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Christmas wrapped up (bit late)!
We had some mega fun in the run up to Christmas. From crafts, to cooking, to inflatable Santa suits, all tied up with the bow that was the Campus Christmas Jam! The first of our crafty makes was to paint up a new rail - to look like a candy cane obviously - for the Campus Jam. The rail came in at a whopping 16.5ft! and would be the centre of a best trick comp. We've left half the rail at Campus and have the other at The Boarding School to use, and who knows? They may get reun
staplehillyouth
6 hours ago1 min read


Annual Report 2025!
Well I've been quite late getting this edition of The Boarding School Zine finished, (the name of our annual report). But it is now here! Get a sneaky peak before its in print and available to get picked up from our sessions... If you'd like to download the .pdf file its available here: And look out for the printed copies at any of our sessions soon!
staplehillyouth
Oct 24, 20251 min read


Halloween & Hell's Mouth
As is tradition, every Halloween we come up with a new terrifying obstacle that'll strike fear into the most chilled skater. This year is no different. Inspired by an April Fools gag 2 years ago, depicting a badly photoshopped mega ramp in our hall, now we've sort of made one. Dubbed Hell's Mouth, because this thing will literally swallow you whole, and Spit you out again. We've got lots planned for our Halloween special on the 27th October, so while you get your fancy dress
staplehillyouth
Oct 10, 20251 min read


Residential re-cap!
The big boarding school road trip seems like a distant but very happy memory now. So much has been going on, skate Jams and planning for...
staplehillyouth
Oct 10, 20252 min read


The Big Boarding School Road Trip 2025!
It's happening! The Big Boarding School road trip will be heading to Camp Hillcrest on the 19th to the 21st September 2025. Not long now!...
staplehillyouth
Sep 2, 20251 min read


Ramp Building! A How-to Guide
Probably one of our most requested blog posts to date (by young people that is, not the parents who'll have to give up garden space)!...
staplehillyouth
Jul 24, 20256 min read


Carparks and pickups
So bit of a boring topic: Council carparks, but I'd hate for anyone to get tripped up by the new changes. All council owned carparks in...
staplehillyouth
May 15, 20251 min read


Work Experience Takeover
All last week the youth club got taken over by two very enthusiastic young people for their work experience week from BBA School, Eli and...
staplehillyouth
May 6, 20256 min read


Let's Get ̶L̶i̶t̶ wrapped up
This Friday is the last of our Lets Get Lit sessions! Booooooo! Cadbury Heath sunsets were awesome! The project was started to provide a...
staplehillyouth
Mar 27, 20251 min read


South Glos Youth Awards
Feb Half Term means it's time for the South Glos Youth Awards! This year saw a return to Resound in Downend, an amazing venue and home to...
staplehillyouth
Feb 19, 20251 min read


New layout for 2025!
Finally the new and improved Boarding School layout is here! Earlier at the start of Jan the new hip/pyramid got finished and skaters...
staplehillyouth
Jan 24, 20251 min read


2025 is here!
Wow, whata year! We hope everyone has had a great Christmas and new year break and you've all made some positive resolutions to skate...
staplehillyouth
Jan 2, 20252 min read


Chrimbo buying guide 🎁🌲🎅
This blog post is aimed at being a bit of a buyers guide for your skate groms and gromettes this Christmas, so mainly aimed at parents....
staplehillyouth
Nov 27, 20244 min read


Skate News
A bity update from us this week, a few new projects underway and some things to catch up on: Let's Get Lit - our friday night, light up a...
staplehillyouth
Nov 16, 20242 min read


Skateparks Are Expensive, so let's light them up!
This isn't a moan about the costs of running The Boarding School (I save that for social gatherings), no this is a post moaning about all...
staplehillyouth
Nov 6, 20242 min read


TBS Halloween Jam 2
What a crazy amazing night! So much fun! Thank you to everyone that got involved, dressed up and skated their legs off! To our staff and...
staplehillyouth
Nov 1, 20242 min read


TBS Halloween Jam
🎵"It's the most wonderful time of the year!"🎵 Monday 28th October from 6pm we'll be throwing our annual halloween jam event! So start...
staplehillyouth
Oct 13, 20241 min read


Summer Wrap Up
September is here, summer holidays are done, and it definitely feels like it now with some colder weather! What an amazing summer though!...
staplehillyouth
Sep 12, 20241 min read


Thornbury Skatefest
A lovely youth organisation in Thornbury, called Krunch, are throwing their annual skatefest on Saturday August 31st 2-6pm. The comps are...
staplehillyouth
Aug 20, 20241 min read


August Residential! PGL
Yea that's right, another residential! This was a non-skate weekend away with two other local youth centres: CYN & FACE. The Council were...
staplehillyouth
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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