Life Skills Academy Excellence Camps
Find your next experience in Dublin or Kilkenny.
Blackrock College
Ages 6–14
Easter: 30 March–2 April 2027Book Easter
Summer One: 5–9 July 2027Book Summer One
Summer Two: 9–13 August 2027Book Summer Two
Eight life skills taught by expert professionals. Choose one, two or all three camps, with different recipes, projects and challenges at each.
Coming to all three? Save 15% with the Full Dublin Experience.
Kilkenny College
Ages 6–14
Summer: 12–16 July 2027Book Kilkenny
Five days exploring six life skills at Kilkenny College: survival skills, teamwork and leadership, first aid, self-defence, cooking and Life Skills Team (LST) Clinics.
View Kilkenny campSibling discounts available. All bookings are fully refundable.
From preparing a meal to responding to an emergency, children learn practical skills through demonstrations, hands-on activities and expert guidance.
Prepare ingredients, follow a recipe and cook a dish to enjoy.
Past recipes include beef burritos, sticky honey chicken with noodles and chocolate muffins.
See Cooking Skills
Plan, build and test a project together, with opportunities to contribute and lead.
Past challenges include spaghetti towers tested against an “earthquake” and parachutes designed to protect an egg.
See Teamwork & Leadership
Build, explore and make practical decisions outdoors with expert guidance.
Past activities include shelter building, bottle rockets and cooking popcorn over embers.
See Survival Skills
Practise balance, positional control and escapes through expert-led games and guided activities.
Table Top, Squat Wrestling and pin-versus-escape challenges are examples from past camps.
See Brazilian Jiu-JitsuDevelop awareness and explore guided self-defence techniques in context.
Past sessions include balanced stances, movement drills, palm-heel strikes and situational challenges.
See Krav Maga
Build a working project and investigate how it works.
Past projects include electrical games, motorised characters, stop-motion films and original Scratch games.
See Tech Skills
Explore first-aid knowledge through demonstrations, guided practice and staged situations.
Past learning includes CPR practice, the recovery position, bandaging and responding within scenarios.
See First Aid SkillsPut teamwork and decision-making into action through small-team challenges.
An opening huddle, challenge rotations, a marquee challenge and a leaderboard debrief shape the experience.
See LST ClinicsExamples are from previous camps and the wider programme; activities vary by camp.
Choose Dublin or Kilkenny to see camp dates, practical information and booking options.
Learn from people who love what they do.
Our professionals practise and teach their subject every day. They adapt activities to give children the support and challenge they need.
The same expert instructors return across camps, giving returning children familiar faces and teachers who get to know them.
In-camp updates give you a window into the activities children have tackled and the skills they have practised.
All our instructors are Garda vetted, and a qualified first aider is on site during camp. We want every child to feel safe, respected and comfortable asking for help.
With encouragement, children can try something unfamiliar and discover how it feels to give it a go. Participation remains their choice.
We encourage questions, curiosity and independent choices, helping children explore their interests even when friends choose differently.
Our aim is to expose our campers to experiences which will foster self-confidence, encourage resilience to challenges, and broaden the scope of their interests in a fun safe and engaging environment.
Life Skills Academy
The people behind Life Skills Academy
Founded by Gavin Bourke and Stephen Flood, both Master’s-qualified primary school teachers, Life Skills Academy brings educational experience and a passion for child development to every camp.
