It's our final day! We've enjoyed another hearty breakfast and have packed our bags ready to go. 🙁 We are so impressed with how organised and ready your children are. The final room inspection are done and the winning team was...BADGERS!! 

We're off to our first activity of the day. 

Thursday 28th March 

What happens to the left over food?

We scrape any leftovers from our plates (but there's not much!) into the dining room bin. Then the food is put out for the badgers and foxes to eat. We took some great photos of a fox eating our leftovers. 

Thursday 27th March - End of Day 

The evening was filled with fun where the children had to find pirates that were hiding in the grounds. One of them had stolen treasure so the children had to work out who didn’t have an alibi. They successfully found all the hiding pirates and worked out who stole it! 

Children all settled quickly after a long and energetic day.

Thursday 27th March 

This afternoon we played a game where we used coordinates to find our way around the whole of the Stubbington site! We worked in groups of 3 to find a series of plastic pigeons with game instructions attached to their bodies. We read the instructions and moved our counters along migration game track. We worked relentlessly running from site to site searching for pigeons - surely we'll sleep well tonight!! 
 

This afternoon Anning took on the extreme challenge. They had to work together to work out how to best protect the egg. They had to earn their tokens in some team building challenges in order to buy the materials. There was 5 teams but only 3 eggs survived! 

Thursday 27th March

TUCK SHOP VISIT!!

We visited the tuck shop!  There was huge excitement after lunch as the children had a chance to buy sweets and souvenirs. All our children used exceptional manners and loved sharing what they bought with their teachers and friends. 

Thursday 27th March 

Elton John Class took part in the 'Eggstreme' challenge this morning. 

We started day 2 with some team building challenges where the focus was to discuss, share and plan ideas on how to solve team building problems. We then used these skills to work in smaller teams to solve multiple team challenges, such as using equipment to transport 'radioactive' chemicals, the magic carpet which involved all members standing on a  sheet and having to turn it over without standing on the grass. then we designed packages to protect our eggs which we launches from a catapult. 4 out of 6 teams survived. 

Thursday 27th March

This morning Anning have learnt about migration paring up and exploring the grounds using 4 figure grid refence to find the missing birds. 

Thursday 27th March 

We've used clay, sticks and leaf matter to make tree guardians then we devised origin stories. Check out the photos of us making our guardians later today. 

Thursday 27th March

Morning briefing completed.

Children informed about results of inspections. Congratulations to Kestrels who won the first inspection! 👏 now off for our first activity of the day. 

Thursday 27th March

Room inspections are underway. Children have to organise and clear bedrooms, boot rooms and outside storage. . Points are awarded for the best rooms and winner announced at the end of the week. We are so proud of every child's efforts.

Thursday 27th March 

Breakfast was a huge success! Weate jams and toast, cereal AND a full, English breakfast. We enjoyed juice, milk, sweet tea and water to refresh us for the day.

The children are now ready for their fun day ahead.

Thursday 27th March

The children all settled well into bed last night and are now starting to wake and get washed and dressed ready for a full day of activities. 
 

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Wednesday 26th March

Last night, after dinner we spotted a fox prowling around. We were sooo excited! The children were thrilled and have been non-stop talking about it today. 

Wednesday 26th March - Update from Elton John Class

Elton John- we started our day with a snack and drink before some outside art inspired by a famous artist. We used the colours of nature around us to create a tonal rainbow scale. We were then inspired by the artist to create our own art using natural resources. We spent a bit of time unpacking before meeting to find out about our stay and meeting the staff. We enjoyed some free play outside at the adventure park and playing football. Before we knew it, it was time for our evening meal. After eating, we had a short break before spending some time with a local wildlife photographer. The photos were incredible. We ended our first day with supper before some downtime before bed. Children (and staff!) are ready for a goodnight sleep before day 2.

Wednesday 26th March - Update from JK Rowling Class group 

In the morning we completed the earthquake challenge where children were asked to transport supplies from one end of the course to the other. This involved climbing over obstacles, crawling underneath obstacles and even jumping over a pool of lava. The children also got to enter the Badger hides where they viewed foxes darting in and out of the wilderness. Hopefully we get to see some more tomorrow!! 

Wednesday 26th March

The children had a fantastic first day at Stubbington.

After arriving safely, they enjoyed a tour on Stubbington and unpacked their things. They then got started on some fun activities in groups before having lunch. The first day flew by enjoying numerous group tasks and soon dinner time was upon us. The children have also enjoyed some free playtime. All children and staff settled well into bed and are excited for day two. 
 

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Wednesday 26th March - 11:09am

The children have all arrived safely and are enjoying a tour of their home for the next 3 days.