Summer activity descriptions with dates + locations (Brighton & Hove)

WE’RE GOING ON A YETI HUNT
Join us on an outdoors adventure & find out more about the mysterious yeti... We’ll learn stalking and tracking & making foot moulds of this great beast. How to build humane traps & create the Yeti’s favourite treats in an effort to lure them out from their lair. If we succeed, you’ll have a chance to meet this gentle beast!

-Lancing Prep Hove: Wednesday 27th July
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Wednesday 10th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Wednesday 27th July & Monday 15th August

MAN HUNT & CAMOUFLAGE SKILLS
A day of hide and seek in the woods! Natural camouflage making, stalking & tracking workshops, capture & evade games and kids vs instructors hunt. Can you outwit our survival experts?  

-Lancing Prep Hove: Friday 22nd July & Tuesday 9th August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Friday 5th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Tuesday 9th August

WATER DAY 
“Our most popular day every summer!” As it says on the ‘tin’ this is going to be a wet one. A day of wet & wild games & challenges, Nerf water battles & bottle rockets! Dress to get wet, bring a towel & change of clothes!

-Lancing Prep Hove: Thursday 14th July & Tuesday 2nd August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Thursday 28th July & Friday 12th August 
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Tuesday 2nd August, Thursday 18th August & Friday 26th August 

DESERT ISLAND SURVIVAL CHALLENGE
Take on the hot and hostile conditions of the desert. Learn to find water using ancient methods, build a water filtration system, sun navigation, solar fire lighting and run the challenge of desert island equipment dash! 

-Lancing Prep Hove: Friday 15th July & Wednesday 10th August 
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Friday 29th July & Wednesday 17th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Wednesday 10th August

SURVIVE JURASSIC ISLAND
Collect the essential survival tools hidden in the jungle, hunt down the prehistoric predators and collect the dino eggs without getting caught by the T-Rex! A day of high jinks, stealth skills and daring deeds to survive & forage for what you need to escape the island!
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Monday 25th July
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Monday 8th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Monday 25th July & Tuesday 16th August

WAY OF THE VIKING
Learn the ways of the mighty Vikings and make Thor proud! Capture & evade style games, learn how to make an effective shield wall on the battlefield, craft Viking pottery and play the game of Kubb & Jomswiliker a favourite Viking pastime! 

-Lancing Prep Hove: Tuesday 26th July 
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Tuesday 9th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Tuesday 26th July 

BACK TO BASICS BUSHCRAFT – FIRE & CAMP CRAFT
Join our instructors for a day of fire lighting skills, camp building and woodland fun & games. Inspired but ancient methods and modern skills to perfect your bushcraft skills.
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Monday 11th July & Monday 1st August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Monday 25th July & Tuesday 16th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Monday 1st August & Tuesday 23rd August

“AMONG US” SPY CAMP
Based on a popular video game where all our wannabe spies and spaceship survivors hone their skills in deception, mystery and intrigue. We’ll be making charcoal fingerprint detectors, testing stealth skills and repairing our stranded spaceship whilst trying to discover the imposter AMONG US!!
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Wednesday 3rd August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Thursday 11th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Wednesday 3rd August & Thursday 25th August

NERFEGEDDON - NERF ACTION! 
We’ll provide a range of blasters and play energetic Nerf games, from base invasion to team gameplay to zombie dodging! Good fun for Nerf enthusiasts. Filled with adventure games in between Nerf rounds for some outdoors fun & play. (Due to the more competitive nature of this day, age 6+ is recommended)
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Tuesday 19th July & Thursday 28th July
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Tuesday 2nd August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Thursday 28th July & Friday 19th August

NATURE NINJA – SUMMER ADVENTURE EDITION
Join us for an immersive day of hands-on nature and adventure, making Hapa Zome Chinese nature art, whittling hazel keyrings and playing loads of high energy woodland games!
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Tuesday 12th July & Thursday 4th August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Tuesday 26th July
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Thursday 4th August & Wednesday 24th August

ANIMAL AMBASSADORS - SEA WOLVES EDITIONS
We’ll be exploring the amazing and under-threat world of Sea Wolves. Learn to stalk, hunt and forage like a wolf and prepare our dens and burrows for the cold nights under the stars. Then let’s hunt like a wolfpack and perfect our call to the wild. Awhoool!

-Lancing Prep Hove: Monday 18th July, Thursday 11th August & Monday 18th July
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Monday 1st August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Thursday 11th August & Monday 22nd August

WILD THINGS WILDERNESS ADVENTURE
Storytelling, action, sword making, den building, animal magic, adventure and swamp monsters – all of the good stuff! Based on the wild adventure book “Willow Wildthing & Swamp Monster” by Gill Lewis – are you brave enough to come into the wilderness?

-Lancing Prep Hove: Wednesday 20th July & Friday 12th August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Wednesday 3rd August & Friday 19th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Friday 12th August

CAMPFIRE COOKOUT BUSHCRAFT BAKE-OFF EDITION
Test out your bushcraft baking skills, crafting flapjacks wrapped in chestnut leaves washed down with sweet nettle tea around the fire. Then to the woods for some high energy fun and games!

-Lancing Prep Hove: Wednesday 13th July & Friday 5th August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Wednesday 27th July & Thursday 18th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Friday 5th August & Wednesday 17th August

MINECRAFT MEETS WILDCRAFT
Minecraft Survivor Challenge. Collect your elements, build and maintain your village, earn reward pixels and protect your land and villagers. Watch out for the creeper!
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Friday 29th July
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Monday 15th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Friday 29th July

HARRY POTTER WIZARD WANDS, QUIDDITCH & POTIONS CLASS
In this session, we draw our inspiration from the Harry Potter book series. Have fun whittling your very own woodland wand, brew potions and play the game of Quidditch! Which house are you? Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw?
 
-Lancing Prep Hove: Thursday 21st July & Monday 8th August
-Parkwood Scout Camp: Thursday 4th August
-Cottesmore St Mary’s: Monday 8th August