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• North Wales 2012

  Sat 30 Jun 2012

  Day Four Update

  Its Thursday evening and we have once again found a wifi connection!  We've had a wonderful day climbing Snowdon, and there are currently some very tired faces currently having showers at the youth hostel!  (There are also some very cheeky faces trying avoid showers at the moment!!!)

  Please scroll down the page for some photos of us enjoying our activities.  We are off to the cinema this evening, and then heading to Alton Towers tomorrow.  Traffic allowing we will see you all at school at 11:30pm - if we are going to be much later than this we will ring as usual. 

  Day Three - Update!!!

  It is Wednesday evening, and we have finally had some success in our bid to find a wifi connection!  Everyone has had another brilliant day (despite the weather) and we are looking forward to an evening of climbing or hill walking after dinner!

  Hello from North Wales !!! Everyone is safe and well and we're all having a fantastic time despite the somewhat challenging weather.
  
  We've spent the day climbing, kayaking, hill walking and canyoning and we're just about ready for some well earned hot drinks before we settle down for bed. Finding an internet connection is proving very difficult.
  The internet cafe in Llanberis didn't have internet this evening - which makes it just a cafe I guess !
  I'm typing this via a satellite link which is too slow for pictures.
  We'll have another go at up-loading tomorrow. Feel free to leave messages and sorry about the lack of technology up here !!

   

  Our first stop on Monday was at the Black Country Museum.   Here we were taken around by Victorian guides and shown the many different buildings which make up the ‘village’.  We learnt that all of the buildings in the museum have been moved from other sites and rebuilt to show a typical Victorian mining village.   After exploring lots of the buildings (and devouring our packed lunches!!) we were able to go on a tour of the Dudley Canals, where our guide showed us how canals were built into the tunnels and hills of the Dudley area as part of the mining industry.  We were also lucky enough to take a tour of a Victorian mine, and find out about how coal was mined and the different jobs within a mine itself.

   

  Having left the Black Country Museum we headed across through North Wales to the hostel.   Everyone enjoyed the scenery as we worked our way up through the mountains and we were relieved to get to the hostel just in time for tea!   After a substantial (!!!) tea we were able to explore the hostel and get ourselves established in the games room – a very competitive Jenga tournament has started!

   

  Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday we have been working in groups taking part in a range of activities.   These have included kayaking, canyoning and climbing.  Everyone has had lots of fun trying new activities, and our guides have been impressed with the attitude the children have demonstrated to their challenges!

   

  This evening half of the group are heading to an enormous indoor climbing centre, while the other half are exploring in the hills behind the hostel.    Once we are back at the hostel it will be time to prepare for our ascent of Snowdon tomorrow and have another early night!

  Everyone is in very high spirits, eating and sleeping incredibly well!  We will do our best to update again tomorrow – technology depending!

  Please keep posting comments – we will do our best to get them to the children whenever connections allow.

  

• London Residential - Day Five

  Fri 29 Jun 2012
  As you can see it was a slightly dull end to the week when the children were forced to spend seven hours at Thorpe Park on the way home !!
  Everyone was very brave and made the best of having to go on rides and eating at KFC, and the "all you can eat" buffet at Pizza Hut.
  We were very impressed with the way that the children battled on until the park closed instead of bailing out early and getting back for the end of school.
  By the time we got back at half past midnight the only people awake were the drivers !!!

  

• London Residential - Day Four

  Thu 28 Jun 2012

  It’s nearly eleven o’clock and everyone is safely tucked up in bed after a very busy and exciting day!   We started off at the Tower of London, where the boys were thrilled by the tales of execution, escape and torture (and the girls were repulsed - well mostly !!).

  After exploring the exhibits in the White Tower we enjoyed the chance to study the Crown Jewels which we decided not to steal after hearing what happened to the first person who tried.

  After a very busy morning we headed to St Pauls Cathedral where we were lucky enough to have an ‘access all areas’ tour before climbing the many, many steps up to the top of the domes!

  The Whispering Gallery really did work !!

  After this we had a very hot trip on the Underground and a leisurely walk through Green Park, enjoyed a refreshing ice cream, and then stopped outside of Buckingham Palace.  The Queen was in, but she didn’t ask us in for tea – much to the children’s dismay and the staff’s surprise !!

  Bowling was brilliant and for the first time in about five years Miss Daniel didn’t win – everyone was devastated for her !!

  

• London Residential - Day Three

  Wed 27 Jun 2012

  You're not going to be surprised to read that we've had another packed day.
  We spent most of the morning at the Houses of Parliament where we were able to go in to both the Houses of Commons and Lords. When we'd finished our tour we met our MP Geoffery Cox in a Committee Room and went down on to the MP's Terrace beside the Thames.
  We then went on the Thames again to get to the Globe Theatre where we worked with one of their actors on Romeo and Juliet.
  The afternoon day finished with a trip to see the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum.
  as you can see from the photos we're all very happy - if a bit weary.
  
  We're up-dating this in a spare hour back at the Hostel before we head of to Victoria to see "Wicked".
  Back late again and maybe another up-date much later !!!

   

  It's about 11.30pm and we've just got back from "Wicked" - which was wicked !!!
  Everyone one was fast asleep within about 45 seconds .........
  ......... so we're going to be fresh for another non-stop day tomorrow !!

  

• London Residential - Day Two

  Tue 26 Jun 2012

  After a peaceful night we've had another busy day.
  We've had a brilliant time at the science museum, at Westminster Abbey and on a river trip which took us down to Greenwich where we saw a show at the Royal Observatory in their planetarium.

   

  We're about to head off ice skating but thought we ought to post a few photos first.
  There'll be more later on this evening - probably much later !
  Keep posting comments !!

   

  It's 11.30pm and we're safely back in the Hostel having survived ice skating !
  The children had plans to post comments when we got in tonight but tiredness got the better of them - we'll get them on tomorrow so check back in the morning.

  

• London Residential 2012

  Mon 25 Jun 2012

  Year Six London Residential - 2012
  *** We're Safely Home after an exhusting - but Amazing Week !! ***

  Day Five at Thorpe Park has been Up-Loaded.

   

  On behalf of all of our staff I would like to say how very proud we are of the children who took part in this trip.
  Their behaviour, attitude and the interest they showed towards everything that we did was never less than exceptional - even towards the end of a busy and tiring week - and they were a real credit to themselves.
  The list of compliments that they received from the general public is far to long to list here !
  As you can see from this page we had a brilliant time taking part in a huge range of amazing activities and having some great experiences, however the trip was also very demanding and exhausting - as anyone who has spent any length of time in London will appreciate - and the enthusiastic way that the children kept on going was a fantastic thing to be a part of.
  I think we've all had an experience that we'll remember forever.

   

  It's nearly midnight on day one and everyone is sleeping soundly!  We've had a brilliant action packed day, and everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's activities.

  We started off our adventure at the London Eye, and enjoyed the panoramic views of London.  Our guides even helped us to find some of the attractions that we will be visiting through the week.

  After this we walked through Whitehall and picked out some famous sights, before heading up to Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery. 

   

  After our session at The National Gallery we headed on to the underground and made our way to the Youth Hostel.  
  We enjoyed a large dinner, and then made our way to the cinema this evening.

   

  The final order of business for the day was to celebrate Holly's birthday with presents and cakes!  We aren't sure if Holly will ever forgive us for singing happy birthday to her in a wide range of locations, but we all certainly had lots of fun helping her mark her 11th birthday!

  

• Vintage Rally 2012

  Fri 15 Jun 2012
  Our amazing brass band performed at the Vintage Rally on the Holsworthy Show Ground this weekend where they put on two wonderful shows.
  Our PTA have given us over £2000 for instruments which the children are able to use. All of the children in the brass group have free lessons every week with our music teacher Mr Moulton and in addition to this Miss Daniel holds a weekly band rehearsal.
  Music is a huge part of our work in school and this is why we use our funds to support it so heavily.
  We are very proud of the children in our band and we're certain that everyone who hears them play will agree that every penny we invest in this project is money well spent.

  

• North Devon Tag - Rugby

  Wed 13 Jun 2012

  Year six tag rugby teams faced a challenging tournament on Wednesday 13th June 2012 against a lot of schools roughly in the area.

  We enjoyed a great 45 minute journey to Barnstaple for the big day. Half an hour after we arrived and trained with Ian our sports coach, we packed up our stuff set off to our first match. We set off to a wonderful start with excellent players of team B passing and scoring. Oscar passed a great ball to Bertie, Who raced down the line with a brave face and Shannon made too impossible for anyone tag her. The final,succeding score was 4-1.

  In team A we started with a fabulous team,every one was scared,because the opposition showed tough expressions and teamwork . Although this happened we stormed in front of Great Torrington A and made them look angry. Callum took a risk and did a sharp turn and passed an extremely accurate throw to Will,who then raged with fear shot down the centre and scored a tri.

  Both teams played exceptionally well and because of our hard efforts we came to the quater - finals and then became the teams who rounded to the semi - finals and unfornuately we got to golden - goal from a fantastic 4-4 down to a massive mistrake and we slipped to 5-4.

  Luckily we still had our other game still going on and we kept our heads up and smiled,until yet another golden - goal,but unexpectedly a boy made us look another way a struggled round and scored a tri and unfortunately we ended up losing 6-5.

  Despite the unfortunate loss of both final games we still made the most of our day and witnessed another tight match and then we marched with pride back to the mini bus to go back to school,so we could go home and rest for the evening.

  By Ella-Rose and Frankie Members Of Class 6.

  Thank you to sir, Ian and and all the children who played. We had the best time ever. Well done Bradworthy Primary Academy.

  

• Hockey Winners

  Mon 11 Jun 2012
  Our Hockey Teams went over to Holsworthy College today (Monday 11th June) to take part in this seasons hockey tournament.
  We had a great time and a lot of success.
  Our teams finished in first and third places overall.

  

• Bideford Tag-Rugby

  Mon 11 Jun 2012
  Our Rugby Teams had a fantastic day in Bideford this week when we took part in the annual Torridge Rugby Festival.
  
  We played Appledore School in both the Plate and Cup Finals and we won both matches.
  
  This means that we have retained the cup which we won last year and that we have been festival winners three times in the last four years.