Private School News

Year 9 camping challenge at Shiplake College

Selecting a spot amongst the nettles and flourishing vegetation to settle down for the night on Shiplake College’s very own mid-Thames Island has presented a challenge for Year 9 pupils this term.

Every House has taken the opportunity to bed down for the night after Mr Foakes has transported them across the river in his narrow-boat. With just tarpaulins and string boys have had to use their engineering skills and imagination to create a shelter that will keep them dry and warm for their overnight stay.

Cooking supper, sausages, loins of pork and jacket potatoes, on a BBQ is also part of the survival exercise. As the light fades the boys sit around the camp fires. Sometimes they chat, occasionally they sing but often they like to revive the age-old art of story-telling. Then next morning it is back to school for a shower and breakfast.