Adventure & Learning

Adventure is defined as a journey with an unknown outcome. There is a basic human need for this challenge and we believe that this should be channelled in a positive way, especially for young people.

The challenges confronted in adventure can encourage a way of thinking about risk, attitude and choice that is often different from those found in day-to-day life. Success, in challenging situations, helps to increase self-confidence, creates lasting memories, and helps build a more positive attitude towards ourselves and others.

Overcoming discomfort or uneasiness, can be connected to everyday issues such as effort and reward, focus & motivation, personal dreams & goals and the overall importance of attitude as a defining feature of success. Where our adventure playground doesn’t provide what’s needed, we design engaging, experiential & fun exercises that help young people make the links between their time with us and what they can do back home.

Education through adventure works because of its intrinsic appeal. Using exciting outdoor activities and imaginative group work in novel environments doesn’t feel like learning!

TYF believe in real adventure. We avoid the use of artificial experiences and opt for venues that enable pupils to experience the profound impact and beauty of nature.

All TYF courses help boost personal and social development, self-confidence, creativity, decision making, action planning and teach children to manage challenges and change. They also have numerous links to National Curriculum subjects such as geography, science and PHSE, which helps reinforce classroom based learning.

However your course is structured, TYF is expert at taking key learning points from activity experiences, making them personal to each individual and showing them how to push their own standards of thinking and learning. Students are not expected to go away and 'change the world' but they are helped to understand the first steps. They learn strategies that will smooth the processes involved in managing change.