Year 6 Camp – Cobnor Activity Centre (28 - 30/06/23)
The children were dropped off by their parents at Cobnor on the Wednesday morning and met the staff. After a safety briefing and a tour of the facilities, tents were allocated and belongings were stowed.
Group 1 started with aeroball. Group 2 did archery. Group 3 did orienteering.
After we gathered for lunch, we got ready for the afternoon’s activities.
Group 2 had a session on the climbing wall, followed by orienteering. Groups 1 and 3 headed out on the keel boats sailing.
After we gathered together for a pasta-based dinner, some of the children played on the field whilst others went for a walk to the beach with Mr Neaves (who went for a swim).
We all then came together to watch the movie “Holes” (having read it in class) before brushing teeth and heading to our tents at about quarter past ten! There were a few spots of rain in the late evening, but spirits were high as the children started honking about sleep.
We had thunder and lightning through the night, and it was still raining as we got up. However, the weather got steadily better as the day went on.
Two groups did “Pirate Ships” whilst the third went on the keel boats. After lunch, Group 2 were deigning pirate flags and then paddling small sail boats to find inflatable “pirate treasure”. The other groups did cycling, bushcraft, orienteering and climbing.
After dinner, there was some down time before we had our fire pit session. A group went with Mr Neaves for a paddle (they definitely did not swim!) whistler the others played on the field or sat in their tents. Marshmallows were toasted on the fire and songs were sung before the children went to bed for a much earlier night.
On Friday, once all the tents were emptied and breakfast eaten, Mr Cooper (a student teacher who had been placed with Year 6 earlier this year) arrived in time to join us for the morning activities.
Before going home, Group One’s day was Bushcraft, cycling skills, lunch and archery.
Group Two had cycling skills, Bushcraft, lunch and aeroball.
Group Three had aeroball, archery, lunch and then ended with climbing.
Jessie Younghusband Primary School
Jessie Younghusband School is a local authority maintained, one-form entry primary school, located just outside of Chichester's city centre in West Sussex. We have a proud reputation for competing in sport - in particular running and swimming.