Report by M. Pegard
The first week after the Christmas holiday, we took a group of S4 pupils to join other North Lanarkshire schools for an Outward Bound experience by Loch Eil. It was quite a challenge at first for most of our pupils as they were organised into clans with students from other schools they had never met before.
For the whole week, they shared their dorm, their activities and their successes. Very quickly, all the pupils bonded within their clans as they got to know each other. This is partly thanks to the excellent instructors who looked after them during the day and who were great at motivating them through all the challenges.
Our pupils got to face their fear of height, to go on tiring day-long hikes by Ben Nevis and even to plunge into the freezing Loch Eil!
By the end of the week, everyone had a smile on their face; absolutely exhausted but delighted to have achieved more than they had though themselves able to and also to have made new friends and, no doubt, long-lasting memories.
