Aim Higher students back from outdoor activities in the Lake District over half term

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35 students from Tower Hamlets College headed to Ullswater in the Lake District during half term week at the end of October for five days of outdoor activities designed to improve their team working and leadership skills. The students are part of the college’s Aim Higher programme which uses government funding to encourage and stimulate students with potential towards high academic achievement. The A Level and BTEC students took part in a wide variety of activities, ranging from kayaking to gorge scrambling, and spent two days on an expedition in the hills where they had to carry all of their own kit, cook using a camp fire and pitch a tent for the night. A Level student Rahida Khatun, 16, said “I had done something similar before but I was really keen to do it again. I didn’t know anyone else before I went and I have now made lots of new friends. Some of the activities, such as the expedition, were tough and you had to support each other just to get through it. It really helped us to become more confident with our decision and to be less nervous about meeting new people.” The college’s Aim Higher programme coordinator Kathryn Evans organised the trip and also felt it was a success. “The course really stretched them but taught them to push past what they thought were their physical and mental limitations. Some great friendships have been made and they all seem a lot more confident and ready to put their improved team and leadership skills into practice in the classroom.”