Island Adventure for Y9

Our new Y9 spent a night on Shiplake College’s own island in the Thames, Lynch Island, which provided a great bonding experience. Along with Mr Brownley early Thursday evening, after lessons and games, the boys were ferried across to the island. In groups of three the boys were given the task of devising a shelter for the night using two pieces of canvass, ropes, tent-pegs and the island’s abundant supply of trees and shrubs. After the shelters had been constructed the boys cooked their supper and sang camp-fire songs. They were lucky with the weather, the rain held off until just as dawn broke, they were woken by the sound of rain splattering on their canvas but the improvised shelters did their job and kept the boys dry.