Sessions and Lessons, Lessons and Sessions!

T-25 Days!!

As part of my fundrasing activities I've spent the last few weeks working with the younger students Queen's Park High and Blacon High. At Blacon, after doing an assembly to all of lower school (Years 7, 8 and 9), I have taught Year 7 Geography classes on Navigation and Charts, following on from their mapping lessons. We looked at GPS and positioning, as well as some of the symbols used. I was really impressed with how the kids got involved and with all the questions they had! I'm still not considering a careeer in teaching though.

With Queen's Park I organised two Sailing Taster Sessions for the year 7s and 8s. The first session began with a promise of rain but we were lucky it held off. There was plenty of wind on the river and with 5 boats on the water they were quickly racing each other around. All the instructors at the club who helped out were impressed with how quickly everybody picked it up! There was only one capsize and everybody came off the water smiling! The second session the following week was another great success with all 12 places filled and all the boats used! Some people came back for a second time and they sailed further up river and practised some more advanced techniques. The other group got to grips with the basics straight away and were quickly chasing each other across the river. It was really great to get the kids out on the water and see how much fun they had, but of course it wouldn't have been possible without the help and support of everyone at the Sailing Club and the Staff in School.

My bag is now mostly packed and HUGE! Not quite on the weight limmit but still got a few last minute essentials to get in! The good news is I can still lift it... just! x x x