Outdoor Education
I have never seen Ross on Wye look so good. The weather was fantastic and the scenery beautiful. Also, thanks to Andy Greensmith, Suzanne Kuster, Charlotte Hudson and the advance party, camp looked pretty good too.
Once lunch had been made and the remaining tents set up, we had no problem encouraging the children to put on swimwear for the ‘Gunnel jumping’ and swim test. After everyone had been in at least twice, the canoes became a hindrance and 14 children at a time with personal floatat...
Year 7 Camps were based at a site on the shores of Lake Windermere. The advance party went on the Monday to set up camp and the rest followed on the next day.
Once everybody had arrived at the campsite we were split into three groups; green, red and blue, each group having a different activity to do; mountain biking, orienteering or kayaking. After we had completed the activities on the first afternoon, we had a fun but energetic scavenger hunt. One task was to hit an armed teacher with a...
When Mr Sellar wanted to check out his route seeting at the newly opened Rock Climbing Centre (Rockholme). There were no shortage of volunteers in the Junior Department!
Mrs Gould and Mrs Burton accompanied Years 1 and 2 to the new facility to play a series of games designed to encourage the younger ones to develop their confidence whilst enjoying climbing and bouldeering.
On Friday the 11 June 2010 a group of Year 9 pupils set off to Anglesey for a weekend of adventure. They arrived at camp shortly after 9.30pm, set up their tents and got their head down in preparation for a long day.
Thankfully the sky was clear and the sun was shining on Saturday morning, so the group set off to the coast. When the pupils arrived, they kitted up and began the 40 metre abseil into a little cove, under the watchful and curious eyes of the seals in the bay. All pupils comple...
The bouldering trip to Fontainebleau left on Saturday 29 May 2010, leaving school at about 6am. Following a 9 hour drive and a one hour ferry ride we arrived at our accommodation in Herbervilliers, on the outskirts of Fontainebleau.
Day 1 began with a slightly damp start, so the team headed to Larchant and the climbing area of L’elephant. Very quickly the students were struck by the shear variety of boulders and the beauty of the forest. The visit here allowed me to go through how to risk...