Plymouth College



Welcome to Plymouth College Outdoor Education Blog. Here we will show the vast variety of activities we offer to students throughout the year including Ten Tors, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Overseas Expeditions, Scuba Diving, Sailing, Paddlesport, Rock Climbing and Mountaineering, Mountain Biking, Power Kiting and much more.

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Thursday 31 January 2013

Bronze NNAS






Out on Dartmoor again with the Adventure students. Durting the day, they all lead a leg and following some theory questions back at school, passed the NNAS Bronze award.

Thursday 24 January 2013

Dartmoor Nav 2





Wow. What a day, blue sky, cold, clear and icy. Today we took Tuesday's skills forward and discovered new methods of navigating including Handrails, Aiming off and Attack Points.

Tuesday 22 January 2013

Navigation Training


The Adventure Bac students headed out onto Dartmoor today with Mr Starks and Miss Lindsey for some navigation training in the snow that was left. The idea for today was to look at recognising features such as cairns, huts circles and cists as well as spurs and contours.

Sunday 20 January 2013

Ten Tors Training





Today 2 x 35 mile and 2 x 55 mile teams were out on the moor enjoying the snow and ice and getting some fitness training/weight carrying practice in.

Thursday 17 January 2013

The Outdoor Adventure Show





The Adventure Bac students teamed up with Marjons for a day at the Outdoor Adventure Shoe in London. A very long day out but worth the trip as amongst other things, they got to try out mixed/ice climbing on the artificial wall and also made their own carabiner at the DMM stand.

Wednesday 16 January 2013

Life Centre Climbing





Today, VI Form climbing went to the Plymouth Lifecentre for 2 hours of bouldering and roped climbing.

Thursday 10 January 2013

Sea Kayaking in Plymouth Sound

The Adventure Bac students headed out into Jennycliff bay for an introduction into sea paddling. As a result of this they have completed their 2 Star Paddlesport Award.

Apologies, no pictures today