Goodness of Hiking According to Good Hiker . Com (available at http://www.goodhiker.com/2011/05/25/health-benefits-hiking/) kids get many benefits from hiking, amongst others: Improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness; Better bone health; Less chance of becoming overweight; Less chance of developing risk factors for heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes; Possibly reduced risk of depression and feeling […]
GAP Year after Grade 12 Tsholofelo Tselaemang writes that ‘Taking a gap year after matric is an option many Grade 12’s mull over as they decide whether to apply for university courses or decide about their future’ (available at http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/family/kids/huge-benefits-if-gap-year-is-spent-wisely-1728495). We can offer you that GAP through various courses to choose from, namely: New Venture Creation (full […]
Success Story of a Student at Milites Dei Imagine meeting a young guy already 19 years of age with only a grade 9 from a special school. He exhibits major disciplinary, focus and emotional problems. He starts participating in the military style courses and after 8 months with Milites Dei, the following were observed from […]
Children Building in Nature Nature and its resources are available at Milites Dei Head Office. These resources allow children to be exposed to fantasy creations to overcome obstacles that in return help children to gain the skills of leadership, emotional intelligence and creative problem solving. Our camps focused on children as potential leaders and provide […]
Leadership-Management Training at Milites Dei ‘Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit’ is a Latin proverb, implying that it is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself (The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations 2010). Linking with the above proverb, Milites Dei, approach leadership training from the stance that the […]
One of David Montanbeau famous quotes explains that “The greatest discovery by mankind thus far; is realizing that you can change your life by simply changing your attitude.” As part of the Specialist Security Practices Qualification on offer by Milites Dei Training Academy is the seven days intense survival. It will help you to slow […]
Hiking for the tracking of animals means that students will have to find their own paths to move about in the bush while looking for animal tracks. Jonah Evans of Aphine explains on his website (available at http://www.naturetracking.com/category/press/) that ‘Animal tracks are a window into an otherwise be a hidden world of wild animals. Animals are all […]
FUN WHILE LEARNING Eric Jensen noted author in the field of brain-based learning explains the link between engagement and learning. He emphasises that learning worked best when the activity was intrinsically meaningful to the individual. ‘The task has to be behaviorally relevant to the learner, which is why the brain will not adapt to senseless […]
On 10 Jan 2014, Nic Spaul wrote in the Mail and Guardian ‘Although I would like to celebrate with the pupils who passed their matric exams, I find myself asking: “Who is going to speak up for the 550 000 children who started school 12 years ago, but have been silently excluded because of drop […]
Paintball as Learning Milites Dei takes theoretical learning such as Specialist Security Practices NQF Level 4, SAQA ID 57713 and adds survival and bush craft games to it. In this way students physically engage in nature as well as the challenges there within. The facilitators thereafter relate the […]