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GOING DOWN!

  On Saturday, 6th July 2002, two of our year six pupils, Alexandra and David, abseiled down the nine storey maternity block of Ipswich Hospital, to raise funds for Friends of Sprites. Click on the images below to enlarge them.

Alex at the top. The view from the ground.

"It took about an hour to get all the equipment on and get up there," said Alex. "When it was my turn to step over the edge and lean back, I thought to myself,what am I doing up here? I had to lean back, and let the rope slide gently through my hands, and when the instructor told me to, I slowly put my foot on the wall and walked down. I soon got used to this, and it took about a minute to reach the ground."

coming down! David gets unhooked. I did it!

Alex and David raised £174 for Friends of Sprites.



You can also read about two of our teachers doing the same thing in 2001
here.