 

Beautiful wooded valley with 19th-century Gibson Mill at its heart
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Wildlife and Nature
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A beauty spot of the South Pennines with more than 160 hectares (400 acres) of unspoilt woodland.

As well as being the home of the northern hairy wood ant, there are tumbling streams, glorious waterfalls and stacks of millstone grit, all crisscrossed by more than 15 miles (24km) of footpaths.

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Historic Buildings & Monuments
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If you are visiting nearby Stourhead then why not walk half a mile or so to see one of the great follies of the UK.

Follow the blue waymarkers on this circular walk of historic interest, through beautiful woodlands to King Alfred's Tower. The route then continues to Grade I listed St. Peter's Pump, through Six Wells valley and past Stourhead House.

Towering cliffs, coves and a wooded valley within Exmoor National Park
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Wildlife and Nature
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The Heddon Valley set in the West Exmoor coast was the favourite landscape of the Romantic Poets. Follow the deep, lush wooded river valley down to the sea at Heddon's Mouth beach – a great walk for all of the family.

Spectacular and varied lakeland landscape around Derwentwater
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Wildlife and Nature
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Derwentwater is often called the 'Queen of the Lakes', and as you canoe between the islands with your picnic at the ready it's easy to see why. The friendly staff at our shop and information centre on the Keswick Foreshore will help you out with local knowledge about canoeing, interesting things to see and walks to do.

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Wildlife and Nature
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Rising from the east shore of Loch Lomond to a height of 974m (3,193ft), Ben Lomond offers exhilarating walking and spectacular views across Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.

The Trust cares for almost 22km2 of land here, including the summits of Ben Lomond, Ptarmigan and Beinn Uird. The mountain is one of Scotland’s most popular hill walks, with over 30,000 people climbing to the summit each year.

A perfect environment for schools wanting to explore the great outdoors!
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Outdoor Activity
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Located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Wales, Colomendy is the perfect environment for 7-11 year olds to explore the great outdoors

Breath-taking adventure park nestled in woodlands with a giant zipwire, climbing tower and an abundance of ropes courses

On-site watersports including canoeing, kayaking and raft-building

Exceptionally realistic caving system built into a natural rock seam

About Colomendy 

Famous for our red squirrels, wildlife and Scouting
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Wildlife and Nature
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Brownsea Island is dramatically located in Poole Harbour, with spectacular views across to the Purbeck Hills.

Nestled right beside the beach in a beautiful area of North Norfolk, this rural setting really gives children the opportunity to get out into the great outdoors
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Outdoor Activity
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A spectacularly grand Manor House, steeped in history and situated in a vibrant seaside town on the North Norfolk coast, Overstrand provides a unique study environment

Specialist Environmental Field Study centre for Geography, Biology and Environmental Science, with dedicated and passionate tutors

Situated next to a stretch of coastline designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

About Overstrand Hall 

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Outdoor Activity
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A friendly run activity centre, we are small enough to care but large enough and experienced enough to matter. A residential outdoor education programme can be an extremely powerful, meaningful and fun learning experience. We aim to provide an Outdoor Education experience that will be the highlight to any educational or youth programme. At Encompass Training we believe passionately in the value of real outdoor education. As such we can run a wide range of activities and programmes.

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