A Night of Fun and Adventure for Pupils at Northbourne Park School

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Over two weekends in May, Senior and Intermediate pupils from Northbourne Park School took part in the school’s unique annual Leadership Northbourne-Park-Senior-Camp-2016 017Camp programme. They enjoyed a successful and exciting overnight survival experience camping out in their very own survival shelters in the school’s woods.

Throughout the year, both Senior and Intermediate pupils work together in small teams designing and building their own survival shelters from the woodland around them. This gives the children a fantastic opportunity to have fun, learn new skills and work as a team, and most of all, thoroughly testing their shelters by sleeping out and sheltering from the elements all night.

Intermediate-overnight-camp-Northbourne-Park-School-2016 153This year the Senior camp was based around puzzle solving which tested the children both physically and mentally and most of all having great fun, while the Intermediate camp focussed on fun team building activities. Children on both camps had the opportunity to demonstrate what they had learnt in the Leadership lessons during the year by lighting their campfires, along with preparing and cooking dinner and a hearty breakfast.

The Senior camp concluded on the Sunday morning with the school Chaplain holding a Sylvan Service of communion for all the children and their families.

Head of Outdoor Education Priscilla Smith “If you could distil the essence of childhood into a single activity, it would probably be den building. This is possibly one of the most popular activities at Northbourne Park School as it gives children one of the most exciting nights of their childhood and gives them great memories to remember forever.”

 

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