Perfect for an end of year treat, a team building challenge or an evening out with your youth group. Led by an instructor, you’ll learn the basics of the activity and then you’ll get stuck in with games and challenges. All equipment provided.
We can deliver activities at our centre as well as along the Jurassic Coast. This includes Portland Harbour, Weymouth Bay and the Isle of Purbeck.
Programme options
The outdoor education coaches can design program to enhance and support your curriculum and help you to achieve your specified aims. Attend a half day, full day, or visit us over a regular weekly slot to allow for progression and build resilience.
Choose from an extensive range of activities from land or water.
Land based activities
Choose from indoor options such as team games and traversing in the hall though to navigating the indoor tunnels by head torch. Taking one step outdoors, you can stay on site but get the feel of adventure and climb the Portland stone tower or test your fire lighting skills with a spot of Bushcraft. For those wanting to head out in our minibuses and explore, we offer rock hopping and sea cliff climbing in Portland too.
Water based activities
If the water is calling, why not opt for an activity on the sea and choose giant paddleboarding as a team, or tandem kayaking to test your coordination. Maybe you want to raise the excitement factor and test your balance on the stand-up paddleboards, try your hand at dinghy sailing or jump off Portland Bill with a sport of coasteering.
Build your package
You choose your range of activities, and we'll build a programme around you. We suggest selecting one off-site activity per half day, or a maximum of two on-site activities per half day. Bookings are taken per groups of either 6, 8 or 12 depending upon your activities chosen. Our maximum capacity is a group of 60.
Example session times
Morning from 9:30am to 12:30pm
Afternoon from 1:30pm to 4:30pm
After school from 3:30pm to 6:30pm
Evening from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Example activity days
Bronze package
The wet and dry hybrid! One group of 12 on site tower climbing and tunnelling, with a second group of 12 off site tandem sit on top kayaking. The groups then swap over at lunch time. 12 people per instructor, usual group sizes of 24 with two instructors per activity.
Onsite bronze activities include:
- indoor archery
- tower climbing
- indoor climbing and traverse
- team challenges
Offsite bronze activities include:
- tandems sit-on-top kayaks
- mega stand up paddleboarding (SUP)
- rock hop on Portland - Tout Quarry
- shelter building and woodland crafts
Silver package
Kayaking in individual boats, followed by an afternoon of crag (sea cliff) climbing on Portland in groups of 8 with one instructor per group (maximum 16).
Activities include:
- solo kayaking
- stand up paddleboarding (SUP)
- rock climbing - Portland
- dinghy sailing tandem - Weymouth Harbour
- bushcraft - fire lighting and den building
Gold package
Dinghy sailing in Weymouth Bay, followed by an afternoon of coasteering at Portland Bill in groups of 8 and with two instructors (maximum 16), or take a day long journey and explore the Jurassic Coast by sea kayaks.
Activities include:
- coasteering - Portland Bill
- dinghy sailing solo - Weymouth Harbour
- abseiling - Portland
- sea kayaking journey
Mix and match packages
You can also mix and match and do a morning of silver activities and an afternoon of gold activities, for example solo kayaking and crag climbing or spend the day on Portland with crag climbing and coasteering.
Price
From £214 per half day, per group (size dependent on activity package selected).
Winter discount 20% off on-site activities November to March inclusive.
Regular participation sessions
Being part of Dorset Councils outdoor education service. Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre (WOEC) tutors and coaches pride themselves on delivering high quality activities whilst drawing out smaller and sometimes even subliminal learning objectives throughout delivery. Through regular participation in the outdoors student have the opportunity to develop key life skills that they will continue to develop back in the classroom.
- communication and teamwork
- confidence and creativity
- determination and independence
All of our school and youth group sessions that involve sailing fall under the Royal Yachting Associations (RYA) OnBoard Scheme. The RYA OnBoard programme offers young people the opportunity to try out sailing through their local club or centre in a safe, structured and fun environment. The programme compliments the national curriculum and provides a variety of valuable life skills that help to build confidence and shape personal development. Read more about to learn how your school or youth group can benefit from the RYA OnBoard programme.
Before Your Visit
You should bring:
- swimming costume or shorts
- shoes you don't mind getting wet and a spare pair
- full change of close
- towel
- packed lunch if you are here all day
- water bottle to refill
- waterproof and windproof layers
- suncream, sunhat, any medication
Wet suits, buoyancy aids, helmets, harnesses etc are all provided.
You should wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little dirty and shoes that protect your feet. No open-toed sandals or flip flops.