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HOLIDAY CLUBS: MAY/JUNE HALF TERM DATES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING, SUMMER PROGRAMME COMING SOON!

MORE INFO: Everything you need to know about how our Holiday Clubs run & club schedules at a glance.

Book Holiday clubs

May/June Half Term

01st Jun (Tue) - 10:00 - 3:00

The Globe Primary Academy / £30.00

CAMPFIRE COOKOUT - FIRE & HISTORY EDITION Gather round the campfire for a day of cooking treats. Learn Mayan hot chocolate making, use pestle & mortar to grind Apple Cinnamon Bombs and melt modern day S’Moreos, followed by plenty of energetic adventure games and woodland fun!

01st Jun (Tue) - 10:00 - 3:00

Goring C of E Primary School / £30.00

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 a favourite Viking pastime!

02nd Jun (Wed) - 10:00 - 3:00

The Globe Primary Academy / £30.00

NERFAGEDDON 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 more competitive nature of this day, age 6+ is recommended)

02nd Jun (Wed) - 10:00 - 3:00

Goring C of E Primary School / £30.00

STAR WARS DAY Join us for a day of outdoors galactic fun. Master your Jedi skills in our Jedi training area, transform your teammates into storm troopers and craft galactic play dough planets, May the force be with you!

03rd Jun (Thu) - 10:00 - 3:00

The Globe Primary Academy / £30.00

STAR WARS DAY Join us for a day of outdoors galactic fun. Master your Jedi skills in our Jedi training area, transform your teammates into storm troopers and craft galactic play dough planets, May the force be with you!

03rd Jun (Thu) - 10:00 - 3:00

Goring C of E Primary School / £30.00

NERFAGEDDON 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 more competitive nature of this day, age 6+ is recommended)

04th Jun (Fri) - 10:00 - 3:00

The Globe Primary Academy / £30.00

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 a favourite Viking pastime!

04th Jun (Fri) - 10:00 - 3:00

Goring C of E Primary School / £30.00

CAMPFIRE COOKOUT - FIRE & HISTORY EDITION Gather round the campfire for a day of cooking treats. Learn Mayan hot chocolate making, use pestle & mortar to grind Apple Cinnamon Bombs and melt modern day S’Moreos, followed by plenty of energetic adventure games and woodland fun!

WEEKEND CLUBS *NEW* Saturdays @ St Nicolas and St Mary's Primary School (Shoreham-by-Sea), 10am - 3pm. Different activities every week

MORE INFO: Everything you need to know about out WEEKEND CLUBS at a glance.

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Saturday Club

24th Apr (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

POKEMON WILD ADVENTURES A day of craft & tech meets nature and team games. Creating our own Pokémon, Building Poké balls and playing the mega Pokémon Stack Attack game - Which Pokémon Trainer are you? “Gotta catch them all!”

01st May (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

STAR WARS DAY Join us for a day of outdoors galactic fun. Master your Jedi skills in our Jedi training area, transform your teammates into storm troopers and craft galactic play dough planets, May the 4th be with you!

08th May (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

CIRCUS SKILLS & POPCORN MAKING Join us for a day at the circus including Diablo, Juggling, Hula Hooping, Pedal Racers and a Flower Sticks Workshop. Watch that popcorn pop round the campfire, adding in tasty flavours!

15th May (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

ADVANCED BUSHCRAFT DAY Take your bushcraft skills to the next level! We’ll be lighting flint & steel fire Nests, making survival paracord bracelets and learning how to build humane traps to capture our wild instructors!

22nd May (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

MANDALORIAN NERF Calling all galactic bounty hunters we’re embarking on some Mandalorian style NERF action. Battle for the darksaber, save baby Yoda and create your warrior signet. Good fun for Nerf enthusiasts. (Due to more competitive nature of this day, age 6+ is recommended)

12th Jun (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

MINECRAFT VS 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!

19th Jun (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

SUMMER NATURE NINJAS Let's celebrate summer solstice with some nature activity fun! Natural dye making, building suncatchers, embarking on bug hunts and crafting tie dye bandanas.

26th Jun (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

ROALD DAHL DAY Dream Catchers, Snozcumbers, Marvellous Medicine and Poachers Secrets. A day inspired by three of our favourite books; George’s Marvellous Medicine, The BFG & Danny Champion of the World. Join us in a colourful, magical and frankly silly world. We will be making potions, inventing new giant foods & catching Pheasants! PHIZZ – WHIZZING it will be!

03rd Jul (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

WATER DAY 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 & Slip N' Slide! Dress to get wet, bring a towel & change of clothes!

10th Jul (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

CASTAWAY DAY A day of ocean themed adventure, crafting castaway necklaces, lost at sea rescue games and making sand shakers.

17th Jul (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

NERF WILD WEST EDITION Join us for an energetic day of bank heist games, stagecoach robberies and daring duels! NERF Action! (Due to more competitive nature of this day, age 6+ is recommended)

24th Jul (Sat) - 10:00 - 3:00

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School / £30.00

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, a favourite Viking pastime!

We're delighted to be opening after school clubs at several of our schools for the summer term and hope to return to more very soon!

Book After school clubs

Arundel C of E Primary School

Arundel has excellent grounds for our activiites and we had a great first term there. The club runs every Monday during term time, from 3.10 - 4.10pm on the school premises

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Chesswood Junior School

Chesswood was our first after school club to be opened in central Worthing and it's going great! The staff are really supportive and the club's very popular and has a great atmosphere. The club runs every Tuesday during term-time from 3.15 to 4.15 on the school premises.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Downsbrook Primary School

We had a great first term and Downsbrook and are looking forward to returning as soons as we are able to.

The club runs on Wednesdays during term-time from 3.15 to 4.15 on the school premises.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Eastbrook Primary Academy

We're looking forward to returning to Eastbrook when we are able to. They have excellent grounds for all of our activities and some familiar faces from our holiday clubs in Buckingham Park are in attendance!

The club runs on Wednesdays during term time from 3.10pm - 4.10pm on the school premises

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Elm Grove Primary School Worthing

We always have a great time at Elm Grove. We have sole use of the school's outdoor space on a Monday and there's plenty of nooks and crannies to explore. The club runs every Monday during term-time from 3.20 - 4.20 on the school premises.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Glebe Primary School

We're really enjoying our clubs in the fantastic grounds at Glebe. The Outdoor Learning Area is perfect for our bushcraft sessions and there are plenty of great spaces for NERF and games! The club runs on Fridays during term time,on the school premises from 3.05pm - 4.05pm.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Handcross Park

Handcross has such beautiful grounds; an abundance of field space perfect for our team building games is bordered by ancient woodland which could not be better suited to den building and woodland adventures.

Jason Gayler - Head of Pre-Prep and Nursery is a great champion of outdoor pursuits and we are really enjoying running our club here.

The club is reopening from Monday 19th April and will run in separate year group bubbles for years 1 and 2.

SUMMER TERM DATES 2021

The club runs on the following dates:

April 19, 26 May (3 Bank Holiday) 10, 17, 24 (31 Half Term) June 7, 14, 21, 28

9 weeks £63.00

Heene Church of England Primary School

With Victoria Park at our disposal just over the road (which we know well from our holiday clubs) and the friendly school staff we always have a great time. The club runs on Wednesdays during term time from 3.15 - 4.15 and is open to all years.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Seaside Primary School

Seaside Primary is a beautiful modern school with fantastic grounds and welcoming staff. You can feel the sea breeze as you walk around! The club runs on Fridays during term-time on school premises from 3.00 - 4.00.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Sompting Village Primary School

We're really enjoying our club at Sompting Village! We've had lots of the wonderful Sompting kids turn up at our holiday clubs and run a few birthday parties for them too so we're seeing some familiar faces. The grounds are fantastic with a perfect clump of trees for our nature-based actvities and plenty of space to run around too.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

St Nicolas and St Mary CE Primary School

We are delighted to be returning to St Nicolas and St Mary's for the summer 2021 term with after school club on a Wednesday open to years 1-6! We also run Saturday clubs at St Nics; we love this school!

SUMMER TERM DATES 2021

Wednesdays April 28 May 5, 12, 19, 26 June (2 Half Term) 9, 16, 23, 30 July 7, 14

11 weeks total £77.00 paid termly

Steyning C of E Primary School

We are delighted to be able to return to Steyning for summer term 2021 with our Monday after school club for years 1-6 commencing on the 26th April.

Steyning was our first West Sussex after school club and we love it dearly!

2021 SUMMER TERM DATES

Mondays April 26, May (3 Bank Holiday) 10, 17, 24, (31 Half Term) June 7, 14, 21, 28 July 5, 12

10 weeks - £70.00

Price reduces by £7 each week

Swiss Gardens Primary School

We are delighted to say that for the summer term at Swiss Gardens we will be reverting to one club on a Friday afternoon open to years 1-6.

The club will commence on Friday 30th April.

SUMMERTERM DATES 2021

Fridays - April 30 May 7, 14, 21, 28 June (4 Half Term) 11, 18, 25 July 2. 9. 16

11 Weeks total, £77 paid termly

(Price reduces for £7 each week)

The Globe Primary Academy

We really enjoy running our clubs at The Globe. There are some great outdoor spaces for us to use like the wild trees and hedgerows at the back of the field and the jungle garden in the school is perfect for bug-hunting!

The club runs on Fridays on school premises 3.15pm - 4.15pm.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

The Laurels Primary School

This lovely little school has a fantastic Forest School space, perfect for den building and fire-lighting. There's plenty of open space too for big team games and NERF! We're looking forward to coming back next term with some great new activities!

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Upper Beeding Primary School

We are delighted to be able to return to Upper Beeding for the summer term! The club is open to years 1-6 and will commence on Tuesday 27th April.

SUMMER TERM 2021 DATES

The club runs on the following dates:

April 27 May 4, 11, 18, 25 June (1 alf Term) 8, 15, 22, 29 July 6, 13

11 weeks £77.00 (reducing by £7.00 each week)

Waterfield Primary School

We're delighted to be back at Waterfield for the summer term, these kids have to be among the most energetic in West Sussex!

The club is open to years 1-6 during term time and commences on Wednesday the 28th April.

SUMMER TERM DATES 2021

Wednesdays April 28 May 5, 12, 19, 26 June (2 Half Term) 9, 16, 23, 30 July 7, 14

11 weeks total £77.00 paid termly

SUMMER TERM DATES 2021

Wednesdays April 28 May 5, 12, 19, 26 June (2 Half Term) 9, 16, 23, 30 July 7, 14

11 weeks total £77.00 paid termly

West Park C.E. Primary School

West Park has a wonderful sports field for the activities that require a little more space, and a garden area perfect for seated activites like whittling and fire lighting. Rob who heads up West Sussex used to be a pupil here so it's a school close to his heart.

The club runs every Tuesday during term-time from 3.10 to 4.10pm on the school premises.

CURRENTLY NO CLUB RUNNING: Every school is taking an individual approach to how, when and if they want us to return to run After School Clubs. We have not yet been asked to return to this school. Please sign up to newsletter to be the first to hear about clubs going on sale. We're keen to find a way for the children to get their Outdoors Project fix and are now running weekly Saturday Clubs.

Meet the team

All our sessions are run by fully qualified instructors. Our staff are all CRB/DBS checked and all Lead Instructors hold First Aid qualifications, for your peace of mind.

Alan Owen

Alan Owen

Qualifications / Awards: MSc (with distinction) Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems, 1st BSc (Hons) Biology, A-level Chemistry, Computing, Biology. Lead coder on two BAFTA winning online kids games for the BBC.

Interests: Ornithology, nature journaling and illustration, motorcycle adventuring, camping, coding, video games and 3D art

Other jobs/studies: Over 10 years working in the children’s game industry, making web-based video games for the BBC, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Sky and other broadcasters. After a long career track facilitating ‘indoor’ play, it’s high-time to balance things out!

Favourite ODP activity or game and why: Fire lighting in all the various ways; the science aspect runs very deep - what makes a good tinder? How to get more Oxygen into the fuel? Is the environment around the fuel warm enough? Is the fuel sufficiently dry? Taking a journey specifically to source materials to build a campfire turns this process of thought into a practical investigation: Where can I find that good tinder at this time of year? It’s been raining hard - how do I work around that? It really gets the observational and analytical skills working!

If you were an animal what would you be? A Jackdaw - a very smart bird that demonstrates a real joy for living. They make the best noises too!

What do you love about the outdoors? The application demanded of the senses - working indoors for a long time restricts the basic sensory faculties, resulting in something like ‘tunnel vision’; a literal limited world view. Being outdoors forces those senses back into action, and subsequently brings about an expansion of world view... Or rather, a ‘normalisation’ - like any creature, we aren’t meant to be indoors ‘all’ the time!

Alethia Hayden

Alethia Hayden

Qualifications and Awards

Bsc Hons in Psychology. Duke of Edinburgh bronze, silver and gold, Paediatric Infant and Child First Aid, Emergency First Aid at Work.

Interests

Camping, travelling, music and art.

What is your favourite ODP activity and why?

Probably Nerf, the kids really love it, and so do I!

If you were an animal what would you be?

An elephant, strong but gentle.

What do you love about the outdoors?

Feeling part of something bigger than yourself.

Ed Kilroy

Ed Kilroy

Qualifications and Awards

Paediatric Infant and Child First Aid, Emergency First Aid at Work.

Interests

Walking, Poker, Food & Drink, Badminton and Music.

Favourite ODP activity and why

All the activities are so varied and unique, it's hard to choose! Anything that involves teamwork is great as seeing all the kids working together to achieve a goal is a joy to see.

If you were an animal what would you be?

A Golden Eagle. The ability to soar at 15,000 feet and dive at 200mph would be pretty exhilarating! All birds off prey fascinate me, they're beautiful animals.

What do you love about the outdoors?

Being outdoors, for me, is very grounding and gives us such a welcome break from the fast paced lives most of us tend to live in.

With nature always changing and adapting, every experience is unique.

Why be inside when you can be outside!

Katie Saunders

Katie Saunders

Qualifications and Awards:

Reflexology, Paediatric Infant and Child First Aid, Emergency First Aid at Work.

Interests:

Nature watching, hiking, bird watching, travelling and music.

What is your favourite ODP activity and why?

I love seeing the children get so excited over the NERF games, plus anything bush craft, I love a good fire lighting or whittling session!

If you were an animal, what would you be?

A Leopard… or an Arctic Tern. I haven’t decided yet.

What do you love about the outdoors?

I love the way that being in nature makes me feel – open, free and calm. There is nothing else quite like it and I need to top up my dose as often as possible!

Kieran Hayes-Farmer

Kieran Hayes-Farmer

Qualifications and Awards:

Paediatric Infant and Child First Aid, Emergency First Aid at Work.

Interests:

I love Mountain Biking mainly but really anything with wheels and exploring the outdoors!

What is your favourite ODP activity and why?

My favourite ODP activity is firelighting because it's such a great skill, as well as being really encouraging when you successfully do it! But I also can't help but love Nerf, getting camo'd up with everyone and having a good time!

If you were an animal, what would you be?

If I was an animal I would be a snow leopard, because I love how stealthy they are. Plus they look really cool.

What do you love about the outdoors?

I love being able to just be outside! It's always different even if you go to the same places and I love exploring new things and all the amazing outdoors has to offer!

Rob Cruise

Rob Cruise

Rob heads up the West Sussex side of the business. Until 2016 he had been working in business development but his love of having adventures in the Canadian wilderness, camping as much as possible, scuba diving and generally enjoying the outdoors meant the lure of making his passions his work was too strong to resist!

Qualifications and Awards

First Aid qualified, Enhanced DBS, Designated Safeguarding Officer - Level 3, Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver...and a 2:1 in Literature and Philosophy

Interests

Hiking, camping, yoga and curry! (Both preparing and consuming)

Favourite ODP activity or game and why?

Has to be NERF wars, the kids just absolutely love them and get so into the battles, it’s great fun to watch.

If you were an animal what would you be?

A killer whale, the undisputed lords of the ocean, highly intelligent with complex social structures and hierarchies, super cool.

What do you love about the outdoors?

In an age when we are constantly bombarded with distraction and connected to technology I love the peace you find from walking in the woods or the fun you can have playing simple games in a park. There’s something timeless about it, and the positive effects for mind and body are indisputable.

Stuart Neville

Stuart Neville

Qualifications and awards

Qualified teacher of design technology, scout sectional assistant, Paediatric Infant and Child First Aid, Emergency First Aid at Work.

Interests

I play the drums in two bands, I love camping and walking, preferably in Snowdonia but anywhere will do. I’m capable of watching just about any sport but ideally American football.

Favourite ODP activity and why

You can’t beat den building as an activity that’s fun, creative and promotes teamwork. But I do love a chaotic game too.

If you were an animal what would you be?

I’d love to be able to run through the trees like a squirrel so I’ll go with that.

What do you love about the outdoors?

The unpredictability; that even if you go to somewhere you’ve been many times before you’ll always find something new.

Contact the West Sussex office Send email

Contact Number: 07931 557981 PLEASE NOTE We are often out and about running sessions and can't always answer the phone, if possible please get in touch via email. We regularly pick up messages and will get back to you ASAP.

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The Outdoors Project clubs are perfect for developing friendships, trust, teamwork, confidence and essential life skills.

We are constantly creating new games, themes and activities through the year. Fun is the main ingredient and kids usually return home happy and exhausted.

Age: Activities are suitable for children aged 5-12 (from school Yr 1 +).

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