The Queen’s College Outdoor Education Scholarship
The Outdoor Education Scholarship Programme aims to provide: Q Specialist coaching in a wide range of outdoor activities. Q The opportunity to gain a range of national governing body awards in activities such as paddle sport, climbing and sailing (both personal proficiency and coaching). Q A mentoring programme giving access to specialist coaches as well as local clubs. Q Access to national performance pathways in both canoe polo and climbing. Q Opportunities to develop coaching skills in a range of outdoor activities. Q Enhanced access to domestic and overseas outdoor expeditions.
Queen’s College is a centre of excellence for Outdoor Education. It is embedded into the curriculum and Co-Curriculum throughout the Prep and Senior Schools. We see Outdoor Education as an umbrella term to describe a wide range of learning in the outdoors. This includes adventure education and outdoor pursuits, personal and social development and environmental awareness. Queen’s embraces all of these key areas in producing a programme that fosters leadership, teamwork and communication skills as well as enhancing pupil’s health and wellbeing. We aim to instil an appreciation of the environment around us and enable pupils to challenge themselves and learn to manage risk in order to help develop resilience and initiative. There is a wide range of different activities on offer as well as residential (domestic & overseas) expeditions and links to Outdoor and development training centres in the local area.
Requirements Outdoor Education scholars are expected to be fully involved in the outdoor programme at school. They will act as role models around school and will show enthusiasm, teamwork, resilience, leadership and initiative when engaged in outdoor activities. They will also be expected to help enthuse their peer group as well as younger members of the Queen’s community as outdoor ambassadors.
Assessment Applicants will be expected to provide an Outdoor CV / diary outlining their experience of outdoor activities including: type of outdoor activity, approximate dates, venues, details of activity. Applicants will then have an opportunity to demonstrate their ability in a kayak or on a climbing wall (if this is one of their specialisms). All Applicants will also be interviewed by the Head of Outdoor Education who will assess their personality as well as attitude and aptitude towards the outdoors. Applicants will be required to give a short presentation on an outdoor experience that has inspired them.
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