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.