Exploring why school trips are important highlights much more than just a change of scenery. School trips play a vital role in shaping a child’s learning experience, from investigating topics in the real world to developing classroom relationships. Well, we’re here to shed light on why school trips make for a crucial part of a well-rounded education and how they help to develop new skills.
How adventure school trips help students develop new skills
Adventure school trips are a perfect way to unlock certain skills within your students. They provide a unique experience allowing them to learn away from the classroom and immerse themselves in a hands-on learning environment that builds resilience, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities amongst so many other skills. Adventure school trips provide the opportunity for students to discover their strengths and stretch beyond their comfort zones!
What skills are developed on school trips?
Now you know why school trips are important, here’s what skills you can expect your students to develop when they’re on a school trip.
Independence
Your students develop plenty of independence skills when they come on an adventure school trip with PGL. Staying in rooms with their friends, eating together in the canteen and making decisions about the day all help with developing independence. It helps by giving your students the confidence to handle unfamiliar situations in the future, proving extremely valuable when you’re back in the classroom.
Communication
Whether students are taking part in team activities and games, or communicating with other students in their classroom who they might not know as well, school trips provide many opportunities for students to develop their communication skills. With our thrilling selection of team challenges, students begin to realise how important effective communication is to achieve group success!
Problem solving
Problem solving skills are some of the most important skills developed on school trips. At PGL, we have a collection of activities that foster these types of skills, whether that is figuring out the best way to tackle our climbing wall, or thinking of the best way to defeat our crate challenge.
Leadership
Being a leader is great, and anybody can be one! School trip activities provide a great opportunity for students to step up in the moment and help support and guide others. Whether it’s taking the lead in a group canoeing session, or helping peers through a team-building activity. These experiences teach them to make decisions and understand the importance of teamwork.
Outdoor adventure camps with PGL!
We’re sure you already know why school trips are important, but we hope this has given you even more reasons why you should bring your students to explore the great outdoors.
At PGL, we offer adventurous residential school trips for primary and secondary students all about adventure, fun and laughter! With fantastic group activities galore, your students will never tire of the wide range of adrenaline-fuelled challenges to try!
So get in touch today to discuss your next school adventure.
