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Kinloss Barracks stage leadership exercise

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Pupils from schools across Moray have taken part in a two-day leadership exercise at Kinloss Barracks.

The exercise aimed to give secondary pupils an opportunity to gain employability skills for their future careers whilst also giving them the chance to mix with students from other schools.

Among the activities were putting planks of wood on tyres to make a safe water crossing. This proved tricky for one of the team leaders with Callum Hill stating: “It’s about trial and error.”

The project was a joint venture involving Elgin Rotary Club and the barracks run by 39 Engineers Regiment.

Elgin Rotary president Bill Ross said: “It’s similar to our five day youth leadership award that we send boys and girl on.

“We wanted to find something similar to do with leadership that we could offer more schools.”

He added: “The Royal Engineers got involved and it turned into a two day pilot. It’s good for some of the kids who are lacking self confidence and it aims to boost it.”

Another of the tasks involved stacking some very large tyres which proved challenging for some members of the team who were later debriefed on how they could have done it better.

Those who applied on the course were invited to an interview and out of the 34 interviews 16 were deemed as suitable for meeting the needs of the course.

Simone Stark, 14, from Lossiemouth High said: “I’ve enjoyed it because we got to meet people from other schools.”

Daniel Anyanya, 14, a year-10 pupil at Gordonstoun, said: “I liked the practical approach to learning leadership. I enjoyed the map reading navigation skills and the briefing about British army weapons.”

Pupils from Elgin Academy and Elgin High also took part.