JCA - Rookesbury Brochure - September/October 2014

September & October

Special Offers

90 £ 4 nights 180 £

2 nights

+ VAT + VAT

Limited Places Available

ROOKESBURY PARK Rookesbury Park Residential Activity Centre Fareham www.jca-adventure.co.uk

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Rookesbury Park, Fareham…

Rookesbury House is a stunning former stately home situated at the top of a picturesque hill amidst a 2000 acre private estate. With its grand entrance through the gate keeper’s lodge and the drive sweeping through fields of arable crops to the house, you can be sure of a secure and calming setting at this former prestigious boarding school.

The house is a grade II listed mansion with 500 acres of forestry and lakes and views across the Meon Valley Countryside. In addition to the fantastic surroundings, Rookesbury boasts a range of brilliant facilities, including a lake for watersports, a large indoor sports hall, outdoor sports courts and outdoor pool.

exclusive to JCA… During May, June and September, JCA have exclusive mid week use of this centre to run exciting outdoor learning experiences for children in years 4, 5 and 6.

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

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facilities…

Rookesbury Park has a wide range of excellent facilities all set within a superb and secure countryside environment.

centre facilities… ● Classrooms

● Lounge

● Sports Pitches

● Garden

● Outdoor Swimming Pool

● Teachers Lounge

● Lake for Watersports

● Sports Courts

● Woodland

let the adventure begin…

When your child travels with JCA you can be confident that their safety and security is our top priority.

We have been operating children’s activity holidays for over 18 years and continually monitor, assess and develop our procedures to ensure our high standards are consistently maintained.

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call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

Rookesbury Park

Sports Hall

Heated Outdoor Pool

Camp Fire

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why JCA… ● Value for money trips with our “price match” promise ● Free Teacher place for every 8 children travelling ● Instructor spends the whole stay with each group of 12 children, building confidence and

a trusting relationship (With the exception of some water sports and specialist activities) ● Fun and friendly trips, aimed at introducing the children to new experiences ● Full Board accommodation and Insurance included ● 87% of last year’s Teachers marked the JCA Activities as Excellent or Good ● 93% of last year’s Teachers marked the JCA Instructors as Excellent or Good ● All documentation including Risk Assessments provided to help Teacher preparation ● Parent’s evening packs supplied to include posters, DVDs and parent’s evening flyers ● Easy payment plan to help all parents to budget for the trip ● Our friendly Sales and Service Team will help you every step of the way in planning

your trip

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

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sample itinerary‌ An example itinerary has been outlined below to show how we structure your stay.

As a party leader you will be able to choose your activity preferences and an individual programme will be created to suit your needs. If you are doing water sports or a specialist activity a separate instructor will be provided for this activity.

Each of our instructors are trained in all of our land-based activities. You will therefore receive a dedicated instructor per group who will be fully involved in your programme; building fantastic rapport, confidence and team bonding with your students for the duration of your stay.

Monday

Morning

Morning

Travel to the Centre

Afternoon

Afternoon

Evening

Intro Tour

Climbing

Giant Cluedo

Afternoon

Evening

Tuesday

Morning

Morning

Afternoon

Kayaking

Raft Building

Initiative Exercises Orienteering

Busted Quiz

Morning

Morning

Afternoon

Afternoon

Evening

Survival

Tri Golf

Abseiling

Cirque Du JCA

Dance Mania

Morning

Morning

Afternoon

Afternoon

Evening

Sensory Trail

Archery

Fencing

Mini Olympics

Disco

Morning

Afternoon

Afternoon

Evening

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

Team Challenge / Presentation

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Travel back to School

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accommodation…

This charming building comprises teacher and children’s bedrooms primarily on the first floor, all bedrooms share bathroom facilities close to the bedrooms.

The multi bedded childrens bedrooms sleep between 6 and 12, with the teachers accommodated in twin rooms, with a handful of single rooms also available.

Due to the age of the building the rooms are not ensuite, however the overall environment is perfectly designed for Primary School groups and set within secure grounds.

dates…

Rookesbury Park is available for your midweek school residential: 19 May to 27 June – Very limited availability, please ask for space filling special offers 8 September to 3 October – From £45 + vat per child per night JCA have exclusive sole use of the property during this period.

We are also able to arrange weekends and dates outside of those listed above, but these are on request.

For full information please contact our friendly Schools Advisors.

Dining Room (Orangery)

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Front Lobby

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a fantastic range of activities…

Abseiling Archery Buggy Building Cirque Du JCA Climbing Dance Mania Eco Activities Fencing Initiative Exercises Kayaking Mini Olympics Nocturnal Safari Orienteering Pioneering Raft Building Rocket Launch Sensory Trail Survival Survival Extreme Team Challenge Tri Golf Wide Games health and safety… ● All centres comply with health and safety requirements ● Our Safety Management System is externally inspected and verified ● JCA have a formalised emergency Procedures Plan, of which all staff have

received full training ● All instructors carry a first-aid kit on all activity sessions and Centre managers

hold the Emergency First Aid at Work accreditation ● Daily safety and equipment checks are conducted and recorded ● We carry out thorough Risk Assessments for all activities

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

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evening entertainment sessions…

With a variety of evening activities to choose from your students will be kept entertained ‘till bedtime!

Busted A Quiz where the winner is decided by the players and not by the amount of questions answered correctly.

The group are split into teams and they are trying not to get busted by the other teams and voted off.

Giant Cluedo The instructors will perform a story to the groups dressed as their favourite characters. Working in small teams participants complete different mental, physical and team tasks to gain clues to work out who committed the crime.

Campfire A great chance for participants to showcase their own talents either as an individual or within a group, this activity is great for people to get to know one another and enjoy the centres surroundings in an evening.

Karaoke Who has the JCA Factor? Sing your hearts out to the latest and classic songs on offer. Are you the next pop superstar or new girl or boy band?

Disco Normally done on the last night this brings all the schools together for a fun and energetic end to their trip.

With all the latest songs and plenty that everyone will know the dances to, this is a great place for kids to socialise.

Egg Protector Are you an egg’spert? This highly amusing activity is a chance for groups to invent their own egg protection device to withstand the several gruelling tests. Who’s egg will become scrambled?

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League Toppers Groups must get from one point to another to complete different challenging tasks and puzzles. Teams must work together to gain as many points as possible to be top of the league tables.

Nocturnal Safari - ECO Nocturnal mini-beasts need to be studied under the cover of darkness to find out what they do and why they do it. Other night time activities include: astrology and communicating by Morse code.

Run Around Quiz Teams compete against each other to answer as many questions and complete different tasks in this active quiz.

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

JCA staff…

Instruction and Supervision ● Our instructor to student ratio is a maximum of 1 to 12 for land-based activities and 1 to 8 for all water sports. These ratios comply with the strict standards of the appropriate governing bodies. ● We lead the way in the multi-activity industry by training our instructors in all of our activities (with the exception of water sports where we employ specialist instructors). ● We aim for each individual to be qualified in every activity and offer the unique policy of one dedicated multi-trained instructor per group for the duration of your stay. ● Having a multi-skilled instructor helps us to understand the strengths, limitations and personalities of each student which, in turn, helps students to reach their full potential through trust and support.

Professional Training ● Successful applicants are offered provisional contracts of employment which are subject to satisfactory completion of our intensive training course. ● The training course prepares them for their future role and involves coaches from national governing bodies as well as extensive in-house training by managers and/or senior instructors. ● Successful staff must then complete a probationary period of work, during which time they are supervised and assessed by senior JCA instructors. ● Instructors are provided with our comprehensive company training manual which includes: Activity Sessions Standards and Procedures - Strict Safety Standards and Guidelines for the conduct of all activities. Other subjects include health & safety at work, student protection, group management and other essential skills.

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

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camping at Rookesbury…

Class Adventure is a long standing and leading provider of progressive outdoor adventure education programmes for students of all age groups.

If you are searching for a more stretching residential trip for your children our sister brand, Class Adventure, also run a camping residential on the grounds of Rookesbury Park Estate.

These programmes encourage independence and responsibility by incorporating camp craft skills, bushcraft and trekking along with the standard JCA activities such as abseiling, climbing, kayaking and raft building.

You can choose to either combine 2 nights outdoor camping alongside 2 nights within the main house, or opt for a full 4 nights outdoors depending on your required learning outcomes and children’s abilities. Whilst camping outdoors children can either cook their meals for themselves on outdoor stoves, with the supervision of experienced and fully qualified Class Adventure staff, or utilise the main house for meals.

All programmes are designed for children to experience life in the great outdoors and improve and develop team building, communication, problem solving and leadership skills.

Sample Itinerary…

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Arrival & Welcome

Kayaking

Raft Building

Bushcraft

Team Challenge

Climbing

Orienteering

Camp Craft Skills

Abseiling

Evening Meal

Evening Meal

Evening Meal

Evening Meal

Evening Activity

Evening Activity

Evening Activity

Evening Activity

Camp

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Departure

Rookesbury indoor

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

Outdoor adventure. Skills for life.

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Outdoor adventure. Skills for life.

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alternative programmes offered by Class Adventure… team spirit 1 Day Team Building Programmes – Junior and Senior itinerary options available A 1 Day programme based on your school or college grounds, or at a nearby location, we bring our team building, leadership and development challenges and activities to you.

Facilitated by an experienced team of Class Adventure Leaders, our Team Spirit challenges and activities are tailored to your students’ age group to ensure progression and a fun problem solving day. Whether delivered as a team building day, activity day, an introduction to leadership, a year group bonding session, or for prefect training, this programme is extremely popular for all student age groups.

There are no associated transport costs for your school or your students. Logistics are straightforward - there is no need for your students to leave the school grounds, and the programme is delivered in line with your school timetable.

multi activity base camp 3-Day to 5-Day Programme options under the Black Mountains of South Wales Our Base Camp is located within the stunning surroundings and security of the private 20,000 acre Glanusk Estate and all activities are carried out within the estate boundaries. The accommodation provided is a tented village of bunk tents which is equipped with all necessary facilities.

Real adventure can be found when Wild Camping, Climbing, Orienteering, Kayaking, Adventure Trekking, and completing Bushcraft and Mountain Rescue Activities. Please note that our Base Camp programmes are in high demand from our client Schools and we would recommend that you place your booking early to avoid disappointment.

trekking expeditions Snowdonia and The Lake District Class Adventure’s 3-Day to 7-Day Summit Trek Programmes are extremely rewarding and the ultimate test of teamwork, leadership and communication skills.

Your students will operate in teams, take on responsibilty and experience life in a mountain environment.

Our trekking expeditions are designed to be exciting, rewarding and inspiring.

call: 01273 647 230 email: enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk web: www.jca-adventure.co.uk

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en route to Rookesbury…

Stonehenge The breathtaking prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire stands as strong today as it did 3500 years ago. Documented as one of the most famous places in the world. 53 miles Spinnaker Tower Soaring 170 metres above Portsmouth Harbour and the Solent, the Spinnaker Tower is taller than the London Eye, Blackpool Tower and Big Ben and has already established itself as a national icon for Britain. 12 miles

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Gosport Explosion Museum Explosion! is an award winning museum of naval warfare created within 18th century buildings at the Royal Navy’s former armaments depot of Priddy’s Hard, in Gosport, Hampshire. 10 miles

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Chichester Harbour Water Tours Take a boat tour of the harbour and see the wildlife, yachts and coastline from a different perspective. Workshops related to anything from buggy making to rockets can be arranged for £8 per student including admission. 16 miles

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Why not break up your journey to Rookesbury with a visit to one of the local educational attractions? This could be a very cost effective way to visit other places of interest on the way to or on the way home from the centre.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Experience 800 years of naval history and see the world famous HMS Victory and HMS Warrior, visit the Mary Rose Museum, Royal Naval Museum, Action Stations and take a tour of Portsmouth Harbour. 12 miles Blue Reef Aquarium Blue Reef Aquarium is designed to inspire a deeper appreciation of the natural world. Tour the British coastline to faraway tropical reefs, showcasing the fantastic creatures that live in our seas and oceans. 26 miles Winchester Winchester is a historic city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South England. 18 miles

Fort Nelson Strategically positioned atop Portsdown Hill, Fort Nelson is an historic monument, restored to how it would have been in the 1890s.

5 miles

Hayling Island Hayling’s combination of rural and marine environments has left us a legacy of unique natural history and a bio-diversity with walking distances of anywhere on the Island. 15 miles

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Rookesbury Park, Fareham

September & October Special Offers

£ + VAT

& £ 90 180 + VAT

Per child for 2 nights

Per child for 4 nights

Bristol 2hr 108mls

Reading 1hr 19mins 46mls

ROOKESBURY

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