Secondary School Events
Years: 7 to 13

Why Arena?

With nearly 20 years’ experience, Arena has developed a wide range of outdoor activities that are ideal for the 11-18 year age group. These range from the Assault Course through a series of team-based challenges to Quad Biking, Orienteering and Clay Pigeon Shooting. Not only are these fun, but they help to develop initiative, teamwork and leadership skills away from the normal school environment and the pressures of the curriculum.

An event at Arena can help to fulfil various requirements of both Key Stages 3 & 4, including Physical Education:

• Acquiring and developing skills
• Selecting and applying skills
• Tactics and compositional ideas
• Evaluating and improving performance
• Knowledge and understanding of fitness and health

PSHE & Citizenship

• Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities
• Developing a healthy and safer lifestyle
• Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people
• Communication skills
• Working with others
• Improving their own learning and performance
• Problem solving

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Reasons for a school/form outing to Arena:

• Induction day for new year intake
• Activity Day
• Geography field trip
• CCF
• After exam celebration
• Prefect selection
• Leavers’ event

Useful Notes for Staff/Parents:

On site we have the following available for use:

• Changing rooms and toilets
• A large undercover BarBQ/Picnic area which schools are welcome to use by arrangement. All we ask is that staff/parents/guardians ensure that this area is kept tidy and all rubbish is taken away. We provide recycling facilities on site for CLEAN plastic (Nos 1, 2 & 3 ONLY), glass and paper
• Free tea/coffee facilities for staff
• Discounted Arena Gold apple juice and Arena Black apple and blackcurrant juice fresh from our own farm
• Fresh drinking water for all

Please note the following:

• Instructors CRB checked
• We have been vetted by both Kent County Council and East Sussex County Council
• We carry £10,000,000 Public Liability Insurance (copy of the Certificate wording available on request)
• All instructors are qualified First Aiders and First Aid facilities are situated in the Safety Area
• We require an Adult/Child ratio of normally 1:8
• Coaches – we encourage schools to use mini-buses. However if coaches are used access must be down Rosemary Lane from the A21
• We can be flexible with time slots and offer 3 lengths of activity

Guide Prices:

Years 7 & 8 Half Day Activity	Time Required	No of Participants	Price per head (inc VAT)
Half Day	3 - 3 1/2 hours	8 to 9	£32
		10 to 14	£27
		15 to 24	£24
		25 to 90	£22
Long Half Day	4 1/2 - 5 hours	15+	£32
Full Day	6 - 6 1/2 hours	15+	£42.50

Years 8 - 13 Team Tasks	Time Required	No of Participants	Price per head (inc VAT)
Half Day	3 - 3 1/2 hours	Minimum 10	£37.50
Long Half Day	4 1/2 - 5 hours	15+	£42
Full Day	6 - 6 1/2 hours	15+	£55

Other options:

Paintballing

£47.50 per head based on a minimum of 12 players
Half Day to include safety equipment, overalls and 500 paintballs per head - Click here for more information

Quad Trekking

£50 per head
2 hours for between 8-10 participants - Click here for more information

Introduction to Quads + Team Tasks

£65 per head
4 ½ hours for between 30 – 40 participants

Clay Pigeon Shooting (minimum age 14 years)

£65 per head

35 Clay Shoot to include practice and competition rounds
To include instructors, clays, cartridges, guns, ear defenders

Minimum 12 participants
Maximum 24 participants - Click here for more information

Team Building Night Exercise

£35 per head based on a minimum of 30 participants and a maximum of 90 - Click here for more information

Secondary Schools who have used Arena in recent years include:

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys	The Skinners' School
Uplands Community College	The Weald of Kent Grammar School
Tonbridge Grammar School	Robertsbridge Community College
Angley School	Oakwood Park, Maidstone
Tunbridge Wells High School	Hillcrest, Hastings
Sandwich Technology College	Maplesden Noakes, Maidstone
Sussex Downs College

To Book:

For further information and to book please telephone the Office on 01580 879614. We accept credit and debit cards.

To download the Information Sheet and Booking Form, click here (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

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