Upper School Outdoor Education and Learning
At Stone Hill School, we provide a high-quality outdoor education programme.
As a result, we see young people who:
- Enjoy participating in outdoor activities and adopt a positive attitude to challenge and adventure.
- Are gaining personal confidence and self-esteem through taking on challenges and achieving success.
- Are developing their self-awareness and social skills, and their appreciation of the contributions and achievements of themselves and of others.
- Are becoming alive to the natural environment and understand the importance of conservation and sustainable development.
- Are acquiring and developing a range of skills in outdoor activities, expeditions and exploration.
- Are demonstrating increased initiative, self-reliance, responsibility, perseverance and commitment.
- Are developing and extending their key skills of communication, problem solving, leadership and teamwork.
- Are learning to appreciate the benefits of physical fitness and the lifelong value of participation in healthy leisure activities.
- Are displaying an increased motivation and appetite for learning that is contributing to raised levels of attainment in other aspects of their education.
- Are broadening their horizons and becoming open to a wider range of employment opportunities and life chances.
(Outcomes adopted from ‘High Quality Outdoor Education’ publication)
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