{"id":84054,"date":"2026-09-11T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=84054"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:11:00","slug":"new-obs-coney-island-campus-officially-opens-features-wheelchair-accessible-high-adventure-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=84054","title":{"rendered":"New OBS Coney Island campus officially opens, features wheelchair-accessible high adventure elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Students can try more than 70 high adventure elements in total, with a mixture of open-air and sheltered elements, allowing OBS programmes to be conducted regardless of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These elements are designed to be progressive, meaning students start with easier challenges and gradually work their way up, building confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving along the way,&#8221; said OBS and NYC.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 low-adventure elements are spread across the five clusters.<\/p>\n<p>Activities will be <span>designed for groups of up to four students working together, a shift\u00a0from the previous pair-based format.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the campus, there is also 1.2ha sea operations centre with a 170m-long jetty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The campus&#8217;<span> links to\u00a0mainland Singapore will enable land expeditions across various campsites islandwide, while its connectivity to Pulau Ubin allows for kayaking and rowboat\u00a0expeditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;This extends the classroom beyond the campus, challenging youths in a range of unfamiliar environments,&#8221; said OBS and NYC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The campus also boasts various sustainability features.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These include super-low energy buildings, designed with ventilation louvres and solar panels to minimise energy consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rain gardens, vegetation swales, and a sedimentation basin work together to collect and treat rainwater naturally, which is used for irrigation and washing of equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/outward-bound-singapore-coney-island-open-6375226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students can try more than 70 high adventure elements in total, with a mixture of open-air and sheltered elements, allowing OBS programmes to be conducted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--Sqx5kct5--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/09\/11\/obs_coney_island_5.jpg?itok=m9u3dCk1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5945,6944,29854,17828,8209,1950,5067,29853,2500,3633,29855],"class_list":["post-84054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-adventure","tag-campus","tag-coney","tag-elements","tag-features","tag-high","tag-island","tag-obs","tag-officially","tag-opens","tag-wheelchairaccessible","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}