Pupils take on ‘bush tucker trial’

Welshpool High School’s bid to put pupil well being at the forefront was highlighted with an exercise involving Year 10 pupils.

The students were provided a game by Mrs Phillips based on the TV series ‘I'm a celebrity get me out of here’. 

It was an adaptation of snakes and ladders where if a team landed on a ladder, they moved up the board, getting ever closer to the '100' square to win the prize. However, if they landed on a snake, the whole team had to carry out a ‘bush tucker trial’.

Throwing a dice determined whether they got a sweet treat or a gruesome grub (edible mealworms, locusts and crickets). 

“Surprisingly, all pupils wanted to challenge themselves to try a grub and I think it is fair to say that a fun time was had by all!” said a school spokesperson.