After a good nights sleep (for most) the children woke with the task of making their own packed lunches. They were very successful and some delicious dinners were made.
Breakfast was sausage sandwiches which filled us up ready for a day of activities (the weather has been wet all day so wet ones were chosen).
Pink and Yellow groups went Ghyl scrambling in the morning. Here they had to walk up a ghyl and on the way stop to do some jumps, climb some water falls, slide down the water falls and generally get very wet! Both groups loved the activity and really got stuck into all the things that they were asked to do. In the afternoon both groups went sailing. Again the teams were brilliant and in pairs everyone was able to sail and steer a boat, many picking up some good speed in the wind. Still not wet enough, the children decided that they wanted to jump off the jetty to get even wetter!
Purple group went on the lake for a spot of kayaking to begin. They all enjoyed themselves and Mrs Whitehead said that they were brilliant! In the afternoon the group had a go on the indoor climbing wall, all managing to reach the top! Lots of laughs and music could be heard coming from the climbing room!
Tea tonight was lasagne and was enjoyed by almost everyone! The children are now outside playing hide and seek in the grounds.
Will add more tomorrow.
Mr W
Hi everyone.
We arrived safely at 10:30 this morning, much earlier than expected!
The children were amazed at the size of the building and were eager to explore and find their bedrooms. Once they had unpacked we had sandwiches for lunch and then prepared for our afternoon activity.
In our three groups (pink, purple and yellow) we began the afternoon with some team building activities. Although some groups got off to an unorganised start, everyone was eventually able to complete the tasks successfully with much more team work showing as the day went on.
We ended the afternoon raft-building on Lake Coniston. Everyone made a raft, including the teachers, and were able to sail around playing different games on the water. The weather was beautiful and looked for most groups like we would stay dry all afternoon. The rafts then began to come apart and like dominos, each boat lost a barrel and most of the group ended up in the water. The class really enjoyed themselves.
After pizza and wedges for tea, the class are now out hill-walking. They are all very excited and looking forward to getting wet at ghyl scrambling tomorrow!
