Oxford - Day 2

The second day in Oxford has been amazing!!

After a very early start, we had a huge breakfast and then got our wellie boots on for what appeared to be the muddiest day of our lives!!

Our teamwork and communication skills were put to the test as we were blindfolded and navigated around a muddy assault course. Mrs Pape and Kian were very thorough directing each other through the extremely squelchy mud.  Then our balance and collaboration skills were required for a low rope course where we discovered Miss Dale has little coordination and spends lots of time falling off benches.

At lunchtime we had some yummy lasagne, lemon sole and cheese pastries. After that we teamed up and made shelters in the forest! Exchanging ivy and horsetail for money to buy tarpaulin and rope. The shelters were fantastic and even with a  bucket of water thrown over them, remained intact. With Mrs H's fantastic searching skills, the game was brilliant.

After some free play, we took part in bushcraft, with some particularly skilled lighting from Merlin and Ellie, and some fantastic determination from Beau. The fires were a lovely end to day 2. The children them toasted marshmallows and made s'mores, a first for Tommy!!!

The staff are all very impressed with the children for giving everything a go, tasting all the foods and being very helpful and considerate.

After TP and Mrs Humberstone had enough food to feed a small army, the children had showers and had a brief tidy, with yet another change of clothes for the girls!! Most changes of clothes award has to go to Bethy, Maisie and Millie May. Boys had a fantastic game of football.

We then had our DVD, hot chocolate and chocolate cornflake cakes. The children have now fallen asleep at an impressive speed, super excited about Oxford Castle tomorrow!!

Oxford - Day 1

"I have loved the whole day, best day ever!!" - India

Day 1 has been a hit! We started off our journey with singing, I-Spy, then more singing. Our journey culminated in a very exciting stop at the services. After a few hours we arrived in sunny Oxford. We boarded the Serafina 2nd, where we meet Peter and Mark. The children asked many questions and discovered a lot about pirates, Robin Hood and boats. And we did some more singing!!!

"My favourite part was when the boat was turning on the Thames and it looked like we were going to crash... but we didn't!!" - George.

"The cruise was my favourite part of the day" - Merlin.

We had lunch onboard and continued our cruise in the sunshine. At about 1pm, we said goodbye to Mark and Peter, and travelled to Stansfeld.

After a big task of making our own beds, we munched on some sandwiches and were told that if we didn't want to eat vegetables we didn't have to. Although all of us did!

"The best part of the day was the orienteering because we got to go off on our own and explore the woods and I learnt how to use a map" - Kian, Bethy and Millie

We then went into woods and gave orienteering a go. We definitely have some budding adventurers in Moore Class!! We navigated, explored and searched high and low looking for clues.

Dinner was a key part of the day and we enjoyed chicken, fish and some vegetables with a hot sponge and custard for dinner!!!

After, we had the much antiicpated 'Moore Class Has Got Talent'. We had singers, dancers, comedians, speed stackers and a mixture of all the above. Photos will follow.... who knew we had the next Taylor Swift and Olly Murs with us in Oxford.

Then after some hot chocolate and cookies, we played outside in our pjs!! Miss Dale showed off her excellent javelin skills and Mrs Humberstone is a whizz at running. Mrs Pape met the the paparazzi on the slide.

"The hot chocolate was delicious and the talent show was fabulous" Beau, Ellie and Tilly.

Now our explorers are tucked up in bed (although very much awake), ready for an exciting day tomorrow....