Getting muddy in the lakes! ... by Toby Spence


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Outdoor Learning and extra- curricular activities give a wonderful medium for living adventurously and getting outside the comfort zone. We have record numbers signing up for the Duke of Edinburgh award (at all levels) and for similar adventures such as World Challenge. More widely, as a school, I see us moving forward adventurously into the future. In an age of uncertainty and global instability I see it more important than ever to place life-skills at the core of our curriculum. Many schools will use a strapline of ‘Education for life’ and yet the proof of the pudding is in the tasting! So whilst we are investing this summer into a wide range of areas including physical developments to the Junior School, Science, Art and Food Technology departments, we are also reviewing our wider curriculum, further physical development and how we communicate what we do so well to the wider world. School Committee has given their backing to a ‘refreshed’ Strategic Plan for 2017 – 2020 which can be found on the school website. Ultimately, we aim to offer an outstanding Quaker education for the 21st century.


So, as pupils leave us for a well-earned summer break, the Sibford School community gathers itself for another year of living adventurously so that every one of the pupils who come through our doors will; ‘Let their lives speak’.


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Pupils in Years 5 and 6 got wet and muddy in the Lake District in May as part of their annual Activities Week.


They enjoyed a fabulous week of raft building, initiative tests in the woods, caving, kayaking, canoeing, abseiling, blue sliding and tacking obstacle courses. They also visited an aquarium. Head of Junior School Edward Rossiter said: “Being Sibford children the youngsters really got stuck in at everything they tackled. It was wonderful to see them living adventurously and conquering fears. They also managed to ensure that wherever there was mud or water they connected with it! Apologies to parents for the amount of washing that came home!”


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