Author: Matt Foster

Royal Navy Team Building workshop

AGS welcomed the Royal Navy Engagement Team to work with groups of our S3 National PE & Senior Sports Development pupils.

The team provided practical challenges for pupils to complete/overcome. They included:

  • Planks & Pallets (get your team from one pallet to another by utilising planks and not touching the floor)
  • Walkers (operating as a team, synchronise walking rhythm to complete route)
  • Towers of Hanoi (puzzle – three towers with different sized discs. You cannot place a larger disc onto a smaller disc – move all the discs to tower 3)
  • Minefield (wearing blindfolds, the team moves a dummy through an obstacle course, whilst following orders from another team member)

These activities are designed to develop leadership, teamwork, communication and self-confidence – all with a bit of fun!!!

The team were also on hand to give presentations on Leadership/Team work, using our experiences gleaned in the Royal Navy.

The Navy aims to support Schools, Communities and Youth Groups by offering development opportunities for young people, and to raise the awareness of the Royal Navy. This is all part of the Royal Navy’s drive to better reflect the society which we serve and to genuinely demonstrate our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.

COUNTRYSIDE CLASSROOM ON WHEELS (CCOW)

AGS welcomed the Countryside Classroom on Wheels delivering a workshop in their purpose built, bio secure trailer designed to bring livestock, crop and feed samples to the school playground with the aim of introducing pupils to farming, food production and the countryside and raising awareness of the kinds of animals and plants raised on Scottish farms.

GRAHAM – Baird & ANCHOR Insight Visit

A group of AGS pupils had the opportunity to visit the Graham Construction project at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Monday the 13th of December, as an Insight visit into the construction industry.

They had a site visit of both the Baird Family Hospital & The Anchor Centre sites currently under construction and the biggest project of its kind currently underway in Scotland.

Two Graduate apprentices who left school to start their apprenticeships also highlighted the various key skills needed as well as routes into this industry the three main ones that they are involved in being:

  • Foundation Apprenticeships
  • Modern Apprenticeships 
  • Graduate Apprenticeships 

It was a very worthwhile visit with the different routes into the industry very well highlighted as well as highlighting construction as a lucrative opportunity should they choose to enter this line of employment in the future.  

Many thanks to Graham Construction for supporting the visit!

https://www.bairdanchor.org/