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  • About Lagoon Watersports Activity Centre
  • Sailing and the National Curriculum
  • School trips information

Schools and Community Activities

Lagoon Watersports in education and community

We have been introducing youth groups age 6 -18 to watersports since 1994. 
 
Royal Yachting Association
Lagoon Watersports is an Onboard centre. This means that it has been specially selected by the RYA as a centre that is exceptional at delivering safe, fun and professional children’s sailing and windsurfing sessions. Mark Saul is the Onboard Development Officer for Mid Sussex contact him on onboard@lagoonwatersports.co.uk
 
AALA
The Adventure Activities Licensing Scheme is a Government sponsored scheme, which was introduced in 1996 under the Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations. The scheme ensures that those who provide certain adventure activities to young people under the age of 18 years, will have their safety management systems inspected. Lagoon Watersports are inspected by AALA.
 
Courses 
We often work with teachers and schools to deliver after school clubs during term time. These usually run one evening per week and last for around 4-6 weeks. The children are able to gain RYA qualifications during these courses. Our onsite Onboard Officer Mark Saul is always happy to help with promotion and is happy to visit schools and take part in assemblies.
 
Curriculum Time
We are always happy to try and help link sailing and windsurfing to the curriculum. If you want to arrange a course during school time then Lagoon Watersports are usually able to offer special off peak rates during the school day.
 
Assemblies
Our staff are passionate about sailing and windsurfing so are happy to deliver an assembly to small groups or year groups. 

 

Heath and safety 
Its very important that all children have a good understanding of health and safety this can be covered by a variety of subjects including physical education.
At Lagoon Watersports we work in a ever changing environment that we have to constantly manage in able for it to be safe learning environment.
We encourage children to recognise hazards and adapt to them in a safe and sensible manner. We are also happy to share our knowledge of risk management with the students.
 
Risk Assessments 
All of our risk assessments have been written based on our 16 years experience at delivering children’s sailing and windsurfing sessions. Click here to download 
 
Teachers and Group Leaders PDF and Letters
 
Insurance
We are covered up to 10,000,000 for our public liability. Click here to download a copy of our insurance.
 
CRB
All the staff that work with the children have up to date CRB checks, these are carried out in relation with the RYA.
 

 

 

Guide prices

Taster sessions - 2 hours - £21.50

Team builder / Ice breaker - £21.50

Half day watersports taster session  - from £32.30

Full day taster session - from £46.30

Watersports weeks - please call

RYA course run over 5 x 2 hour sessions - £80 (4 x 2 hours £60)

Custom courses: We also offer yacht sailing, powerboating and can create programs

Watersports and the curriculum

Key Stage 1
Sailing ties in with the curriculum in literacy, geography, the environment, travel, science, general p.e and fitness.
 
Key Stage 2
Students are encouraged to partake in outdoor and adventurous activities.
  • watersports allow students to learn in unfamiliar and challenging environments 
  • Use trial and error to solve problems and work alongside others to solve these problems
  • Class projects relating to science and literacy
Key Stage 3 
Students are encouraged to take part in outdoor and adventurous activities.
  • They need to learn to be able to read the weather/tides and be able make decisions about safety
  • meet many new and challenging situations whilst on the water
Key Stage 4
Students are encouraged to develop skills in outdoor activities, sailing is a good example.
  • Overcome challenges in unfamiliar environments
  • The center and its benefits can also relate to Travel and Tourism subjects

 

 

 

Activities available

  • Windsurfing
  • Sailing
  • Wakeboarding (Cable)
  • Team building challenges
  • Kayaking / Stand up Paddle boarding
  • Raft building
  • Yacht sailing
  • Powerboating

Contact Us

01273

42 48 42 

Email Us

RYA Onboard Club

Our Onboard club delivers a fantastic pathway in order to allow children to progress once they have done our courses.
 
We run this club every week and it has grown significantly since we first introduced it early this year.
 
This  means that once the children have been down with the school they are then able to carry on coming down and learning.
 
It is really important that all children are given the opportunity to carry on with sailing and windsurfing and this enables them to do it.

RYA Onboard Officer

 0779 092 2901

Mark Saul

Email Mark

Latest News

Try windsurfing , or sailing , or SUP for £10
Sunday August 14th ONLY special offer
New 2012 North and Fanatic windsurf kit for test at Hove Lagoon
New wave sails and boards will be with us next week!
FLOW (For Ladies Of Watersports) and W4CR (Windsurfing 4 Cancer Research) event at Hove Lagoon, Bri
FLOW (For Ladies Of Watersports) and W4CR (Windsurfing 4 Cancer Research) have teamed up to provide ‘Go with the FLOW: For Female Cancer Care’ a fun day on the water for budding to experienced waterwomen, with a whole host of exciting activities raising money for Breast Cancer Care and ovarian cancer research run by Cancer Research UK.
Free kids windsurfing event Sunday July 24th
This years Lagoon kids Onboard festival is all about windsurfing and it is FREE ! It will feature a special clinic for all the T15 kids + any other kids that have done Windsurf level 2 and want to get involved!
FREE Ant Baker Windsurf training clinic at Hove Lagoon
FREE Ant Baker training clinic at Hove Lagoon this Saturday july 9th 10:30-12:30 basic jumping and gybing, 2-4pm forward looping session.
Paddle round the Pier July 2 / 3
Yacht sailing and windsurf tasters for £5...save 10% on all courses
Wakeboarding for kids comes to Hove Lagoon, Brighton!
Kids wakeboarding course dates now on for summer holidays
Kayak Hire for kids on Hove Lagoon, Brighton
We are now offering kayak hire for kids on the small lagoon every weekend and school holidays of the summer as long as the weather is nice.