Outdoor Pursuits
- The D of E scheme is enormously popular amongst the Senior School pupils; many achieve the Gold Award. There is a huge amount of support available to any pupil wishing to partake in this scheme and there are several members of staff who take groups camping as part of their D of E course.
- Terriers is a course for the Third Form that introduces them to many outdoor skills. They learn to read maps, erect tents, hike, climb, canoe etc. The culmination of this course is a week spent in the school's cottage in Snowdonia when in Shell Form where all of these skills are put to use.
- The Mountain Club is a purely recreational society co-run by staff and older pupils. Trips are organised to parts of the country in order that a day or two of hiking may be enjoyed.
- There is, biennially, what can only be described as an 'expedition to a particularly inhospitable region'. Pupils and teachers have the opportunity to travel to places such as Tibet, Nepal, Peru and Chile for the purposes of trekking in and the exploration of distant mountainous regions. For summer 2009, a trip is planned to the Ladakh region of northern India.
- Skiing is popular and there is a trip each year, usually to The French Alps for the three sections of the Senior School.
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