Oliver Tomkins Primary School

Day 1

We had a great journey down. The sun was shining and it was a smooth trip.
On arrival we found our rooms, made our beds and then had lunch outside in sunshine.
We met up with Crossways school at the welcome briefing and then onto activity 1.
Miss Harris and Mrs Mirams were on zip wire and highwires. Miss Cockwell’s group got their wetsuits on and did a woodland scramble through rivers - all good fun and all gave it a good go.
An orienteering activity after a warm and filling meal which all the children joined in with.
Hot chocolate, bed time story and lights out at 9:00. Much amusement at boys thinking they were wriggly worms in sleeping bags but all quiet by ten. No tears and all settled well - a good bunch.
Rock pooling and bodyboarding tomorrow which we are looking forward to.

 

Day 2

A three am wake up call for Miss Cockwell as the girls had woken thinking it was morning - hmmmm.

Up and about at 7:30 and breakfast was at 8:30.  The boys were already up and about and dressed by 7:15 - keen or what?

 

The day started with all of with us singing Happy Birthday to Jorja and then us setting off to the beach for Rock pool study.

It was a lovely sunny day and the beach was gorgeous.

All of the children were fascinated with the rock pools and their findings.  We had a star fish and large crab and Mrs Wall had hermit crabs and sea anemones.

It was lovely to see the children work together and be so focussed for nearly two hours.

 

Back to camp for lunch, sandwiches, crisps and fruit.  

Then we separated to groups; archery, abseiling and mud assault course.   Miss Cockwell's group went to the mud assault and had a very supportive and happy group getting wet and muddy.

Straight after it was wet suits on and down to the beach.

Two hours of body boarding which put smiles on everyone's faces.

We were all disappointed when the home time whistle blew.

Quick turn around on return, showers change and down to tea by 6pm.

Choice tonight was spag bol or curry, with ice cream to finish.

 

Despite Bake Off being on we continued with our scavenger hunt - the sacrifices we make.

So far boys are winning the tidy room challenge and Jorja is the only girl with a tidy bed. 

Pj's and story at 8pm, hot chocolate at 8:30p.m before a good nights sleep - OR ELSE!!!!

Tomorrow is the Morfa Bychan hike, a range of activities with yet more sunshine forecast.

 

Day 3

A good nights sleep had by all last night with not a peep from anyone.

Up at 8am and breakfast at 8:30 pancakes and syrup was a pleasant surprise.

 

A little chat about positive behaviours before setting off for our Morfa Bychan hike around the coast.

Despite a few moans and complaints all completed the walk and the views were worth it. 

The final hill to walk back up was a killer but we made it in time for lunch.

 

Lunch was soup and rolls before we started on our next round of activities.

Mrs Wall completed the mud assault whilst the others completed high ropes and zip wires.

 

The evening meal was a lovely roast dinner before the night time activity of letter writing.  Some stayed behind to help cook clear up and set up for the following day.

 

Hot chocolate at 8:30 then bed before beach activities Thursday and the barbecue and disco.

Good night all two more sleeps :-)