From extreme rock-pooling to body boarding Oasis Academy Warndon pupils in Worcester enjoyed their residential

The academy has been running the residential for three years now. Each year the majority of the Year 6 student travel to the YHA Broadhaven in Pembrokeshire, don their wetsuits and outdoor gear and participate in a wide range of ambitious activities.

This year activities included body-boarding, rock-climbing, extreme rock-pooling and the adrenaline-pumping coasteering - an exhilarating combination of climbing, jumping and swimming along a rocky coastline.

This year the academy has had a huge focus on character development and during the residential the instructors commented that the children had a noticeable peer respect and care for each other.

By the end of the trip, they had highlighted two pupils and awarded them instructor t-shirts for the empathy and resilience they showed in supporting and encouraging their fellow pupils. This is an unprecedented move for the company, who deliver these residential activities across the UK.

Leah Barton and Harley Bell, aged 11, were both chosen for their outstanding peer support and relationships with others. The instructors were so impressed with their abilities that they handed over the lead to them at various points of the three day visit.

Leah is now considering a career as an outdoor activities instructor and already thinking what her GCSE choices might need to be to prepare for this.

Harley showed just how much his confidence, independence and responsibility have developed this year and the staff are thrilled that he can take these skills onto secondary school.

Principal, Emily Hobson said: "The children and staff have worked hard over the last 18 months to develop our character approach and our twelve character robots.

"They are a huge part of our academy and being embedded in our new curriculum for September. It's fantastic to know the impact is already being noted by external providers."