Luke\’s RMPS Blog

I’ve just returned from a fantastic Educational Excursion to the South of France with a group of S2 pupils. We travelled with PGL and stayed at two resorts. The first resort was Domaine de Segries closely located to the nearby the Ardeche Valley. Here we canoed down the Ardeche for three days, allowing the pupils to achieve their one star canoeing award. We then travelled to Club Mimosa, a PGL centre near the Mediterranean specialising in water sports. Throughout our stay here we had the opportunity to windsurf, snorkel, body board, as well as being offered the chance to complete our star sailing qualification with the RYA. During the evenings PGL staff entertained pupils with a range of games and activities, before accompanying them to the disco. I thoroughly recommend this trip to any schools thinking about taking pupils abroad; not only is it great fun, pupils walk away with two highly regarded outdoor qualifications.

Knox Academy has relaunched Duke of Edinburgh. The Broze Award is being piloted with a group of six S3 pupils. Pupils who are participating had to complete an application form and write a personal statement before they were entered into the award. All involved seem to be really enthusiastic, and personally I’m looking forward to the challenge - I’ve even volunteered to assist with Kayaking Club + enrolled myself into the Gold Award. If anyone has any good routes for use on the award please let me know.