Day 2 - Tuesday 19 March
Group 1
Today
our group did Bushcraft and Mountain Biking.
To start of our group leader Zoe talked to us and told us what we were
doing that day. First we went into the
woods and went and found twigs. We made
pine and apple tea. Some people liked it
we also made bread of a stick and some peoples burned. Then on to a mountain bike trip. We all saw a red squirrel! It was a very exciting day and its only day
1, John also saw a deer when it ran right in front of him. Megan
and Freya
Group 2
Today
we did Kayaking and the Gorge Walk.
Everybody capsized apart from 1, we also played 2 ball games and we
tried to stand up in them. Then we went for lunch. After lunch we got our equipment from the
water sport store for the gorge walking.
On the way to the gorge walking we got a mini bus and walked on rough
grounds to get there. On the way up we
went down some slides and jumped in some puddles. We all kept on falling and slipping so we
helped each other. At the end we walked
back down to get our mini bus. When we
got back we all got out our of our wet stuff and went in the shower and got
ready for dinner. Zara,
Emma and Jennifer
Group 3
The
day started of with a great breakfast after a good nights sleep. After that we mad our packed lunches for the
day. Then we met Lizzie, our group
leader for this week. We got changed for
our first activity which was a Gorge Walk.
It took 10 minutes in the mini bus to get to the gorge. When we got there we took a path up to the
waterfall. We got to climb up it and at
certain points we got to slide down rock slides. When
we were near the top we got to do a cannon bomb into a deep pool of
water, nearly as big as Lizzie. It was
cold at first but Lizzie taught us the birdie dance to stay warm when we were
cold. After we took a different path
back to where we started and we took the mini bus back to the centre and got
hosed down. After a yummy lunch and a
warm shower Lizzie took us to the ski store where we got our skis and ski boots
fitted. After we had done that we
eventually make it to the ski slope. First
we learnt how to put our skis on and how to get back up after a fall. Then we learnt to walk about in our
skis. Then we learnt to climb small
hills leading up to half of the big hill.
Then we learnt the position to go down hills. After that we used the ski lift to get up
half of the hill. It took a lot of
practice to keep your balance. The last
thing we learnt was how to turn, by putting pressure on one of your legs if you
put pressure on one leg you will go the opposite way. After a long day of hard work we settled down
for tea. We had a great first day with
Lizzy and hopefully it stays like that for the rest of the week. Ben
and Craig
Group 4
Today
we went Gorge Walking and met our instructor Jess for the week. We put on fluffy blue suits and red waterproofs,
wellies and a helmet. We went on a mini
bus to the place. We got to the Gorge and started climbing up the waterfall we
then come to a place where we could slide down. It was freezing. There was an area where we could bomb into the water it was also
freezing. Then we came back and showered
and had lunch and then had a meeting in the library and decided we were going to do Tree Climbing. We had to learn how to put our harnesses on and Jess showed us how to know open and close buckles apart. Then we pulled the rope through the top hook of the top of our tree. We then learned how to attach the rope to our harness by creating a snow, putting its scarf on and then its carrot on, this made a figure of 8. Finlay went first. It was really scary climbing up the tree but Jess made us go further. Finlay, Jean, Nicol, Kirsty, Jamie and Mrs. Dufort made it to the top of the tree and rang the bell. After that we went to the low ropes course and tried all the different areas. We had to have a spotter in case we fell off into the wooden edge. We then had tea and got blinded and had to do an obstacle course in our group without seeing a thing! Jean
and Freya
Group 5
TODAY’S TOP 12
word pictures to spark a
thousand memories
Rocky Road
There is no such
thing as “I CAN’T”. There is Charys {on a tandem!}
Junctions, Junctions,
Junctions…
Broken Chain
Wood Sorrel
Andy’s challenge…. So
close Hamish
The Beast of the Pond
Island salute
Capsize!
‘Never mind ‘Where’s
Wally’…where are we?
Awesome teamwork’
(thanks Sarah!)
Yaaaawn. Night
Night….. zzzzzzz
Ilse and Chris
Group 6
Today
we met our Leader, Kevin. We went a
cycle. We went to the cycle park outside
our centre. We had to go over a small
plank to be able to go on the seesaw. In
the afternoon we went to the Gorge Walk.
Sam in our group got a cold nose and had to sit out. We climbed water falls and slid down
them. At the end of the gorge walk we to
jump in a really deep pool of water. On
the way back we saw a deer and some red squirrels. Some of us are having steak pie and some are
having vegetable stirfry for tea tonight. Keira
and Lachlan
Group 7
In
day 1 we had the most fun and horrifying moments of our life. First we went Gorge Walking, our outfits were
very cool, blue fleeces and red wetsuits.
We had to slide and jump and hide in freezing cold water. In the afternoon we cycled and played in the
cycle park. We did wheelie jumps and
landed in muddy puddles. It was a fun
packed day. Steven
and Thorfinn
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