If excitement is your thing, then you’ll love the Adventure Society! From water sports, orienteering, camping, paintballing, mountain biking, scuba diving and skiing this club is all about having fun and challenging yourself both mentally and physically. Trips and activities run throughout the year, locally, nationally and internationally. So, get ready to push yourself, try something new and make memories that will last a lifetime.
Lower School
There are a variety of activities the Lower School pupils can take part in with the Adventure Society. These include:
- Walking
- Orienteering – day and night!
- Climbing
- Mountain biking
- High and Low Ropes Courses
- Paintballing
- Coasteering
First Year pupils enjoy a mountain biking weekend in the autumn term and a multi-activity climbing and canoeing trip in the summer term. Second Year Hamptonians can take part in a water sports activity weekend at Poole Harbour which focuses on sailing and kayaking. Third and Fourth Years also enjoy a multi-activity course in Snowdonia which includes mountain walking, rock climbing and abseiling, mountain biking and canoeing.
Senior School
In addition to the regular Adventure Society trips, these years also enjoy biennial expeditions abroad which are organised for our older pupils. For many Hamptonians, these have been the highlight of their time at Hampton and in the past destinations have included Malawi, Namibia and Borneo. The purpose is to introduce the pupils to a variety of cultures and enable them to put their skills to use in helping the local communities. Most of these expeditions involve the physical challenge of a three or four day mountain hike.
SKI TRIPS
The School organises an annual Junior Ski trip for pupils in Third Year and a Senior trip for Hamptonians in the Fourth Year and above. The Junior trip usually travels at the start of the Christmas holidays and past visits have included Tignes, Les Menuires, Serre Chevalier and Alpes D’Huez. The Senior trip also travels at the start of the Christmas holidays and have recently visited Gressoney, Bormio and Passo Tonale in Italy.
