insideKENT Magazine Issue 41 - August 2015 | Page 111

DAYSOUT
MAKE THE MOST OF THE SUNNY SEASON WITH THESE

summer holiday activities
The long summer holidays are upon us, and although that’s great news for school-weary children
and their parents, it can sometimes become a little…boring. Dull. And although that’s all par for the
course – when better than the summer holidays to buy new clothes and school uniform, to get a
haircut, to finish up all that homework and reading that is required – a day out every now and then
will brighten everyone’s mood. We’ve put together a list of some of the best ‘active activities’ that
can be found across the UK to make those perfect summer holiday memories. BY LISAMARIE LAMB

Super Camps

Badger Forest School

www.supercamps.co.uk // Nationwide

www.badgerforestschool.co.uk // Bodmin
For something truly
different and truly
‘outdoors’, a forest
holiday adventure with
the Badger Forest
School – from just £6
per session per child
(babies and adults go
free) – will promote
positive relationships
not just with nature,
but with others as well.
The activities on offer
here include exploring
and team building
games, cooking on a
campfire, and even making bread outdoors! Special Gruffalo-themed sessions
involve listening to the story being read around a roaring campfire, with
puppets for added fun. You can even make a character from the story using
clay, and learn how to bring it to life. Other themed sessions include Robin
Hood, den and shelter building, nature’s kitchen, survival skills, teddy bears’
picnic, and woodland fairies, to name just a few.

Super Camps is a fantastic programme of organised games, sports, and
creative activities designed to keep children entertained and energised. The
camps can be booked either daily or weekly. Each day consists of six
different activities, and runs from 9am until 5pm. It is ideal for children
between 4 and 14 years. Activities include face painting, clay modelling,
bush craft, circus skills, swimming, archery, quad biking, and at least 120
minutes of exercise every day (double the government guidelines)! This is
where your children will make friends and learn new skills whilst keeping
active.

Buckmore Park
www.buckmore.co.uk // Chatham

Acorn Adventure Family Holidays
www.acornfamilyholidays.co.uk // UK and Abroad

Acorn Adventure Holidays is a leading family adventure holiday specialist,
with over 30 years of experience in offering an exciting range of all-inclusive,
fully organised family activity holidays in France, Italy, Spain and Wales. Its
holidays in the UK and Europe offer a wide range of family friendly outdoor
adventurous activities in beautiful locations, from the Ardèche in the South
of France to the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. There is a summer
holiday to suit the whole family – no more compromises! These holidays
appeal to families seeking a fun-filled, great value and fully organised holiday
in the great outdoors. They are an action-packed programme of exciting
adventurous activities from stand up paddle boarding (SUP) to rock climbing,
suited to age 7+ overseas and 5+ in the UK. Activities are delivered by a
qualified/assessed team of instructors and are included in the price of the
holiday, along with full board tented, cabin or camping pod accommodation.
Acorn’s pre-erected, private family camping villages offer a family friendly,
sociable environment with many leaving with lifelong friends.

At Buckmore Park, there's a range of activities for everyone, including
children and family groups. Here you have Europe's widest choice of karting
experiences at a true MSA licensed racing circuit; this is the circuit where
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button honed their skills as youngsters. With
two turn up ‘n’ drive circuits catering for drivers from 4 years to adult, and
an MSA approved International Circuit that that can be split into two (Club
and National), Buckmore Park can offer karting for all, from total novice to
the most experienced. As for the children, there are go kart birthday parties,
laser warfare games, bambino karting for 6-7 year olds, junior kart school
and club for ages 8-15 years, as well as turn up ‘n’ drive go karting for
all ages.

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