PGL - Year 6 on tour!
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Day 2
Posted: Jun 28, 2016 by: admin on: PGL 2016
After breakfast it was time for our first activities. First up for Mr Dean's group was the vertical challenge. "I can't believe I completed it, as I am scared of heights," commented Jacob L. Jack H meanwhile was busy trying to pull his wobbly tooth out. After a good few minutes of continuous tugging he delightfully presented his tooth to the rest of the group but will the tooth fairy visit at PGL?
Next up was open canoeing. This went very well and we had a great game of water polo. At the end of the session we had the chance to jump up and down in our boats. We played head, shoulders, knees and toes. The first time through we were meant to jump up and down in the boat but Amaan jumped straight out of the boat. It was very funny, you can see a clip of this on Twitter! Back at our rooms we were faced with a problem... All the doors had been locked and we had a number of wet children wanting to get ready for lunch so Evie B came to the rescue and broke in to her PGL room through a small window!
Before lunch we had our first visit to the PGL shop, most people stocked up on some chocolate treats although a few did buy postcards and stamps... So some parents may be getting a card soon. Next up it was lunchtime. It was pasta day for lunch, we enjoyed our tasty food pit stop and then returned to our accommodation to get ready for our afternoon activities.
In the afternoon we enjoyed Aeroball. It was hard to score goals and we had very wet socks but the girls beat the boys which was fabulous! Miss Read's group took on the high challenge of Jacob's ladder and next up was the ultimate ride - the zip wire. After the safety briefing Matthew started us off as he flew along backwards. Zoe was a little nervous at the top of the tower but was given a helping hand to start of her sky dive experience.
Next, Miss Owen's group and Miss Read's group met at the Aeroball arena - prepared for fierce battle. After close competition between both groups, it was decided that Miss Read and Miss Owen would take on one another. Whilst Harry B commentated, Toby and Xavier kept score. It was an extremely close match and a fight to the bitter end, however Miss Read was just pipped to the post and the final score was 34-26 to Miss Owen.
At tea we had another loss of a tooth, this time Toby said goodbye to one of his baby teeth. The tooth fairy is going to be busy tonight! Harry B showed what a gentleman he is by offering to take up the finished trays of the teachers. Most impressive! Lovely to see the Highnam school values in action at PGL.
Soon after, we held a room inspection. This saw all rooms score between 8 and 9 a good job! The evening activity was the photo challenge. It was going well with the boys and girls out and about in the bottom field hunting for clues but the rain came down hard! This didn't dampen spirits and soon the sun came out and we enjoyed a lovely evening together.
There were a number of damp children...ready for their beds. Night night!
