Children need to learn risk - chuck them on a mountain!
Discussion
Nick Grant said:
My son's nursery teaches kids risk. He's five now and knows how to use a knife to whittle, start fires, use a saw and all sorts of stuff 
They spend nearly all day outside in all weathers. Problem is he starts school this year and that will be a culture shock being sat in a classroom all day.
my younger sister helps out with a nursery that works that way from time to time,the secret garden near letham i think it is called.,they are outside every day of the year the kids are there.they have a great time They spend nearly all day outside in all weathers. Problem is he starts school this year and that will be a culture shock being sat in a classroom all day. PugwasHDJ80 said:
That sounds great- where is that? I'd be well up for that.
I had a gapyear at a fairly famous swiss school for rather well off children (mostly children of multi mutil millionaires and Billionaires).
Every weekend they used to give the kids tents and send them out across the country on the train completely unaccompanied to camp up a mountain. I never knew anything go wrong!
Scotland but it's based on a Norwegian model for preschoolers. His cousin lives in Norway and does the same stuff. I think it's great and they need to carry it on to schools.I had a gapyear at a fairly famous swiss school for rather well off children (mostly children of multi mutil millionaires and Billionaires).
Every weekend they used to give the kids tents and send them out across the country on the train completely unaccompanied to camp up a mountain. I never knew anything go wrong!
PugwasHDJ80 said:
I had a gapyear at a fairly famous swiss school for rather well off children (mostly children of multi mutil millionaires and Billionaires).
Every weekend they used to give the kids tents and send them out across the country on the train completely unaccompanied to camp up a mountain. I never knew anything go wrong!
At the risk of being identified as chippy again, I think if you go to a Swiss finishing school lots of lifes real little risks will pass you by...Every weekend they used to give the kids tents and send them out across the country on the train completely unaccompanied to camp up a mountain. I never knew anything go wrong!
Gaz. said:
The Scout movement is still available at a small quarterly charge to take kids outside and away from the internet and video games.
I was just going to post the same. My 12 year old has done so much through the Scout Group - camps, archery, air rifles, raft building. All proper stuff. Last Saturday they had a 24 hour camp. Divided into fours they prepared a fire, slung hammocks between trees and then spent the night under the stars, after a torch assisted loon around the woods of course! 
Gaz. said:
RicksAlfas said:
I was just going to post the same. My 12 year old has done so much through the Scout Group - camps, archery, air rifles, raft building. All proper stuff. Last Saturday they had a 24 hour camp. Divided into fours they prepared a fire, slung hammocks between trees and then spent the night under the stars, after a torch assisted loon around the woods of course!
Do you remember that big f
k off thunderstorm we had about a month ago? My 8 year old lad was in a patrol tent during it.It constantly amazes me how few children from our local school do anything with the local Scouts, 20 years ago there were waiting lists to get in.
TheChampers said:
Gaz. said:
RicksAlfas said:
I was just going to post the same. My 12 year old has done so much through the Scout Group - camps, archery, air rifles, raft building. All proper stuff. Last Saturday they had a 24 hour camp. Divided into fours they prepared a fire, slung hammocks between trees and then spent the night under the stars, after a torch assisted loon around the woods of course!
Do you remember that big fk off thunderstorm we had about a month ago? My 8 year old lad was in a patrol tent during it.It constantly amazes me how few children from our local school do anything with the local Scouts, 20 years ago there were waiting lists to get in.
My wife is GSL at the local group and they have waiting lists for every section.
My lad has progressed from Beavers all the way to Explorers. He's currently at the World Scout Jamboree in Japan, a once in a lifetime opportunity.
My daughter is in Scouts and is away for the Troop's annual summer camp doing all sorts of activities.
Down in the South West, a lot of schools and youth groups do the Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor every May. It's organised by the Army and the route depend on age & varies from 35 to 55 miles.
It has a different climate up there and even on a fine July day it'll likely be cold and windy. In May it can be nice, or it can be atrocious. They've had to pull people off some years because the risk of exposure is very real. One girl drowned a few years ago IIRC.
It has a different climate up there and even on a fine July day it'll likely be cold and windy. In May it can be nice, or it can be atrocious. They've had to pull people off some years because the risk of exposure is very real. One girl drowned a few years ago IIRC.
Beati Dogu said:
Down in the South West, a lot of schools and youth groups do the Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor every May. It's organised by the Army and the route depend on age & varies from 35 to 55 miles.
It has a different climate up there and even on a fine July day it'll likely be cold and windy. In May it can be nice, or it can be atrocious. They've had to pull people off some years because the risk of exposure is very real. One girl drowned a few years ago IIRC.
Kids have got heat exhaustion doing Ten Tors too.It has a different climate up there and even on a fine July day it'll likely be cold and windy. In May it can be nice, or it can be atrocious. They've had to pull people off some years because the risk of exposure is very real. One girl drowned a few years ago IIRC.
carinaman said:
Beati Dogu said:
Down in the South West, a lot of schools and youth groups do the Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor every May. It's organised by the Army and the route depend on age & varies from 35 to 55 miles.
It has a different climate up there and even on a fine July day it'll likely be cold and windy. In May it can be nice, or it can be atrocious. They've had to pull people off some years because the risk of exposure is very real. One girl drowned a few years ago IIRC.
Kids have got heat exhaustion doing Ten Tors too.It has a different climate up there and even on a fine July day it'll likely be cold and windy. In May it can be nice, or it can be atrocious. They've had to pull people off some years because the risk of exposure is very real. One girl drowned a few years ago IIRC.
15 years later I'm still recovering
Gaz. said:
Do you remember that big fk off thunderstorm we had about a month ago? My 8 year old lad was in a patrol tent during it.
It constantly amazes me how few children from our local school do anything with the local Scouts, 20 years ago there were waiting lists to get in.
I remember that thunderstorm thinking I'm glad my lad isn't camping in it!k off thunderstorm we had about a month ago? My 8 year old lad was in a patrol tent during it.It constantly amazes me how few children from our local school do anything with the local Scouts, 20 years ago there were waiting lists to get in.
As another poster mentioned above all our sections are oversubscribed which is a shame, but also shows we are doing something right at the same time. A lot depends on how active the Group is, how good the leaders are, and if you get any help from parents!
carinaman said:
There was much hand wringing from BRAKE! the other week about how casualities on the roads have gone up.
What - you mean despite ever more speed cameras and the wholesale reduction in limits.....casualties have gone up? It almost suggests speed(ing) may not be the root cause of the majority of accidents doesn't it?
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