especially Sarah-Jane Revell and Jasmine Selmanwho started thedayas inexperienced
to track prey or even a person! The food section focused on traps which the cadets
cyclists, but by the end of the morning were whizzing up and down some very challenging slopes; huge credit to the patience and
then had to copy to great success; a real challenge. The fire and shelter stands were well-received
‘With the CCF growing from strength to strength we can only see it improve the lives of our pupils and help them to grow in confidence’
and many cadets came away with a huge sense of accomplishment at having been able to learn new skills. The new academic year has seen a record number of pupils remain in the cadets for the opportunities it offers outside the usual school day and the recent cohort of year 9’s can barely contain their enthusiasm in the compulsory Wednesday activity slot, the CCF advanced club on a Friday has had to be extended and extra staff brought in due to its popularity. With the CCF growing from strength to strength we can only see it improve the lives of our pupils and help them to grow in confidence and take all the opportunities life in the cadets has to offer. Major Hill, Contingent Commander
skills of the cadet training team instructors. Those more skillful cadets and a very excited Contingent Commander Major Hill were then guided to some brilliant spots and able to let loose much to their joy. The afternoon was on the water and was a good blend of challenge and fun by the cadets stand up paddle boarding, kayaking and raft building. Much fun was had jumping in and racing on Hawley Lake. The last day was a round robin of survival skills, this was led by ever reliable Gurkhas in the cadet training team. Survival is generally broken down into 4 sections: shelter, water, food and fire. This was bolstered up with a very engaging tracking section which worked on micro-observations and how
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