Head's Newsletter 21 June 2019

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 the natural world in a variety of ways. The boys learnt how to respect the natural world, taking and giving in return, along with developing the skills and values necessary for them to live in a community. The boys went on a day woodland trip learning the basic skills, followed up by a weekend camp trip where these skills were used in a practical basis. Both groups leant how to build fires, shelters, carve items safely out of wood and built on their communication and team building skills. The students’ completion of all tasks was rewarded with the John Muir Discovery Award. These trips were very successful and I look forward to next year’s John Muir trips.