A great friend, who’s studying Nursing and has 2 daughters of her own, called last week - and asked if we already include teaching First Aid in our camps.
It had never crossed my mind before - but I was instantly on board!
I’ve worked it into our 4 Day/3 Night Camp Program on the Thursday afternoon, after our Gymkhana and Western riding class (also new!).
I run these camps through the school holidays.
There’ll be lots of role playing and drama as we practice dealing with snake bites, cuts, sprains, broken bones, bandages, slings, recovery position and DRABC.
It ties in beautifully with our Falling Off class on the Friday morning.
It will also be fantastic practice for our team, so when anything does go wrong, we can all spring into action. Quickly, confidently and carefully.
I’ll also be attending my First Aid Renewal course (as per every 3 years) next week, and I’ll run my planned program past the Trainer.
Re the Western Pleasure Class - I heard Ava and Abi (at our camp in October) talking about wanting to try Western Riding one day.
So I gave them a quick lesson on Axl - jogging, loping and a sliding stop.
We took some cool videos of the girls loping (that’s a really slow canter) swinging a lasso.
It was loads of fun, and we all agreed we should make it an official part of our camp.
You can see our 4 Day/3 Night Camp program here.
And this is our Formal Riding Lesson Program that we work through in the private lessons each morning of the camp.
And if you’d like to book in, click here.
You can see dates and places available there too.
The Camps are Best Loved by Girls aged between 8 and 13 years.
If you have any questions at all, call Helen on 0417 456 093 or email thesaddlecamp@gmail.com