trampoline centre with Year 8

At the beginning of the lesson the teacher explained to the group what they were going to be doing for outdoor ed and showed them a video of the rules for the trampoline centre. All of the pupils showed an interest in exploring the various obstacle courses. After the session we asked the pupils for their feedback on what game they were playing as a class and what they thought of the trampoline centre. One of the pupils said "who was the winner of tag" when another talked about how they were feeling "I am so sweaty, like look at me my head is dripping". The overall view of the activity was the pupils positive reactions of the experience saying "it was really fun but I kept slipping over it was so bouncy" and "I really liked the slide because I could go down it really fast that I felt like I was flying". Walking back to the minibus the pupils inquired if they could go back for another outdoor ed lesson.

Year 9 kayaking at Bartley Sailing Centre

At the start the pupils gathered together and was introduced to the instructor for their kayaking lesson. The instructor explained what the pupils were going to be doing and what clothing they would need to wear to keep themselves safe if they fell into the lake. Then the pupils got themselves all kitted up with a wet suit and life jacket. All of the pupils walked down to the kayak boards and watched as the instructor demonstrated how to hold the paddle correctly and how to position their boards into the water. The instructor asked the pupils to gather at the lake as they continued to show how the pupils would need to position their body and feet on the board. 

After all of the pupils picked up their boards and began to step into the lake. The pupils positioned their knees on the board first to help keep them balanced as well as using their left and right arms to move the paddle one side of the kayak to the other. As they went further out in the water some of the pupils had a go at standing on the board independently while they continued to move the paddle side to side to help turn themselves around when they wanted to go different directions. 

 

The pupils starting goal for the lesson was to kayak to the number 8 ball which was placed in the lake not far away from the shore. When the pupils began to become more confident they adventured off as a group to the edge of the lake. As they started to make their way back to shore the pupils had kayak competitions to see who could knock their peer off the board and into the water first and who could travel back to the shore the quickest. 

Before heading back to the minibus some of the pupils showed an interest in jumping into the lake along with staff members. 

 

Year 7B exploring scooters and skateboards at Creation

The pupils showed interest in going to Creation as throughout the minibus journey there, the pupils talked about if they wanted to go on a scooter or skateboard and described their knowledge of the tricks they could demonstrate when we got there. One pupil said "I will show you all how I can do a bunny hop so high in the air". As we got to Creation the pupils took it in turns to explore both the scooters and skateboards as one pupil enjoyed placing their bottom and feet onto the skateboard and seeing how fast they could travel down the ramps. One of the pupils said "I am really good on a skateboard" as they supported their peer who seemed a little less confident by demonstrating how to stand and balance on the skateboard saying "what you need to do is put your one foot in front of the other foot, why don't you just watch me". The pupils enjoyed having scooter competitions to see who could get to one end of the slopes to another the quickest. 

walk along Worcester Racecourse with Primary 2

The pupils showed an interest in exploring Worcester Racecourse before the Race for Life run or walk as the pupils wanted to investigate visually in person how far around the racecourse they would need to walk or run and where they will start and end which would be the grand stand. As we were walking the pupils enjoyed jumping over the puddles. Halfway along the pupils as a group showed an interest in skimming stones in the puddles to see how far they would travel. When we got to the Gheluvelt the pupils took it in turns to take part with the exercise equipment's. The pupils then worked together to push their peers on the big swing and climb along the obstacle course. 

Arrow Valley Park with Primary 3

The pupils enjoyed exploring Arrow Valley's park as they showed an interest as a group to play on the big metal tube slide. One of the pupils said "I bet I can make to the top of the slide before you can" to their peers. The pupils took it in turns to each climb to the top travelling up and down various steps and as they got to the top all of the pupils communicated with the staff members describing what speed they were going to be travelling "I am going to come down really fast like 10 miles per hour" as well as explaining what body part they were going to be using the move through the tube "I am coming down on my belly" and "I am going to slide down on my bottom and back like a turtle". One of the pupils looked down at the staff and said "this is my den, I am going to stay up here forever". The pupils also enjoyed bouncing on the small trampoline, seeing how high they could go on the swings competing in competitions with the staff and spinning around really fast on the merry go round or spinning tops. 

speedboating with Year 10/11

 

The teacher went through the lesson plan of travelling on two different speedboats, one where there is lever and steering wheel when the other one is for the pupils to steer the boat in various directions using the lever to control the engine at the back of the boat. The pupils each had a go at steering the engine boat following the directions supported by the teacher as they went along the lake either left or right, up and down or creating a circular motion in the waves. After we went inside to have lunch as the teacher explained to the pupils that they were going to go out in the second speedboat. When we got down to shore the teacher asked what skills the pupils could remember from last lesson with how to steer the boat. The pupils acknowledged the skills of having one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the lever at all times to explore the movements of neutral, forward and reverse. They took it in turns to showcase those skills.

climbing walls at Red Point with Year 8

The pupils showed an interest at going to Red Point to climb rock walls. 

When we got to Red Point all of the pupils got given appropriate footwear and were each harnessed up. The instructor went through the safety rules of how to climb the walls and how to get down. As we got to the first walls the instructor allocated the pupils with what jobs they were going to take on for example, one pupil would climb, another will hold the rope tied to their peer near the lever to help release them when they have decided they have climbing to where they felt comfortable and the third pupil will stand behind to hold the end of the rope as they pull symmetrically with the pupil who is holding the lever to support their peer up when they were climbing. The pupils each had a go at participating in the various roles. After the instructor guided the pupils over to the bouldering area. The instructor explained to the pupils what the bouldering area contained of for example; different height and sized rock walls as well as a variety of angled either vertical or horizontal. 

The instructor gave the pupils a challenge of putting themselves into pairs, climbing as high as they could and placing a toothbrush into a hole for their peer to try and reach to retrieve it. To finish off the lesson the pupils enjoyed climbing the variety of walls as they participated in a competition to see who could climb the highest. 

Year 9 speedboating along Bartley lake

The pupils enjoyed having a go at seeing how fast they could travel in the speedboat along the lake. The pupils showed an interest in creating the circular motions of a doughnut around the different coloured balls. After the teacher set all of the pupils a challenge of making the figure of 8 between the space of two balls which were close to one another. The teacher went first to demonstrate how the figure of 8 looks. After three of the pupils had a go at steering the wheel and moving the lever up and down to the various letters which associated to either neutral, reverse or forward on the speedboat as they began to create the shape of the figure of 8 in the waves individually or with teacher support. 

The other pupils stood on shore and shouted words of encouragement to their peers along with staff members such as one pupil said "wow they are going really fast" when another described an event that nearly occurred saying "oh my god I thought they were going to fall in, the boat nearly tipped". To finish off the lesson some of the pupils showed an interest in jumping into the lake. 

Year 7B climbing at Creation

The pupils gathered in a group as the teacher explained what the aim of the lesson was such as; for each of the pupils to give it a go at climbing and to take it in turns with their peers, and what the safety rules were for climbing the rock walls as well as how to land on the soft flooring correctly for example: when you start to loss your balance and fall, you just land on your bottom, this was followed up by an demonstration. All of the pupils enjoyed having a go at climbing to the top or as far as they felt comfortable as they also communicated with encouragement to one another to achieve the goal of climbing the different shaped and sized walls. 

team work with Year 7A at Hartlebury Common

As we got to Hartlebury Common the teacher explained about a new game they had invented using a football. The rules of the game was that all of the pupils had to stand around the football in a big circle with the ball in the middle for the purpose of the object being a bomb and as the teacher says go, they would need to run into the middle to grab the football or run away so they don't get caught. When a pupil had the football their role was to then go and chase their peers to get them out by throwing the ball towards their bodies. 

After they had finished playing the game a group of pupils played a two on two football game while one of the pupils enjoyed making a sandcastle using the wet sand and the decorating the castle with different sized stones.