The Hallifordian - 2016-2017

66 Helena Baglin, Year 12 Sam Holland, Gareth Hart, Matthew Alexander, Helena Baglin and Alexander Muir, New Forest, June 2017. had the elements of any regular obstacle course. However, that very changed a great deal as we were told we had to crawl through mud. I say crawl but we were nearly submerged into the mud so a more adequate word may be swim. Now, thoroughly cov- ered in mud, the teams finished the obstacle course much to the teachers’ amusement. Day two saw us freshly groomed and ready for action. Two groups still had to do the high rope activity. This activity consisted of four people climbing a pole and then standing on top of a small platform (which definitely was not for four peo- ple). This was the easy part. They then had to hold hands and tried to lean off the platform. Backwards. Sounds easy right? Over the next three hours I wit- nessed more people dangling among the trees than in your average Tarzan movie. Now, you may ask, were the leadership as- pect of the course? This came in the form of differ- ent talks discussing what qualities make a good or a bad leader and what being a leader means. These talks were held in order for us (the students) to better understand what being leadership involves. Looking past the mud, I feel as the though these activities have accomplished what they set out to achieve and resulted in a developmental experi- ence. Kerush Ali, Year 12