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Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary)
2025 Term 3

Striving for excellence: Blackmore Leadership Training Camp 2025

3 June 2025

Read about how 61 Secondary Three student leaders built unity and resilience at the 2025 Blackmore Leadership Training Camp through team challenges and reflection.

By: Fayth Wai (3E) and Goh Yu Qian (3G)

As part of Fairfield’s Sophia Blackmore Leadership Programme (SBLP), the school organises key initiatives to nurture influential leaders — anchored in values and skilled in the 4 Fairfield leadership practices: Modeling Purity & Honesty, Encouraging Hearts, Enabling Unity, Stewarding Growth, Strengthening Resilience and Inspiring Peaks of Excellence.

Among these, the prestigious annual Blackmore Leadership Training Camp (BLTC) holds a special place. Held on 3 and 4 June this year, a total of 61 Secondary Three Student Leaders from the Student Council and CCAs, participated in this event at the MOE Labrador Outdoor Adventure Learning Centre. Over the two days, the camp fostered a spirit of excellence and unity among the Secondary Three leaders. 

Seven student leaders from Fairfield Methodist School (Secondary) posing together with a self-built raft on a sandy beach during the Sophia Blackmore Leadership Programme training camp in 2025. Two students are positioned on the raft—a boy sitting near the center and a girl on the right giving a thumbs-up while holding a paddle. Five girls stand behind them on the shore, some wearing life jackets, smiling and making peace signs. The raft is constructed from large black inner tubes lashed to grey PVC pipes. In the background, calm ocean water meets a curved sandy coastline lined with lush green tropical trees.

On the first day, the students engaged in a modified scavenger hunt, which allowed them to have conversations about the leadership practices they have been learning. The day ended with a grand cook-off. As the sun set, the air was filled with the scents of freshly grilled meat, fragrant garlic and thick smoke—signs of every leader labouring over their creations. As night fell, they gathered for reflection and paused to examine the values they cherished and the lessons they had learnt.

On the second day, the student leaders travelled to Sentosa for the ‘Camp Challenge’ team activities. Students embarked on multiple team challenges, putting on their thinking hats to build their own raft with the materials their group had previously obtained. Through this activity, the student leaders learnt to work together under pressure. The next activity was a River Crossing Challenge, where leaders had to come up with a strategy to cross the river. The leaders put aside their differences in order to come to the final agreement. Although the task proved challenging, the leaders gained deep insights into unity and perseverance— lessons far more enduring than any trophy could offer.

Lastly, the camp concluded with its most poignant activity: an act of servant leadership— washing each other’s feet. This is a reflection of one of history’s most recognised stories where Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. Laughter and gratitude wafted through the air, making the atmosphere noticeably warmer than it was during Day One.

By the end of the BLTC, it was evident that the camp had united the cohort. The leaders discovered what it means to lead with both strength and heart. 

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