Form 5 in Aberdovey

Form 5, with Mmes Cook and Hunzinger and Ms Ballantyne, arrived at the Outward Bound centre in in Aberdovey a bit later than predicted, due to a wrong turning near Birmingham (!) but soon settled in and enjoyed an evening of team building exercises involving various leaps and heights. Saturday saw all three groups take to the mountains for a hike and scramble. The force 9 gale necessitated lying flat on the mountainside at one point, but pupils coped brilliantly with both this and the freezing rain! It’s no coincidence that the theme for the weekend was ‘resilience’ and the pupils demonstrated almost limitless reserves of this life skill. Their teachers took note and are already identifying potential prefects and Head Boy and Girl!  The day was concluded with an evening camp fire where pupils cooked mussels gathered on the beach during the hike.
Sunday was the highlight of the weekend with the notorious jetty jump being attempted by nearly all pupils and even some staff!  After a well-deserved ice-cream, a packed coach set off home, only to break down within the hour!  Transport gremlins aside, it was a great weekend; plenty of fun was had and pupils’ resilience and stamina were tested to the maximum.