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!!