Ufton Adventure uses outdoor education to foster improved skills and behaviour. We reintroduce children to learning while forging a connection with the natural world. Our efforts aid young individuals in comprehending and regulating their physical, mental, and emotional health, while also facilitating the cultivation of robust relationships. 

Our approach is rooted in recognising the significance of repetition within the learning process. Repetition transforms initial exposure into lasting knowledge and skills. Therefore, when used strategically, repetition becomes a powerful tool for deepening understanding, retention, and application of learning. 

The significance of repetition within the learning process lies in its ability to enhance understanding, retention and mastery of new information or skills. Repetition helps reinforce neural pathways in the brain, making the learned material more accessible and easier to recall. For further reasons why repetition is important in learning, click here (Appendix 1) 

Our programmes begin and end with Outreach work in school. We offer repeated day visit and residential experiences to fit with the needs of your young people. These visits might be weekly, monthly, half termly, termly or across more than one academic year. We will work together to design and deliver what works best for you. 

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We ask schools to select 12-36 children (depending on the programme) who will benefit the most from our intervention and that these children stay the same throughout the length of the intervention. Ufton wants to work with schools who are committed to supporting their children through a series of visits both at Ufton and in school.  

Enhancing the aspirations and achievements of the young people we work with.

With each return, young participants refine skills and tackle increasing difficulties. This approach nurtures self-reliance, thinking abilities, teamwork, and active learning alongside knowledge acquisition. As skills improve, challenges also grow. Balancing skill and challenge is key to preventing stress from low skills and high challenges, or boredom from high skills and low challenges. Our carefully designed programmes match skill and challenge, leading to deep learning and greater personal satisfaction (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 2008). 

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Our work at Ufton Adventure is informed by psychological research and theories. If you would like to understand more about our methodologies, please click here. (Takes them to Rooted in Research section) 

Collaborating with educational institutions, like University of Reading, Ernest Cook Trust and ImpactEd, we design tailored programmes to meet the needs of the youth we engage with. 

The University of Reading led a five year longitudinal study at Ufton Adventure entitled 'Girlhood'.

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