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Schools Climbing
Flexible and fun sessions are available on request for a wide range of groups. Our instructors have a wealth of experience in tailoring sessions to suit your needs. From school groups to corporate events, we ensure that all sessions are exciting, rewarding and educational!
Our sessions can provide you and your students with a record of personal development through a nationally recognised National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) accreditation scheme, perfect for students to compare their performances and demonstrate improvement within a demanding physical activity.
See what Depot Climbing Nottingham can offer your students today.
Schools Climbing Sessions
Why bring climbing into your students’ learning plans?
We can help inspire pupils to succeed and excel in developing skills that are transferable both physically and mentally.
From meeting key EYFS learning areas to nurturing the development of new participants to experienced and capable climbers according to the National Curriculum, our range of instructor-led sessions can be tailored to suit your needs.
From the frequency of sessions to the learning outcomes involved; students will become physically confident, in a manner that supports their health and fitness, while developing character-building qualities and supporting values such as fairness and respect.
Our Climbing Instructors
All of our instructors are Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checked upon employment and receive the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) training to ensure that all children participating in any Depot Climbing activity are in the safest hands.
Coach to Participant ratio never exceeds 1:8 and is often 1:6, ensuring that all participants receive the best quality coaching.
Our instructors also hold relevant qualifications such as Climbing Wall Instructor certificates, which are a requirement for teaching indoor climbing skills.
If you do not hold a CWI certificate or higher and also have freelance insurance and first aid certificates, you will need to book our expert instructors for your sessions. These certificates must be held to supervise U18s in our centres.
All of our instructors are Insured and First Aid trained.
What is Bouldering?
Bouldering provides the perfect opportunity for students to develop their problem-solving resilience both physically and mentally.
Bouldering is a form of ‘free climbing’ that is fast becoming the most popular form of climbing; this is down to its simplicity, just climbing!
With no need for rope skills and knot tying, bouldering frees participants to focus on short sequences that require both physical and mental problem-solving skills.
Bouldering can teach students to be confident when facing challenges, learn to cope with fear and stress, and develop self-reliance, whilst learning intrinsic motivation and building resilience.
Depot Climbing is one of the UK’s largest providers of indoor rock climbing, unlike a Clip’n’Climb style centre, we are a commercial climbing wall providing professional climbing training to all ages.
Physical Education Sessions
These sessions are ideal for alternative provisions schools delivering education to a variety of students with additional needs to test the water and see for yourself how climbing can benefit your pupils.
These single sessions have an emphasis on nurturing adventurous spirits while developing confidence, teamwork, balance, and agility.
A ratio of 1 instructor to every 6 students ensures the highest quality of sessions in the safest environment.
1 hour long sessions can be tailored to suit the needs of your students, whether the session is part of their wider physical education or an end-of-term reward.
Our experienced instructors can create sessions full of games and challenges designed to help develop young climbers’ skills and boost their confidence which is ideal for any ability level; our climbing sessions at Depot Climbing can add another level to your PE program.
Groups work in a maximum size of 1:6 ratio of instructor to students and accommodate a range of additional needs including (but not limited to):
- Visual Impairments
- Hearing Impairments
- Missing limbs
- Cerebral Palsy
- Spina Bifida
- Dyspraxia
- ASD
- Aspergers
- ADHD
- ADD
- Global Delay
- Behaviour management issues due to psychological trauma
Sessions can be tailored to suit any curriculum being followed, to concentrate on and benefit a wide range of subjects.
- Communication skills
- Strength and flexibility
- Individual sport participation
- Adventurous activity participation
- Sport safety awareness
Session Details
1-hour coaching sessions with our qualified coaches
1:6 ratio of coach to students
Climbing shoes included
Instructor fees included
£42 per student
National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme for Primary Schools
This product is ideal for Primary Schools delivering Key Stage 2 and will result in participants receiving the National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) Bouldering Level 1 Certificate and registration to the national NICAS database, offering them the opportunity to continue their progress through the NICAS levels up to Level 5.
Children will enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other while learning how to evaluate and recognise their success.
Climbing allows us to enjoy an adventurous activity that challenges us both individually and within a team, and through the NICAS Bouldering courses, are allowed to compare performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve personal bests.
Session Details
4 x 1.5 hour coaching sessions with our qualified coaches
1:8 ratio of coach to students
Climbing shoes included
Instructor fees included
£78 per student
National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme for Homeschooling
Ideal for the PE syllabus of homeschooling, students can achieve a National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) Level 1 Certificate towards their curriculum learning requirements.
“Pupils should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success”
As with NICAS for Primary Schools, these sessions cover key learning areas of the Key Stage 2 Curriculum:
- develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance
- take,e part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
- compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best
The National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme states that their Nationally recognised schemes enable climbers to:
- develop climbing/bouldering movement skills and improve levels of ability
- learn how to use equipment appropriately
- develop risk assessment and risk management skills in the sport
- work as a team, communicate with, and trust others e.g. a climbing partner
- provide a structure for development, motivation and improved performance
- develop an understanding of the sport, its history and ethics
- provide a record of personal development
- access information about further climbing disciplines and challenges beyond the scheme
Session Details
6 x 1 hour coaching sessions with our qualified coaches
1:6 ratio of coach to students
Climbing shoes included
Instructor fees included
£78 per student
Fun Orientated Group Sessions
A 1-hour session for up to 6 participants with an emphasis on fun, safe climbing; ideal for educational organisations looking for a fun activity, either as a casual addition to their curriculum learning requirements or an end-of-term treat.
Groups work in a maximum group size of 6 participants with an instructor. A normal session starts with fitting climbing shoes, some warm activities and a safety brief, the rest of the session is a combination of climbing games and and a variety of different challenging climbs with an emphasis on FUN.
We can accommodate a range of additional needs.
Session Details
1-hour coaching sessions with our qualified coaches
1:6 ratio of coach to students
Climbing shoes included
Instructor fees included
£42 per student
Booking
All sessions must be pre-booked with an instructor. We are unable to accommodate walk-up sessions for school groups.
For more information, FAQ’s and booking details, contact Depot Climbing Nottingham at:
01159589214 or [email protected]
You can view our other junior climbing sessions here.
