A leader
is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
John C.
Maxwell
D1 & D2
Students attended a Leadership camp from 1-3 September 2017 admist the
beautiful hills of Yelagiri.
The purpose of
the camp was to build leadership competencies of preservance, team spirit,
collaboration and resilence amongst the students. Students had to stay in tents
and got an opportunity to overcome their fears of height and facing failure.The
camp encouraged the children to come out of their comfort zone and stretch
themselves beyond their potential.
The journey from
Bangalore to Yelagiri took 4-5 hours and
though it was tiring, students get an opportunity to bond and made new friends
.
Day 1 started with an
orientation of the camp rules and regulations. Students were divided into
groups of 4 and settled in their tents.After lunch each group had an activity
which included a Discovery Course, Crossing an acid river, Leadership Course
and Paint Ball.
The Discovery
course challenged the teams to overcome their own fears of height. Students had
to make their own precise judgement on
when to take the next step on the hanging ropes which were 100 feet above the ground to maintain a perfect
balance.It was overwheling to see that except for a few students all the others
challenged themselves and crossed level 5. Each child was competing amongst
themselves and streched his or her boundaries to ensure that they were able to
make to the top.
The Acid river
challenge taught the students to
strategise, collaborate and plan in difficult circumstances to come out with
flying colours. It was great to see mathematicians
making calculations, the Physicts applying the law of falcrum and lever to find
ways of placing wooden logs to cross the river.We were extremely happy to see
how students helped each other and were guiding their team to ensure that no
one fell into the river and all crossed and reached safely to the other side.
Patience, preservance and team work were the lessons
learnt .
The Leadership
course was the one of its kind where the 2 competing teams had to cross
obstacles like taking out a tyre from a deep ditch without touching it,
crossing a muddy terrain fillled with water through a bridge made of two
bamboos, climbing trees and rocks. The highlight of this activity was when
students had to make a raft out of few bamboo sticks and plastic bottles to
cross the water body. It was quite a
challenge but students worked in groups,
and created a raft that could take them across the water body.
Creativity,
innovation, team work, hard work and preservance were the lessons learnt.
Paint ball was a
fun activity but indirectly students were learning how to be focussed and to use their resources
effectively.
After a rigiours
day of activities students on day 1 watched a leadership movie which was
engrossing and had many take aways. On the second night students relaxed and
danced around the bonfire after completing another set of exciting and
challenging activities. . It was a perfect time for them to bond with their peers
and share their experiences .
The Leadership
camp reinforced the IB learner profile of being open-minded, risk-taker,
principled, caring, thinkers and inquirers. We all came back knowing each other
a bit more …. D1’s found role models in their seniors and the D2’s found new
friends in the new joinees
Overall a
memorable experience !
Manpreet kaur
DP Coordinator
