Good morning from a very Marchants Hill. The children have had a wonderful week and are in the midst of completing their final activities and bags are packed. Miss Wood has informed me that you should expect to receive some very wet children later this afternoon. This morning activities are all outdoors so they will be running in between the raindrps to stay dry!

Today’s activities –

Group 1: Giant Swing and Archery
Group 2: Buggy Building and Archery
Group 3: Problem Solving and Climbing

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It’s another adventure packed day down at Marchant’s Hill. You can follow today’s order of events below for the different groups. Mr Wanless and Miss Wood will be sending through images of the day so please keep a look out for the text messages which will redirect you to this page.

Group 1: Jacobs Ladder,  Climbing, Trapeze and Problem Solving

Group 2: Climbing , Jacobs ladder, Trapeze and Problem Solving

Group 3: sensory trail, Jacobs ladder, Rifles and Challenge Course

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The children tackling the trapeze and Challenge Course

Year 6 have safely arrived at Marchants Hill and are unpacking their things ready to familiarise themselves with the site. We are very pleased that they have arrived safely. Have a lovely week children and staff. Please remember to keep up to date with the latest events down at Marchants Hill PGL on the school Twitter Feed and Facebook Page and school website –

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Preparing for our camp fire and our first dinner at Marchants Hill.

Just before bed at the end of Day 1.

After a good night’s rest the children woke to Day 4 with the promise of the Zip Line and Jacob’s Ladder in front of them. Whilst some were a little bleary eyed others were waiting with trepidation for the activities to begin.

JACOB’S LADDER

Jacob’s Ladder is not an activity for those of you with a fear of heights. The children had to work together and support their partner to climb as high as they could to a height between 85 and 90 feet before taking the bravest step of all. Jumping off a small platform!

ZIP WIRE

Zip Wire always proves to be a popular activity even for the adults. The children derive great pleasure from the feeling they get as they zoom on down the wire at great speed feeling the wind rush past them.

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ARCHERY

Shooting an arrow is not as easy as it looks. The children had enormous fun trying their hand at archery on the range and some were very successful.

SURVIVAL

The art of survival is to be prepared. Judging by the children’s ability to whittle  stake and start a fire not to mention building a shelter the staff thought they were well set to try out their new found skills.

After a long day yesterday and the first night in their new surroundings the children couldn’t wait to start the day and get their first taste of life at a PGL centre. The Challenge Course, the Adventure Challenge and the Zip Wire have kept the children entertained whilst they figured out how to tackle the activities together. They have really begun to find their feet and pull together as a team to help each other through the day.

The day has been in full flow and the children have enjoyed themselves immensely. The Sensory Trail is a test of skill, endurance and trust and is often cause for merriment and fun.

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Whilst some of the other children tried their hand at abseiling. Having seen the tower myself the courage and determination to succeed is a big ask. Congratulations children.

And then there were some who went on THAT swing!

FURTHER UPDATES CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCHOOL TWITTER ACCOUNT – @headparkside