Day 2

Happy birthday Alistair! Lovely start to our second day!

After a gruelling nightline last night and a fairly good night sleep (for some of us!) we enjoyed a nice fry up before heading off to our morning activities...raft building and Jacobs ladder.

Raft building helped to develop our problem solving and team building skills and also tested our patience! After successfully building our rafts, we got the wet suits on and took them out into the loch to see how good they really were! Very proud of the children for managing to cope while standing in and falling into extremely cold water. 

Some children faced challenges on Jacobs ladder and the children were given the chance to put trust in their friends. Whilst climbing the ladder, the control of their harnesses was in the hands of their buddies. A real test of trust and friendship!

After lunch and birthday cake,  we enjoyed more activities - Jacobs ladder for group 1 and rock climbing for group 2. The children pushed themselves to their limits and achieved the personal targets that they had set for themselves. Very proud of the work they have done today! 

Robot wars was our activity tonight. More team building and bossing around! 

Off to bed now, after a tiring day! Lights out at 10pm and all sleeping by 10.01 I’m sure! 

Day 1

We have just about survived our first day! Been wet and cold but we’ve all braved it to do our activities. Group 1 successfully canoed this afternoon with a few losing control of their paddles and group 2 braved the rocks for some abseiling. Well done to everyone for facing their fears today! 

After hot showers we enjoyed meatballs for dinner with cake for dessert before heading outside for some blindfolded games. We then worked as a team and headed off into the forest, still blindfolded, whilst facing some obstacles along the way. Lots of scream could be heard around the centre but lots of fun was had by all! 

Successful day for us all and hopefully all sleeping by 10pm...maybe not! 

We are here...

All arrived safely in Lochgoilhead. We have some very hyper, excited children! Just had soup and rolls for lunch. We are about 

 to get ready for kayaking and rock climbing. 

First challenge has already been completed...making our beds! Oh dear!

Lochgoilhead Update

Hi everyone, 

Just a wee update on our upcoming trip! I spoke with the manager at lochgoilhead yesterday and thankfully, the weather up there hasn’t been as bad so the centre is fully functional and roads leading to it are clear. I’ve to phone again on Monday just to double check however they aren’t expecting any bad weather over next few days so looks like everything should be fine, which I’m sure you will all be delighted to hear after having a few extra snow days with your child :-) 

I will update the blog again on Monday once I have spoken to them. 

While we are there, the blog will be updated on a daily basis with pictures and news from your little darlings! 

Looking forward to it.

Mrs McBeth 

Glasgow Bus Tour

Primary 7 all enjoyed a tour of Glasgow today on the city sightseeing bus tour. We visited Celtic Park, Ibrox, Emirates Arena, People’s Palace, Glasgow Green, art gallery, Kelvingrove Park and lots of other great sites around Glasgow. We also went to Garngad which is where our novel, Divided City was based. Everyone had a good time, answered well when asked questions and enjoyed having some time out of school! 

International week

Primary 7 learned some traditional dances from around the world, as part of international week celebrations. We learned salsa, Greek dancing, hip hop, line dancing, Russian dancing and ended with some Beyoncé! I’m not sure if the stars of strictly need to worry just yet!