Sunday 3 March 2013

Y6 Castleton Residential, Losehill Hall.

We all had a fantastic three days in Castleton! 
Here are some photos of the activities we took part in while we were there. 
Which was your favourite activity? 
Mine was archery.
Thank you to Mrs. Whaley for organising the trip for us.

Ready for a walk.

Hanging out in the gardens.
View towards Mam Tor.

A lovely day for a walk.

Can I carry your bag? Payment in Haribo accepted.

The broken road.

The Walkley army. We were sold for 20p each!

Marching practice.

Organising our formation.

The turtle formation.

Building the siege engine.

Good teamwork was essential.

Almost ready to fire.

Orienteering.
Green Lab Toad?
Dragon Beatle?
Long Eared Bat?

Which way? Orienteering in style!
What does the map say?

Dressed for battle.
Who is behind this helmet?!


The pet goat.

Journal writing.


The egg drop challenge.

Deciding on the best materials.

Working out the long boat message.

What did it say?

Mrs. Wellington helped us to build a den!

Take aim...

Who can score the most?
Candle making.

Our home made candles.
The archaeological dig.
We found all sorts of historical items.
I wonder what animal this is from?
We had to carefully brush off the items.

Ready for home.

We've had a lovely trip!



17 comments:

  1. What amazing photos. Y6 I wonder if one day you could teach Y1/2 how to march like Romans?

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    1. maybe we will teach them one day :)

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    2. whos was the biggest den?

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  2. i love your den it is fantastc den

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  3. i like ester and christams fun

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  4. nm. I think you are on the wrong blog. Try my blog with Y1 and 2!

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  5. it was really fun at Castleton

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  6. Castleton was AMAZING!! it was lots of fun

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  7. we liked badminton because its fun and exciting. we learnt lots of different skills and played a few games.

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  8. Castleton was really interesting because of all the activities that we did about the past !!!!

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  9. I hope we can go back as a class as it was a fantastic residential!! it was awsome !!!

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  10. catleton was superdoper cool i hope pupils liked it too,and saw all the pics

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  11. I enjoyed making dens. I was mainly carrying rocks to stop the den from blowing away. I went inside and it was cozy and sheltered from the rain.

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  12. The trip to castleton was amazing because i shared a room with seven people what was probably the best trip and time of my childhood,it would be cool if we could go again.

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  13. Castleton was really good and fun . s.h

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  14. Castleton is really intresing with how many activies there is and all about the past !!!

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  15. Tthe Easter fair was so cool! I really enjoyed it and it was extremely fun.

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