The Power of Outdoor Education
Frensham Heights? Head Andrew Fisher ruminates on how outdoor education positively affected his own leadership style and his hopes to replicate the same for his students
Over the final week of January in the cold Surrey Hills, I took to the outdoors and camped in several unusual places around the school campus: hidden in the woods, right next to the car park, high on an exposed side of the theatre and in a suspended tent dangling from the high ropes course. Why" To raise awareness and funds for a local charity, but on a higher level, to show that taking risks to support others is a great life lesson. Modelling behaviours, even those that are slightly more extreme, is one of the best ways to influence young people. Teaching is so much more than the ?in classroom? experience and outdoor education has always been an essential part of my life and educational career. So, my winter camping challenge was not just a personal adventure. By grabbing people?s attention, raising the profile of the school charity (Guildford-based charity The Fountain Centre) and raising over £10,000 in the process, I hope I have appealed to the imagination and intuition of my students and shown that leading comes in all shapes and sizes. Frensham Heights tent on the Knoydart Peninsula in the Scottish Highlands.
My lifelong love of outdoor education began in 1977 when I attended Timbertop; Geelong Grammar?s year long outdoor centre in the Victorian highlands of Australia. Timbertop was established ...
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