rock climbing at Creation with Year 10

At the start of the session the pupils were introduced to the instructor who explained what the safety rules were for climbing the rock walls. They demonstrated how to put the harness on correctly, where and how the rope was going to be clipped so they could start their journey of exploring the walls as well as explaining how to get down such as when they got to a height they felt comfortable to stop at, they would need to just let go of the rocks and their bodies would slide down. The pupils enjoyed climbing a variety of rock walls at different heights. The pupils and staff members took it in turns have a go at seeing how high they could reach. When they had achieved one height the pupils showed an interest in moving onto the next one as they pushed themselves to climb higher at more difficult stages. 

skateboards and scooters or climbing walls with Year 7B at Creation

At the start of the lesson the teacher gave the pupils the option of either exploring the skate park with the scooters and skateboards or climbing the rock walls. The pupils put themselves into two groups with half of the group showing an interest in exploring the skate park when three of the pupil's chose to do the climbing walls. The teacher went with the three pupils when two staff members went with the pupils to skate board and scoot along various sized ramps. The pupils enjoyed taking part in seeing who could travel down the ramps to the end of the runway the quickest. The pupils also took it in turns to share the equipment with one pupil demonstrating tricks on the scooters while their peer tried to see how fast they could go on their bottom on the skate board. One of the pupils explained that they have "a skateboard at home but it has broken so I need to buy a new one, it is because one of the four wheels has fallen off so I just keep tipping over onto my left side". 

While the pupil's were exploring the skate park three of the pupils went to climb different size and height rock walls which progressed to more challenging circuits. Later one of the pupils then showed an interest in going on a scooter in the skate park with the other half of the class. As they got a scooter we asked the pupil's feedback on how it was climbing. They explained that the teacher went through "the safety rules of how to climb the walls safely as there was one wall that went uphill, it was like you were on your side so we kept falling off" and then continued to talk about how the teacher began to teach them "how to place our feet and hands on the rock to try and find grip which he said would help us to balance ourselves" and after the pupil said that they took it in turns to try and reach the top of the walls. 

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 exploring the sights of Habberley Valley

The pupils enjoyed walking around Habberley Valley as we found a spot in the sunshine and made the decision to stay and began to sit down on the grass or little humps in the rocks with the encouragement of using their imagination to sun bathe. The pupils then chose to walk to the top of the small cliffs as they talked about the weather and what they could see such as one pupil explained that the weather "in America they get a lot more sun than we do, that's why I would like to go and live there" and another described the colour of the sky as "it's blue with no clouds they have all disappeared". 

Sandstone Scribing, Dog Walking, Rock Exploring, and Rope Swinging

Classes have recently done some Sandstone Scribing, Dog Walking, Rock Exploring, and Rope Swinging this term.

       

                        Quote of the day:                                            Quote of the day: 

         "I'm writing riversides and everyone has to find it"    "Florence is so soft and fluffy"

Quote of the day:

                                            "Won't Kathryn break the rope swing"