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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Friday, 29 January 2016

Was it wet?









Silver DofE navigation training was a bit on the soggy side this afternoon

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Dart Rock Climbing

                            Dart Rock Climbing 











In preparation for our lesson with the younger students, today's experience at indoor climbing was quite entertaining and productive. We concentrated on enhancing our coaching skills in the direction of creating warm-up games and activities designed to involve various climbing techniques. Such techniques included traversing, matching, bouldering and many more. It was interesting to observe the creativity and versatility of the pupils in regards to creating games and adapting for increased performance/involvement. In addition, it was with admiration that we noted the clear progression of each individual's confidence and capability in areas of both personal and coaching work. Thus, we look forward to the oncoming weeks and the continuous improvement of the students of Plymouth College. 

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Big day out caving today














A great but muddy day underground visiting Devon's finest. We managed both Pridhamseligh and Bakers. A full rich day

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Second years indoor climbing refresher





ahead of their led session for year 7&8's the second year BTEC students had their first refresher for climbing, which went well and we were able to move beyond the basics and look a bit more in depth at movement skills.

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Explorers underground trip.







Excellent afternoon in Bakers Pit exploring and climbing through a new cave to the students.