Year Two have boundless energy!

This week, Year Two have had an amazing residential trip to The Boundless Outdoor Centre in Malvern.

They left school early on Tuesday morning, excited and eager to get started. When they arrived, they were shown to their chalet and settled into their rooms, unpacking and making their own beds, with a little help from their friends! After a delicious packed lunch, they started their first activity, which was the Low Ropes. The children were paired up and they had a series of obstacles to challenge themselves. Their favourite involved a huge cargo net and a rope, from which they swung, jumped, and landed in the net on their back. It was super to see the children really challenging themselves and having a go at everything.

After this, they started their next activity, which was a wild wood walk. The children wore an all-in-one suit for this activity and they were encouraged to get muddy! They looked for trolls in the woods and made mud spirits to scare the trolls away! They then had a hearty dinner and enjoyed some quieter colouring and games time before bed.

The next day, they were up early and enjoyed a delicious breakfast, before beginning their first activity of the day, Bird Orienteering. They were put into small groups to test their navigation skills, and given a map to find wooden birds around the wooded area of the centre, on each of which was a letter. Once they had found all the letters, they had to unscramble them to make up the name of a bird. This task not only tested the children’s map reading, but also their team work skills.

Their final activity was the High Bridges. This activity involved walking along a rope bridge high up in the tree tops, harnessed safely of course! There was also the added challenge, for those who wished, to walk along a second high bridge, with large gaps between the stepping planks. This was a real test of nerve and the children demonstrated some super risk-taking! They were then carefully lowered down to the ground with their harness. After a packed lunch, which the children made themselves, they travelled back to school on the minibus, extremely tired, but fulfilled. The children are already looking forward to their next residential in Year Three! We would like to thank the Boundless Outdoor Centre in Malvern for such a super experience.