Year 6 Camp - Day 1 at Abernant Lake:

Written by the year 6 children: 

We arrived at school and everyone was buzzing with excitement and anticipation of the coming days. 

We finally got on the coach and found our seats and from the minute we left Clifton we broke into song! After a few hours we finally arrived at our destination... still singing! 

We took our heavy bags and headed to our dormitories. We were filled with excitement for exploring the fantastic Abernant Lake! 

We then split into our groups and headed to our first adventurous activities. We enjoyed fencing , a fantastic obstacle course and rifle shooting. We loved our activities and impressed our adults with our team work, enthusiasm and kindness to one another. 

Finally, it was time for dinner and everyone cleared their plates! The food got a thumbs up from both the children and adults. 

We enjoyed another activity before some time playing football, cricket and just enjoying free time! 

Then it was time to head back to our rooms, get showered and off to sleep "promptly" ... well maybe not as promptly as our teachers hoped!

Year 6 Camp - Day 2 at Abernant Lake:

Written by the Year 6 children:

After a very early start we got dressed, packed our bags and headed down to breakfast. Wow what a feast! We had a wide variety of choices, including sausage, bacon, eggs, beans and toast.

We then all headed down to the Abernant lake where we enjoyed canoeing and kayaking. We played lots of exhilarating games and got completely soaked! We impressed the instructors by our amazing listening, kindness and skills.

After another fantastic lunch with filled up tummies we headed for our afternoon activities. Two groups went back to the lake for raft building and paddle boarding. Madam Maurier was very brave as she headed out on the raft that we built! She managed to stay on the whole time. We had such fun and impressed Mrs Richardson and Mrs Jones with our determination and balance on the paddle boards.

Mr Eades' group enjoyed rifle shooting and climbing. We enjoyed both activities, but were ready for our dinner after.

After dinner it was finally time for the DISCO! We danced away with the smoke machine and some great music and impressed all the adults with our dancing!! There was MC Hammer moves, break dancing and of course a limbo!!! (The teachers didn’t join in with that one!). 

We ended with some chocolate treats and a drink and settled down for the night. The corridor was silent by 10pm and that is the way it stayed until 7.30 this morning. 

We woke to bright sunshine this morning and headed downstairs for cooked breakfast and as much cereal and toast as we could eat. After packing our bags we headed off for our final activities … we will update you later with our final days activities. 

Year 6 Camp - Day 3 at Abernant Lake:

Written by the Y6 children

After breakfast we returned to our rooms to pack our bags and get ready for our last morning of activities.

Mr Eades’ group headed to the lake for paddle boarding and raft building. We enjoyed the water battle we had with another school and building the raft to float on the lake.

Madam Maurier’s group really enjoyed fencing and the assault course. The fencing dual became very competitive indeed!

Mrs Richardson’s group had good fun fencing and were very competitive too! Everyone enjoyed climbing, and listened brilliantly to ensure they could reach the top of the wall.

We ended our morning with yet another fantastic lunch before finishing our packing and enjoying time in our rooms with our friends.

It was then time to say goodbye and head to the coach. We had a fantastic time and have made all the teachers and Mrs Jones that kindly looked after us very proud!