On Friday 25th June, three beautiful pamper hampers were created as the final task undertaken by the group of students who have now completed their volunteering part of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award.
Sophia, Isabelle, Mahi, Emma and Zunairah have been helping with various activities around the school during their three month volunteering period.
Bushcraft was a very good experience in many ways, we learnt new skills that will benefit us in the future; learnt how to survive in the wild; how to deal with bugs; but most importantly, we met new people, had fun, and enjoyed being outside, admiring nature we are so lucky to have!
The Wilderness Personal Development activity day was a really fun event that I very much enjoyed. As well as being nice because it was a break from normal lessons, everyone learnt a lot more about themselves, as well as other people.
On Tuesday the 18th May, all the Year 7s went head to head in the annual Wheelie Challenge, to design a board to pitch their business ideas.
Here’s the catch: you had to involve up to six wheels in your business idea.
Whilst some of us used double-decker buses, others came up with the idea of mini robots gliding around shops.
In the last week before half-term, Year 9 had the opportunity to try new challenges to help improve team building and team work within the year group. We worked with the Wilderness Group, a workshop in which we got to put our leadership, problem-solving skills and teamwork to the test. We researched missions to Mars and recreated and solved some challenges they would have had to face.
During Activities Week at the end of last term, we had the opportunity to take part in some wilderness team building activities. These were based around the voyage of the explorer Ernest Shackleton, who led a team of men to the Antarctic. His experience was a great example to us of important leadership skills and also how all members of a team can contribute in different ways.