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Day 4

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Another fantastic day today here at Caythorpe. The boys corridor slept really well last night without Mr Hodge keeping them awake with his snoring. We were first into breakfast at 7.15, so it was an early start, which was not appreciated. Once we'd filled up on bacon, eggs, yet more beans, plenty of toast and cereal, we were a lot happier.  Morning activities were: 'The trapeze', Survival Skills and a challenge course. The Trapeze involved climbing up a pole and leaping off the top to grab onto a swinging bar. With the high winds this morning, they had an extra wobbly time at the top of the pole. It was a relief for some of the children that they didn't have to climb up high again for the next activity. In Survival Skills, they learnt to lay tracks for someone to follow, light fires and survive in the wild. Feel free to abandon them one weekend in the future and they won't perish! Going kayaking this afternoon was a highlight for most children, as it invol
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Day 3

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Hello! Here's a run-down of day 3. Everyone went to bed at a decent time last night and when I woke up at 7am this morning, I was greeted with... total and utter silence. I first assumed that the noise of the dining hall had meant that I was now completely deaf, but I was pleased to realise that we had in fact, at last, tired them out. Having dragged the children out of their beds and rooms, they had breakfast and then went off to play some game whilst Mrs Jaworski and I went round for our room inspections. Pleasingly, they were all much tidier (even the boys!) and we were greeted with some more fantastic teddy arrangements. My personal favourite was a 'school staff room' scene created by April, Sophie, Summer and Jasmin. In this, some of the toys were playing a game of cards that was clearly very competitive and stressful. One member of staff had ripped up their cards in frustration whilst another was sulking in the corner. On the other side of the room, another me
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