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- Yellow Group out canoeing.
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- Blue Group in the gorge!
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- Blue Group canoeing.
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- Green Group out climbing.
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- Yellow Group in the mine.
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- Yellow Group getting ready.
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- Red Group in the gorge!
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- Green Group falling backwards.
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- Splash!
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- Everyone in the Annex.
Ss Peter & Paul’s adventure begins…
Day One – Mountain Hike followed by Problem Solving
The children arrived safely and were quickly shown around the centre before engaging in their first activity; mountain hiking. Everyone enjoyed this as it allowed them to get to know their instructor and the rest of their group. Tea was a huge portion of fish, chips and mushy peas, followed by apple crumble and custard.
In the evening the children took part in some problem solving activities. They worked as a team to earn pretend money to enable them to buy items to help them protect an egg from a second floor drop. It was a fun night which resulted in three broken eggs and one successful team – the RED team.
Day Two –
Green Group – Canoeing and Gorge Walking – Mr Van Geffen’s group had an amazing day getting wet. First off canoeing on Lake Geirionydd. Followed by a quite impressive walk down a rain swelled gorge.
Blue Group – Rock Climbing and Abseiling – Racheal took her group with Andy to Conwy Mountain on the coast. All children pushed themselves to their limits. The children enjoyed the activity and their ice cream on the way back to Oaklands.
Red Group – Canoeing – Mr McNicholas and his group leader Carolyn took the children to Llanberis and Lake Padarn. They played a number of games including Titanic and enjoyed getting really wet.
Yellow Group – Mining – Miss Cullen and her group leader Ruth took their group deep underground. They enjoyed crossing underground lakes in Rhiw Bach slate mine. Total darkness was experienced too.
Tea – Lasagne and Garlic Bread followed by A Huge Slab of Cheesecake with Chocolate or Strawberry Sauce.
Day Three –
Red Group – Rock Climbing and Gorge Walking – We travelled to Conwy Mountain to try our hand at rock climbing. It wasn’t as easy as it looked, we all stretched ourselves and pushed each other to keep getting higher. After climbing we had a freezing cold dip in the Nant Ddu.
Yellow & Blue Group – Canoeing and Gorge Walking – Both groups travelled to Lake Geirionydd to have a fun time canoeing and playing lots of games: swapping boats and rocking to ‘Andy Said’. Gorge walking tested our balance and cold endurance.
Green Group – Rock Climbing – Greens travelled to Llyn Padarn to Lion Mountain. There they experienced the vertical rock face. Lots managed to get to the top but all surpassed their climbing ambitions.
Tea – Jacket Potato with either Chilli-con-carne, Tuna, Cheese or Baked Beans. This was followed by Chocolate Gateaux.
Day Four –
Red Group – Mining – Wrysgan Slate Mine was our destination. Olivia B said “It was awesome!” The children spent a day down the mine, experiencing total darkness and sliding down grey slate.
Green & Blue Group – Rhiw Bach Slate Mine was our destination. Mr Van Geffen and Racheal took their children deep underground. They also experienced total darkness and climbed up an underground waterfall.
Yellow Group – Abseiling and Slate Museum – Miss Cullen and ‘Big’ Andy took their group to Llanberis to try their hand at abseiling. They also took time out of the inclement weather to visit the slate museum.
Tea – Roast Chicken Dinner followed by …
Looks like everyone is enjoying themselves….So proud of you all, thanks teachers and Rachel for looking after everyone….Looking forward to hear of the adventures missing you Ethan….Michael said why can’t year 4 go? xx
It sounds and looks amazing. We wish we were there with you all. Enjoy the last part of your adventure. Year 5 can’t wait until it’s their turn next year!! See you on Friday.
Wow!!! Looks like everyone’s having a fantastic time & trying loads of new experiences – have fun!! We’ll see you soon, be good & have fun.
Thanks to all the Oaklands staff & St Peter & St Pauls staff for making this possible.
Well done Year 6 on all of your achievements this week. You have all been exceptionally brave in trying out all of these experiences and pushing yourselves out of your comfort zones. We are all missing you at school but can see the fantastic opportunities you have been given this week. Enjoy every moment and we will see you soon! Life is one big adventure or nothing at all!
Well done everyone. It looks like you are having an amazing time and creating memories that will last forever. We are really proud of you. Thanks to all the staff your doing an amazing job.
Looks like you are all having a great time, love the blog and the photo’s. Can’t wait to hear all about the adventure. Sophie can’t wait for her turn next year.
Hope your having a nice time!
Well done everyone,looks like you’re all having a brilliant time! Enjoy your last day tomorrow x
Wow! Amazing pictures!
I wish I could be doing all that instead of being stuck in this office!
Well done everyone. Looks like you are having fantastic time at Oaklands! The pictures are wonderful, can’t wait for tonight’s update. Thank you to the staff and instructors 🙂 Enjoy your time xx
I feel tired just reading what you have all been doing!! What an amazing experience, make the most of every moment! Love the blog, and photo’s and can’t wait to hear all about it. Have fun, see you Friday xx
What fabulous pictures! We are so lucky at home to have a look at the amazing opportunities you lot are having. Wish I was gorge walking today! Have an amazing time Ruby and all of year 6. Keep the brilliant photos coming xxx
Looks like all the children are having an amazing experience. Keep pushing yourselves guys!!! #proud of ss peter&Paul’s kids.
Looks like everyone is having an amazing time! These are memories you kids will have always. Looking forward to tomorrows photos and news on all your adventures xxx
Hope you all having a good time, make the most of the moments to make your memories. Good times are never forgotten. Miss you Molly x
Soooo jealous!!!!!!! Looks like you are all having a fab time! Can’t wait to hear all about it!!
Looks like everyone is having a brilliant time, and having a fantastic adventure everyday! Such a wonderful opportunity for all the children. Must admit would love to have a go myself!!! Keep having a wonderful time and thank you to the teachers and instructors for all they are doing. Enjoy the rest of the week.
Looks like you are having a brilliant time! I wish I was there having a go at all those activities. Loving reading the blog and seeing the pictures…cant wait to see what you get up to tomorrow!
Sounds like the boys and girls are having a fab time…well done everybody! Enjoy ur full english every morning! !!!! How lovely….wish I was there…
It’s so wonderfful to see and read about your adventures!!!! Keep having heaps of fun and pushing yourselves!!! Thank you staff 🙂 for giving your own time to our children 🙂 looking forward to tomorrow’s update already!
Wow! Sounds amazing over there! We can only imagine doing those exciting excursions. Daniel is super excited for his turn in year6!
Enjoy guys X