building a rope swing at Habberley Valley

Year 7A and 10 joined together for their outdoor education lesson with the Year 10 pupil taking on the responsibility of being teaching assistants. The pupils showed an interest in exploring Habberley Valley by finding sticks to support them as they walked or using the sticks for the activity of curling with one pupil saying "this is what they do when they want to move those bowls around, they wave the stick back and forth as it moves". As we were walking the teacher explained that they were going to be building a swing out of rope and a log for them to seat on. 

While the teacher was preparing the rope swing the pupils enjoyed walking to the top of the small cliff as a group by encouraging one another saying "hold my hand and I will pull you up" and "put one foot on the rock in front of you while you use the other foot to push yourself up". When they got to the top the pupils took it in turns to make their way back down by either running or rolling on their sides. After the rope swing was set up safely, the teacher explained the safety rule of wearing a helmet while they were on the swing to protect their heads if they fell off. Some of the pupils had a go at seeing how high they could reach with one pupil saying "I want to go really high that I touch that tall branch" when another pupil described how they were going to travel on the swing "I am going to be Tarzan".