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Year 6 Mersea Residential day 4 update
Fri 02 Jul 2021Dear Parents and Carers,
A full on last full day here at Mersea.
One group started the day on the lake doing stand up paddle boarding and one group doing kayaking. Finally the sun shone on us and the weather was beautiful. The last group spent the morning doing bush craft - whittling, building dens, making fires and cooking bread and popcorn. After lunch, 2 groups did high wires which consisted of climbing a large telephone style post and jumping off the top in a ‘leap of faith’. The children were unbelievable and pushed themselves way past their comfort zones with all at least touching the top and most sitting or standing on the top and jumping off! The final group did the adventure course where they had to work as a team.
After a dinner of bbq chicken, chips and doughnuts, we went to the beach where we collected shells, paddled, skimmed stones and enjoyed the evening sun. We ended the day with a massive water fight and a slightly later night. We have a few activities to finish off tomorrow and then should hopefully be back at school about 3:30pm.
The children have been such a pleasure to be with; they have shown great team work and compassion for each other; pushed themselves out of their comfort zones and hopefully had a great time. All 4 of us adults have had so many laughs with them and have enjoyed spending time with them all. They have represented St Mary’s amazingly and all the instructors have commented on how engaged, enthusiastic and well behaved they have been. They have made me so proud this week and I hope they are all proud of themselves.
Kind regards
Mr Pike -
Year 6 Mersea Residential Day 3 Update (with photos!)
Thu 01 Jul 2021Another busy day here at Mersea!
A better night sleep had by most and we had to wake most of the children up this morning. A hearty breakfast of sausage meat and cheese muffins and onto today’s activities, which were low ropes where the children had to move across a range of ropes working together to make sure they didn’t fall off; pedal Karts (like go-karting and amazing fun); bush craft and team work challenges. All the children then spent an hour in the pool all together playing and, although it was freezing, they had a great time. Dinner of pizza and jelly, then an evening of hide and seek, sardines and capture the flag. Although the weather has not been great so far, the children are throwing themselves into every activity and seem to be loving every minute.
Please see attached photos from Tuesday.
Mr Pike