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The overall objective of the RoP programme is to facilitate the student’s personal development. The vocabulary that the programme will use to explore this concept are taken directly from the SPCC Student Profile. This allows both SPCC and the HGG instructors to ensure that all the learning experiences delivered to the students on the RoP programme are relevant to SPCC and its students and yet remain broad enough for individual students to realise incredibly personalised learning outcomes for themselves.
This term refers to the never-ending interaction of experiences and reflection on those experiences. It describes how we learn from our actions, and process that learning so that it may inform future decisions.
The programmes policy of “challenge by choice” ensures that whilst the programme encourages the students to push themselves physically, mentally and emotionally it does not push to far.
This phrase encapsulates the desire for the programme to include a wide range, or holistic set of challenges for students. ‘Heart’ refers to the social, emotional and spiritual challenge, ‘Hands’ to the physical, and ‘Head’ to the mental challenge.
Students get out of bed at 0600. They will then clean and tidy their dormitories before breakfast, which is served at 0700. For each meal the student activity groups will take it in turns to be “on duty”. This will require that group to prepare the dining room, help the kitchen staff serve the food, clear away the dishes and clean the tables after the meal. At approximately 0830 the students will start the day’s activities. These range from team building exercises and skill development sessions in the early stages of the programme to whole days of biking, abseiling or rock climbing in the later stages of the programme.
In the late afternoon there may be whole group debriefing sessions and a session of individual quiet reflective time called DEAR time (Drop Everything and Reflect). DEAR time is when students can complete their own personal journals. Dinner is served at 1830 every day. During the evenings the students will be engaged in less physical tasks and are often given free time to complete their clothes washing, play board games, complete their personal journals or simply go to bed early to ensure they are well rested. Lights out is at 2130 every evening.
During expeditions this daily routine is quite different as students will not stay at the residential camps. They will stay at campsites in the various national parks where these expeditions take place and routines will adapt and change as per the needs of the situation and group.