C Project gets positive write up in East Lothian Courier

More great publicity for C Project and Musselburgh Grammar School. Article from the East Lothian Courier duplicated below:

EIGHT Musselburgh Grammar School students are the first in Scotland to take part in a new, adventurous education project designed to improve self-confidence.

The pilot scheme, entitled ‘C Project’, gives 14 and 15-year-olds the chance to try challenging activities – such as abseiling, rock climbing, canoeing, cliff jumping, hiking, mountain biking, bushcraft and archery – at a range of locations both county-wide and nationally, in a bid to develop self-esteem.

Organisers chose Musselburgh Grammar School to test-run the scheme because of the enthusiasm of depute headteacher Ollie Bray.

The 14-month programme, transported to Scotland following successful beginnings in New Zealand – where more than 15,000 students have already taken part – has three stages: ‘wilderness adventure’, ‘community challenge’ and ‘C Project mentoring’.

The first encourages youngsters to confront their fears through adreneline-fuelled pursuits, while the ‘community challenge’ segment will educate students on what sporting, recreational and cultural facilities are available to them locally. Participants then learn goal-setting skills through 10 months of one-to-one mentoring sessions.

C Project co-ordinator, Michael Wilson, explained that pupils were chosen because they lacked confidence and not on the basis of their economic background.

However, on this occasion, due to time constraints, a group of Musselburgh pupils had been selected because of their availability over the summer break.

Pupils will graduate from the first stage of the programme tomorrow (Saturday 23rd August). 

Comments

[Mhairi]

hey

the c project wilderness adventure was amazing!!!!

thanks for setting it up for us

can't wait to see what happens over the next year

[OllieBray]

Dear Mhairi, I am so pleased that you enjoyed the first stage of C project. It was great to see you all again yesterday and I really am looking forward to finding out about more of your adventures. OB

[Gemma]

Hey, thanks for helping organise c-project as it has been an awesome experience!!

I would fully recommend to future c-project adventurers :)

[OllieBray]

Gemma,

Working on this project was an absolute pleasure and I'm really looking forward to how things develop over the next two stages.

We will be calling on your help to help spread the word and to evaluate the programme. I hope that you up for this?

OB

[Bill]

Yes a great project model. This could have further influence throughout all schools in East Lothian. A huge scaling-up potential.Congratulations to the graduates on the first-phase. Perhaps a blog of their activity produced by the graduates?

[OllieBray]

Thanks Bill - Great idea about the Blog or trying to create some sort of expedition report. I will pass on your congratulations to the team. See you soon. Ollie

[Alan Coady]

These fantastic sounding adventures will be unforgettable and life changing.