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Matilde’s Year 6 Ullswater trip 😊

My trip to Ullswater was super duper awesome! My favourite activity was Gorge Walking (which is climbing a waterfall). We didn’t like that lunch was the same every day. Sandwich, fruit, crisps and a small dessert  😅. I got to sleep in a dorm room with my friends tough, so that’s good 😀 .

You have fun and learn lots as well, so that’s good. You also have free time, so you can play with your friends – a particularly good game was sock monster! There was also a HUGE game of Manhun, which was really fun as well!

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Our Ullswater Experience by Roysen and Matteo

Ullswater Trip

Ullswater is a lovely place to go and see the nice landscapes, climb mountains and much more! In the Outward Bound Center, there are really nice instructors that you would love to meet be in their group. I would really recommend Ullswater to the whole school and that you should not be scared to go.

Activities

We had a lot of activities In Ullswater including climbing a mountain, jog and dip, gorge walking and a lot more. My favourite activities were jog and dip, gorge walking, lake adventure and a couple more.

Facilites

The facilities were really amazing.at breakfast and dinner you would eat in a wide cafeteria which was 2 rooms.The bedrooms are also good,they have two showers,one toilet and a wide room with three bunkbeds.

Food

The food here is very delicious and scrumptious.For breakfast we basically ate a English breakfast.For lunch we ate some sandwiches,crisps,brownies and flapjacks. For dinner you have a variety of different meals like potatoes, rice, pizza and more. After that we would have Hot chocolate and digestive biscuits.

By Roysen and Matteo

 

 

 

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Lake District Blog

On the 30th of October, 6W (my class) went on a school trip to the Lake District. I am writing about the second day.

On the second day, we were planning to go up a gorge (climbing a waterfall). When we started we split into two groups because there were two parts of the waterfall to climb. My group (Rafe,William,Rudi,Mariel and me) were walking at the bottom, while the other group were on the side. When the two groups were put together, we were called the Scott team. I helped Mariel while the other three boys were at the front helping each other.

After we finally bumped into the other group, we started being one whole group again. There were two roles, one was a spotter (somebody who would spot people if they fell) and the other job was somebody who would give a roman handshake to support them and pull them up.

When we got to the final bit, everyone had a go at going into a cave. In my opinion  the water splashing over me sounded like thunder. Then we came down the hill others were running down while me,Mariel, Mrs Watt and the two instructors who were helping us with our trip. That was the end of the activity.

 

Izabella – Rose

 

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Year 6 in the Lakes

After a long journey we arrived yesterday at the Outward Bound Ullswater  Centre and after being briefly shown to our rooms – each with it own en-suite facilities – groups were introduced to their instructors and our week of action and adventure had begun.

    

It seems that from its onset, the OB has a tradition of a ‘jog and dip’ to test the mettle of new arrivals and sure enough, despite it being October each group, after a range of  settling in activities, went for their ‘jog and dip’. This consisted of a short jog and then a dip in the lake.  To pass you had to go in at least up to waist height, merit up to shoulders and distinction complete immersion.  Just about everyone passed and more than a few brave and hardy types achieved distinction, which they followed by jumping off the jetty into the lake and swimming back to land.  It was at this point, that I realised we really had come somewhere special where the children and adults would be challenged and encouraged to achieve far more than they thought they could.

After a hearty evening meal, it was then back out again from 6.30 – 8.00 pm for yet more activities, each group doing something different but ranging in diversity from getting group members over an 8 foot sheer wooden wall, to orienteering, to going through tunnels, to getting a marble from one end of courtyard to another using bits of piping and guttering- all outside and in the dark .  Then hot chocolate before finally bed – and this was all after leaving Norwich at 5 am that morning. Not surprisingly, they slept well.

Breakfast – a full English plus  porridge or a variety of cereals and toast if you wished – before the start of another action packed day.  Groups were kitted out in full waterproofs, warm clothing and wellies for scrambling up a gorge or quality walking boots and Gortex waterproof jackets  for hill walking and then it was off in the centre minibuses for the day.

And what a day it was but you will have to wait for the next instalment… of Year 6’s trip to the Lakes.

      

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