Year 6 have been reflecting on the benefits of residentials  and considering the reasons that some have against it. They wrote a balanced argument on the subject.

Yesterday Clare from Norwich Cathedral visited to teach the children about the Walsingham pilgrimage. The children sorted pictures of places into whether they were special or holy, ranked in order the reasons why Christians make a pilgrimage and they looked at objects that the pilgrim hundreds of years ago might have taken on their journey. The children then went on a pilgrimage round the field before marking the end with the placement of an object round our school prayer tree in the prayer space.

Year 6 wrote instructions for some of the activities we participated in during the Horstead Residential.

Year 6 wrote letters to the staff at Horstead to express their thanks for the great week they enjoyed. 

Year 6 practised sending and receiving both footballs and tennis balls with a partner using hands and feet. The real challenges came when they had to send and receive tennis balls using their hands whilst doing the same with a football using their feet. There were balls going everywhere!

The sun shone brightly on our last morning’s activities. 

The instructors complimented the children on their politeness and good behaviour and said that they really enjoyed our children’s company. This made us very proud of them. It was a joy and a privilege taking them away for a week and witnessing some  children overcoming homesickness and embracing new challenges and experiences. Well done our Year 6s!

Film and pop corn. Fabulous for tired children and to end our week.

The children have had a fun day and they challenged themselves in archery, crate stacking, raft building and vertical challenge. Some children raced each other to do the vertical challenge and they practised breaking their personal best. The most we had in the crate stacking was sixteen crates. The raft building really stretched their skills in problem solving as they worked together to make a raft that would float. Another excellent day of fun and the weather was kind too!

This evening we had a campfire and drank Hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows. The children then had a talent contest and some children surprised us with how confident and funny they were. Another jam-packed fun day!

The sun shone brilliantly today!

The activities for today were:

Camp Cooking where the children made nettle, mint and hawthorn tea and made their own bread and butter over a fire.

Climbing and the Zip Wire. It was good to see children pushing themselves each time to try again and climb a little further. Some children had decided to give it a miss and we were so proud that they overcame their fear and joined in.

Stand up paddle boarding which ended with jumps into the river and a lot of fun in the water.