PGL - Year 6 on tour!
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Day 4
Posted: Jun 30, 2016 by: admin on: PGL 2016
Touché, Bonjour all, today we began as always with a Miss Read and co run. Today she was joined by Charlie E, Evie W and Fuiva.
At breakfast the teachers were quite quiet on the pranks front but our protege Evie B went to work. Jasper hadn't learnt his lesson from the previous night and carelessly left his banana out in the open. Evie B pounced and in a flash it was gone. It took him a while to get it back!
The morning activities for group 1 were fencing and trapeze, for group 2 it was trapeze and then fencing and finally group 3 enjoyed low ropes course and climbing. It took a lot of courage for the children to jump for the bar but they all made it to the platform and many managed to reach the bar at the furthest setting.
At lunch we enjoyed a jacket potato with chill con carne. Food was quickly shovelled down in preparation for another busy afternoon.
Miss Owen's group tackled the climbing wall first and eagerly moved onto the low ropes course. They surpassed Miss Owen's expectations for cooperation and teamwork and even the instructor commended them on how well they completed the course all together. Meanwhile, Miss Read's group were waiting in anticipation for their turn on the giant swing. Lily and Izzy were first to drop and thankfully lunch was kept down. Nerves were growing as others watched their team mates plummet towards the ground. As soon as the rain came, it was time to move onto fencing. Mr Dean's group enjoyed the low ropes and climbing wall also this afternoon.
At tea time we were joined by some colleagues from school. Miss Coldrick, Miss Thomas, Miss Cooney, Miss Spry and Mrs Stephens joined us for a tasty curry. Our dessert was an equally tasty waffles and chocolate sauce. Yum!
After dinner we gave each room twenty minutes to prepare for the final room inspection. Tonight saw double points being awarded and our guest judges were impressed with the standard of cleanliness and the singing and dancing on show. The pupils congregated out by the picnic tables for the final results. Well done to Charlie D, Jess, Georgina and Megan for being the overall winners.
Next up was the much anticipated disco partner unveiling. The pupils at lunchtime had voted to continue the longstanding PGL tradition. The pupils cheered each unveiling and had a photo commemorate the occasion.
At the disco Highnam pupils enjoyed dancing to some well known classics such as the Macarana and YMCA. The were some expert dance moves on show from Luke, Harry B and Charlie E. The girls were all dancing together and also enjoyed a balloon competition as well.
Once back at our rooms Cinder, our groupie posed with all the pupils for a photo and then reminded us we were going home tomorrow :( We all headed back to pack our suitcases and ready ourselves for our final night at PGL. We had a little drama at 10pm in the room inspection winners' bathroom. Their toilet seat had broken! With the news filtering through emergency toilet trips were made to Miss Read and Miss Owen's room and the 24hr PGL emergency plumber was called...Mr Dean. Soon after arriving to fix the toilet the girls were soon in stitches as the seat came off completely in Mr Dean's hands. Whoops! Night all!
