Welcome to the Shell Life Skills Week Programme
Duke of Edinburgh Award: Bronze. For students not participating in DofE there will be volunteering opportunities.
Duke of Edinburgh Award: Bronze. For students not participating in DofE there will be volunteering opportunities.
A carousel of workshops: The Apprentice, Getting the best out of the gym, Get painting, Mastering the flatpack and effective leadership.
Ardingly College Life Skills Week
MONDAY
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
Bronze DofE Shell students will be completing their Qualifying Expedition in The South Downs, near Worthing, during Life Skills Week. They will depart school on Monday morning by coach and be dropped off at their starting points where they will begin to navigate their way to the campsite, hiking 14-18km depending on the route they have planned. The students will be navigating in their groups, meeting their assessors at designated checkpoints throughout the day. Students will be completely self-sufficient, carrying everything they need in their rucksacks and without the use of any technology. Students will cook their dinner on Trangia stoves and camp in tents overnight. In the morning, after cooking a hot meal for breakfast, students will depart the campsite and again navigate their way through their 14-18km hiking route to the finish point. They will get the coach back to school on Tuesday afternoon, nursing their blisters and look forward to a well-earned night in their own beds again.
TUESDAY
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze
Bronze DofE Shell students will be completing their Qualifying Expedition in The South Downs, near Worthing, during Life Skills Week. They will depart school on Monday morning by coach and be dropped off at their starting points where they will begin to navigate their way to the campsite, hiking 14-18km depending on the route they have planned. The students will be navigating in their groups, meeting their assessors at designated checkpoints throughout the day. Students will be completely self-sufficient, carrying everything they need in their rucksacks and without the use of any technology. Students will cook their dinner on Trangia stoves and camp in tents overnight. In the morning, after cooking a hot meal for breakfast, students will depart the campsite and again navigate their way through their 14-18km hiking route to the finish point. They will get the coach back to school on Tuesday afternoon, nursing their blisters and look forward to a well-earned night in their own beds again.
WEDNESDAY
Carousel - The Apprentice
This is a business competition where you get the chance to create some promotional materials such as posters, logos and radio jingles to encourage sales of a new product . You will work in teams and then present your ideas at the end to the business judges. There will be prizes for the best team and the best individual effort.
Carousel - Getting the Best out of the Gym
The gym is increasingly popular at the moment for young people and can have many positives impacts if used correctly. However, if pupils do not understand how and why to use the facilities the positive impact can be replaced with potentially negative physical and mental issues. The session will give pupils a better understanding of how to use the gym in a successful manner.
Carousel - Mastering the Flat Pack!
Have you ever seen your parents fighting with flat pack equipment, struggling to work out which piece goes where? Here is your opportunity to master this in your teenage years under the supervision of our maintenance team.
Carousel - Successful Leadership
This will be a collaborative session focussing on mindset and personal characteristics. How ideas such as being a ‘victor’ rather than a ‘victim’ and cheerfulness in the face of adversity can influence the way we live our lives, respond to different situations and subsequently help us achieve our own individual success in our current and later lives.
Carousel - Basic Financial Management
Developing a healthy relationship with money, can provide confidence and give security, when taking the first steps of independence. Learn the basics from the Finance team and get a head start!
Carousel - Supermarket Shopping on a Budget
Can you spot a bargain? Can you tell when it’s better to buy one rather than some? Learn some shopping secrets to outsmart the supermarkets in an hour!
Carousel - Minor Clothing Repairs
In this one off session you will get the opportunity to work with two of our house supervisors who will share the secrets of repairing your clothes.
Carousel - Bystander Training
In this session we will look at how your actions could support someone who is being bullied. Giving you tips on how you can support someone being bullied and role playing how that might work in a real life situation.
Carousel - How to Buy a Laptop/How to Diagnose Wifi Issues
Join our technology life skills event to learn how to avoid scams, protect your personal info—and master the art of choosing the perfect laptop for uni. Plus, unravel the secrets of strong passwords and outsmart phishing attempts!
Carousel - First Aid
An opportunity to work with the medical centre so you now how to react in a challenging situation.
Carousel - The Good Woman Workshop
Our popular immersive workshop for female students designed to empower you to find your true voice, be confident in your body, manage conflict and embodied experience, and encourage sisterhood. Join us to explore and challenge ideas of what makes a 'good woman' and to learn how to stand in your power. With Ms O'Neill Kaan, Ms Spink & Ms Gilmore Bailey.
Carousel - Forest School Project
Help to set up a large taulpaulin shelter for our pre-prep pupils - digging in wooden posts, concreting and hoisting the tarpaulin.
Pupils will work in small teams to construct and program robotic cars. Each car will undertake specific challenges: to drive under remote control, to drive remotely using only FPV and to drive completely autonomously to navigate a specific route. Driverless cars are your future. Embrace the next transportation revolution.
Celebrating Ardingly
This hour of entertainment brings the community together to celebrate some of the highlights of the academic year. We will be treated to an overview of dance, music, drama, poetry and more.