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"The Outdoor Education Department at MCHS is completely unique and offers huge potential to every student in the School". Have a look at the adventures Students and Staff have been getting up to! Get inspired by some fantastic photos and video clips and read comments left by us all! If you are interested and want to know more come and see us in the garage! Keep up to speed with the latest opportunities on the blog or on the notice board outside the garage.

Saturday, 12 November 2011

Year 7 - Day 3 - Canoe Rafting on Lake Windermere.

A lovely day on Lake Windermere with our present year 7 group. Intending to sail oppies but the wind just did not fill in so we decided to do some canoe rafting and had a lovely paddle down the lake to a little island for lunch.

The A-Team....paddled fantastic all day.
The B-team who toward the end of the day found their rhythm and pushed the A-Team all the way back in a race to the beach to a final draw.

Cheers all around from the A-team.
Lunch time on the island.
Some well earned food before some games of camouflage...and some excellent hiding places...
An the final reward of a nice dip in the lovely cold lake...
Excellent jump Charlottie :o)



SPLASH.....who is that under there then!!!
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Keen Caving - Great Douk, High Douk Holes and Hardrawkin Pot - 9th Nov

An excellent day with a group of super keen Cavers. 

I offered this group the day as a reward for all there hard work in raising money for the OE department during the 3 peaks walk.

Entering Gt Douk



Starting the long wet crawl in Gt Douk


Emerging from the crawl - well done guys, that's hard work!!






 Exiting Gt Douk



Exiting High Douk Holes


Some smashing cave features in Hardrawkin Pot






Well done guys!!
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Kayaking - Rive Lune - 7th Nov - Year 7 - Day 2

An excellent day on the Lune in wintry conditions - Well done!!

We worked on mastering skills for the BCU 'paddle power award'.  Everyone did really well to achieve the award.


Well done for paddling so hard on our journey down the river!





Playing the very silly 'evolution game'.  working on manoeuvring our boats, forwards, backwards and sideways!




Next Activity day Thursday 10th Nov.
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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

A Level Climbing - 7th November

Photos not in order!

Kayleigh demonstrating great technique!



Warming up, 'bouldering'.

Practicing equalizing anchors for bottom rope belay systems.


Rigging equalized anchors for a bottom rope system.

Tieing a re-woven figure of eight.
Sound belay technique with a cheesy grin!

Climbing a variety of harder graded routes using the belays that the students set up!









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