Massembre, Ardennes with your class
Children rotate through hands-on nature workshops — identifying aquatic insects using biotic indices, creating fossils, building musical instruments from forest materials, learning to identify trees by touch and smell. In between, there are trapeze jumps, kids' adventure parcours in the treetops, and shared evening experiences — a casino night, a show, a disco — that build the kind of class bonds teachers talk about for years. Everything is structured, supervised, and age-appropriate, with a clear rhythm of activity, free time, meals, and rest.
On the Move holds ABELIO safety certification and operates to L'Office quality assurance standards — every trip is managed by a dedicated project manager with 24/7 emergency support.
Trip highlights
8 rotating science and art activities including fossil-making, aquatic insect study using biotic indices, Land Art, and forest recipes; every child completes 4 activities across 2 days in small groups
A supervised course that pushes physical confidence in a safe and exhilarating setting, with a trapeze jump that most children describe as a trip highlight
Casino night, soirée spectacle, and disco, all run with all groups together, giving children a real sense of shared adventure beyond their own classroom
Curriculum links
Practical information
- Full board throughout — all meals included from arrival
- Nurse on site throughout the residential stay
- All nature workshops and evening activities are included in the programme
- Local currency is Euro (€); small amount of spending money optional
A day by day
✏️ This is an example timetable — we can adapt the destination, programme, duration and budget to suit your group.
Students come home with…
- A hands-on understanding of the water cycle, forest ecosystems, and local geology — experienced, not just read about
- The memory of jumping from a trapeze (probably for the first time)
- New friendships forged across language sections
- A leaf identification wheel they made themselves
- The quiet pride of having spent nights away from home and loved it
In pictures
Green Classes - your questions
We have programmes from P1 (age 6) upwards. Bokrijk (1 night) suits P1–P2 first residentials; Massembre and Lichtaart suit P3–P5; Malmedy and Bouillon are best for P5 upwards and secondary groups.
Yes. We use vetted countryside centres and residential schools with full board, warm shared rooms and indoor spaces for evening activities and poor weather.
A nurse consultation is available on every residential trip; for shorter stays we have 24/7 emergency medical support.
Return travel, full-board accommodation, all guided activities, specialist guides, insurance and your On the Move coordinator.