PGL - Year 6 on tour!
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Day 3
Posted: Jun 29, 2016 by: admin on: PGL 2016
Miss Read was the only brave person to be out on a run at 6:30am today. A few boys encouragingly waved her off but then returned to their room. At breakfast we had the scandal of who stole Jaz's banana? Jasper had lost his banana but who was the culprit? Eventually after pinning the blame on Miss Owen it was revealed that Mr Dean had hidden the banana. However the banter wasn't over as Jaz returned with a juice to find 3 bananas now on his tray... This time it was Owen who was leading the fun and games!
Up today was a bucket load of archery, the vertical challenge, Jacob's ladder, abseiling and orienteering. Lottie was very chuffed to have made it to the top of the vertical challenge in the morning session. In Mr Dean's group we had archery and the Jacob's ladder. Impressively, Fuiva, Evie W and Owen made it to the top log. It was very challenging and demanded a lot of upper body strength but when we worked as a team we achieved our goals. Miss Owen's group had the reverse and once Xavier had scored 26 in the archery challenge it was their turn for the ladder activity. It was great watching Charlie D and Georgina work together and reach the top. Please watch the video on Twitter and see George's amazing celebration!
Before lunch we headed to the games room for a warm up and a dance off between Miss Read and Miss Owen. The tense competition ended in a draw.
In the afternoon Miss Read's group headed to the abseiling tower on the bottom field. For some this was a straightforward challenge, for others this was a tower full of dread. We soon were cheering and shouting as Isobel, Lottie and Harry faced their fears on the tower. All of them were fearful of leaning out as the tower was very high but with some amazing support from the group below and our fantastic PGL instructors all made it down. A memorable and exhilarating experience for all involved.
"At the top I didn't like it when I had to lean back. I was very scared and wasn't going to do it. I soon realised that it was now or never and I didn't want to leave PGL without facing and conquering this fear. "With Scott by my side I climbed through the metal bars and lent back...I was off!" reported Harri.
Mr Dean's group began the afternoon with orienteering. This activity took place near the canteen. We worked in groups of twos and threes. "We took part in relays which we're fun!" commented Evie. Next up was abseiling and following the safety talk it was our turn to climb the tower. At the top, Zoe told me she was petrified because it was so high!
"After a few moments to compose myself I started to enjoy it and wanted to have another go!" said Zoe calmly back in the hut.
After our visit to the shop it was time for tea. This time Jacob L had a mystery to solve. Whilst fetching a spoon his jelly had disappeared but where had it gone? With Dr Watson nowhere to be seen he tried to work out where it had gone. To his horror he discovered that Miss Owen had hidden it! What will happen next?
It was our second room inspection tonight and will more preparation time the teachers were expecting big things.
The boys were first and the rooms were pretty tidy. The girls were next and the standard was high. Firstly a story, next a song and finally a magical mystery tour. Very impressive! Tomorrow we welcome guest room inspectors and the final results will be revealed.
The evening activity was robot wars. The children were in four groups and had a number of mini challenges to gain resources to build their robots. Toby, Jacob L, Luke and Jack were the robots and were blindfolded for the final battle. It was hilarious to watch...see it in Twitter now!
Just heading to bed now. Good night Highnam.
