So its that time of year again!  Big Brother has started on ITV but they are not the only ones in the house- Year 6 are at Grittleton. Yay.

We got on to our coach and left the parents (well most of them) at the side of the road waving their handkerchiefs and wondering what they were going to do with themselves for 4 nights!

The traffic was kind to us and we were on the motorway in super quick time. We had a bathroom break at the services near Reading and Mr Caffrey managed to upset a huge queue of old ladies in Greggs when he got to the front and asked them for all the sausage rolls they had!!!!! So after a bathroom break and a sausage roll sharing session, we were back on the coach and driving up the drive to Grittleton by 12:15. The sun was shining, and the staff were waiting to help unload the cases and settle us in.

Orientation was our first activity, the children were taken around some of the site, shown the important meeting places and reminded of the do’s and don’ts of school journey.

Next was lunch time and it has been such beautiful day we ate our lunch outside on the big picnic tables. Cleared our rubbish and it was time to go to our bedrooms. Boys one side, girls the other. Carrying their suitcases up the stairs was no problem for the children, putting the duvet covers on the duvets proved to be a bit more challenging!!!! As always Teamwork makes the dream work, and if all else fails Ms Priscillia is a soft touch and can be persuaded to do it for you- it turns out!

Rooms tided and inspected and we were off in our activity teams and on to our first challenges. Each group does all of the challenges at different times. So today we had Den Building, Escape and invasion, Problem Solving (other than putting on a duvet cover) and my favourite- arson club (it is really called fire lighting but I prefer my version.

After these activities we had a chance to run around the fields and play rolling down hills-and that was just Ms Pope!

Off to dinner a 5:30- Chicken nuggets, chips and as much salad as you want- and they wanted a lot today. The fresh air had definitely sharpened their appetites.

A chance to run around again (can you see what I am doing here- lots of running= tired children!!!) 

The evening activity was the campfire. Singing, dancing, joke telling (we have to work on these- they were terrible!!!), hot chocolate and of course roasted marshmallows. 

Back to the house tired, happy and desperate for bed (hee hee)

Showers, teeth cleaning and lights out by 9:30, I don’t think I heard a voice after ten, and whilst going around all I could hear was snores and heavy breathing drifting out of the rooms.

Thank you to the parents who have lent us your children for the week, we are loving seeing their joy and smiles.

All photos will be on the website as soon as there is enough service to upload.

And will be available on TEAMS when we get back

Lots of Love and see you Friday

Miss B, Mr Caffrey, Mrs Pope and Miss Priscillia