Head's Newsletter 13 July 2018

For this year’s excursion into the wilderness as part of the John Muir Discovery award, 40 boys ventured into deepest, darkest East Sussex. Two groups of intrepid explorers took the opportunity to engage with life outside of the confines of the busy inner city by engaging with the natural world in a variety of ways. The boys learnt how to respect the natural world along with developing the skills and values necessary for them to live in a community. The programme of activities encouraged genuine communication and taught skills to negotiate diversity in a healthy and respectful way. The students’ completion of all tasks was rewarded with the John Muir Discovery Award, encouraging young people to: discover a wild place; explore it; conserve it and share one’s experiences. Both groups leant how to build fires, shelters, carve items safely out of wood, cook outdoors and built on their communication and team building skills. These trips were very successful and I look forward to more successful John Muir award trips next year.