CAS trip to Wales

The Activities Department, in conjunction with the Woodlands Outdoor Education centre in Glasbury on Wye, Wales offered a week long programme of outdoor activities. IB students have to complete a comprehensive programme of actitvities as part of the Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) element of the IB Diploma.

Students participated in the following activities:

Sunday - high wire assault
Monday - gorge walking, rock climbing, abseiling, night time walk
Tuesday - kayaking, caving and problem solving
Wednesday - mountain walk and orienteering
Thursday - high rope challenge and shelter building
Friday - pony trekking
Saturday - Brecon National Park conservation day.

The programme focussed on four areas of personal development

• self awareness
• interaction with others
• communication
• responsibility

The seventeen students who took part were from Azerbaijan, China, Canada, Germany, Norway, Russia and the UK.

More photographs of the week's activities can be found in our picture gallery.