Camping trip
Special Mentions !!
David Barrington - "David, why are you putting sun oil on at 10pm?"
"I want to look shiny, Miss"
Mark Beeby - one of the most helpful and cheerful members of the group
Paul Beech - being constantly cheerful
Scott Britton - achieving the furthest jump in rafting
Thomas Cooney - first to the top of the rock face
Brett Cullen - trying but failing to submerge Miss Harland in water
Paul Dean - persevering and having much courage to climb the waterfall
Joe Dillon - falling in style and having the bravery to reach the top
Stacey Glover - scoring the winning goal in football match
Louis Grimshaw - trying to jump into Jack's sleeping bag as convinced of a bug being in his.
Stacey Groom - marvellous and convincing ape impression
Zoe Hadfield - annoying funny voice, untidy tent!
David Hall - slowest tent dismantler
Sarah Kilner - untidiest tent, effort during football match
Gabby Kinsella - zooming up the waterfall
Pete Menga - trying his hardest to find his pen when a sheep! Eating a barbequed banana for 10 house points!
Bethan Midgley - fantastic camel impression
Jack Prady - goal keeper of losing football side
Lloyd Roberts - biggest blister
Sarah Rust - star camper, cheerful, helpful, enthusiastic, fantastic!
Liam Scholes - shock on face when jumped in water for first time!
Joseph Searle - falling down a hole and being covered in mud!
Laurence Smith - eating a huge amount for a small lad! Being exceptionally helpful
James Wilde - expert tent maker
Nathan Worthington - very helpful and polite
Happy Campers
Dear Parents,
Thank-you for sending us on camp. We've made this newsletter to tell you about the weekend. Read and enjoy!
Food, Glorious Food!!
Chef Armstrong did a fantastic job. We all enjoyed our sausages seasoned with grass and beans with added bugs - the real taste of camping!
The barbeque was fantastic but the bananas needed bribery of ten house points to be eaten - the only person to gain those were Pete!
For breakfast we had criossants which looked very similar to baps with butter and jam but they went down a treat!
The caterers unfortunately over estimated on the amount of custard that would be needed but found a new use for it. If you can guess this, answers on a postcard, prize (of custard powder) for the successful guess!
Special Mentions !!
David Barrington - "David, why are you putting sun oil on at 10pm?"
"I want to look shiny, Miss"
Mark Beeby - one of the most helpful and cheerful members of the group
Paul Beech - being constantly cheerful
Scott Britton - achieving the furthest jump in rafting
Thomas Cooney - first to the top of the rock face
Brett Cullen - trying but failing to submerge Miss Harland in water
Paul Dean - persevering and having much courage to climb the waterfall
Joe Dillon - falling in style and having the bravery to reach the top
Stacey Glover - scoring the winning goal in football match
Louis Grimshaw - trying to jump into Jack's sleeping bag as convinced of a bug being in his.
Stacey Groom - marvellous and convincing ape impression
Zoe Hadfield - annoying funny voice, untidy tent!
David Hall - slowest tent dismantler
Sarah Kilner - untidiest tent, effort during football match
Gabby Kinsella - zooming up the waterfall
Pete Menga - trying his hardest to find his pen when a sheep! Eating a barbequed banana for 10 house points!
Bethan Midgley - fantastic camel impression
Jack Prady - goal keeper of losing football side
Lloyd Roberts - biggest blister
Sarah Rust - star camper, cheerful, helpful, enthusiastic, fantastic!
Liam Scholes - shock on face when jumped in water for first time!
Joseph Searle - falling down a hole and being covered in mud!
Laurence Smith - eating a huge amount for a small lad! Being exceptionally helpful
James Wilde - expert tent maker
Nathan Worthington - very helpful and polite
Food, Glorious Food!!
*****
Chef Armstrong did a fantastic job. We all enjoyed our sausages seasoned with grass and beans with added bugs - the real taste of camping!
The barbeque was fantastic but the bananas needed bribery of ten house points to be eaten - the only person to gain those were Pete!
For breakfast we had criossants which looked very similar to baps with butter and jam but they went down a treat!
The caterers unfortunately over estimated on the amount of custard that would be needed but found a new use for it. If you can guess this, answers on a postcard, prize (of custard powder) for the successful guess!
Mud! Mud! and gallons of water!!!
On the Saturday, two groups went Gorge walking in the Pennines. We started off walking along the Pennine Way, which stretches all the way to Scotland and would take about 2 weeks to walk the whole of it, we were accompanied by rams, sheep, rabbits and their doings! When we reached the gorge we were walking in water which was up to our knees most of the way. We all managed to become soaked. Our instructors Judith and John insisted we keep on following the rapids . Of course we agreed and myself and the group were having a glorious time getting wet . All of us were giggling for ages and also jumping until the moaning came where the pebbles got stuck in our feet but on the other hand David Morris-Hall did not care about getting blisters he was out to get wet.
Next it came to the coldest, dampest , water fall of them all, it was between10-15 foot high and a 4 foot deep pool at the bottom where it had eroded away . When we had climbed itwe went on a long walk. The walk was passing through rough rocks, hard hills and bushy vegetation until we reached the Pennine way again, all you could hear was groans from Joseph Searle, and yells when his leg disappeared down a dark hole and reappeared covered in mud! The singing from David B gradually wore thin as he got more and more exhausted. Stacey and Zoe's giggling faded into the background and we all plodded on. (written by Lloyd)
Plane Crash
We walked approximately 3 miles after the gorge walk to a plane wreckage. This plane crashed in 1948 and 13 American soldiers died there. It is a memorial site now where flowers are laid for those who died. The wreckage of the plane is spread out over a very wide area and you can see parts of the engine, wheels, wing very clearly. It was very interesting to see this.
Joseph managed to fall down a hole and end up with a very muddy leg roght up to his thigh! Stacey Glover, Paul Dean and David Barrington were talking to some visitors near the wreckage and managed to convince them that we had walked all the way from Swinton to the wreckage!
(written by Liam)
Rafting
We tied up two canoes with wood and rope and all jumped in. We immediately wanted to jump out but first we had to learn how to work together as a team to get the boat to where it should go! We managed this successfully despite David B and Paul D counting at different paces! We then had a competition as to who could do the furtherest jump, the most diferent jump and races around the boat. By the end of the afternoon we were drenched and shivering!
Rock Climbing
Groups 1+2 went rock climbing on Wind Gathers Rock. The journey took about 45 minutes, we all got kitted out with harnesses and helmets. John and Judith (our instructors) showed us how to tie the rope with the carrabeaners. Thomas was the first one up, then absailed down while Pete bunny hopped down. Joe lost his footing and did the scream of the weekend whilst dangling on his safety rope!. He was very brave though, because he continued up to the top and then absailed all they way down. Joe receives the star climber award
Canoeing - Man Overboard!
It was Saturday afternoon and we were conoeing, building our confidence so we could play some games. We lined up the canoes and started racing around them. It was the last race when Pietro and Mr. Constantyne were against each other. Pete got past Sarah K but slipped in, then he dived onto Joe's boat, capsized that and pushed Mr. Constantyne in.