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• Appledore Band

  Thu 11 Jul 2013
  Our Brass Band were invited to play at the Appledore Music Festival.
  We had a fantastic time playing to a huge audience in the sunshine on Sunday afternoon ......
  ...... and eating ice cream afterwards !

  

• London 2013

  Wed 10 Jul 2013

  Day Five.

  The perfect way to end an amazing week in London was a visit to Thorpe Park on the way home.
  Amongst other things we got soaking wet on the Tidal wave, were terrified by Saw, and hurtled from 0 to 80 mph to a height of over 200 feet on Stealth.
  The only thing that stopped us was the closing of the park.
  
  We were even back ten minutes early at 11.50pm.

  I've got to say how incredibly proud of all of the children w all were.
  London is a challenging environment at the best of times - let alone in a Heat Wave !
  
  The children were amazing.
  There energy levels were incredible and it was amazing to see the way that they threw themselves in to everything that we did - even later in the week when everyone must have been tired.
  The children's behaviour was quite simply outstanding and they were an absolute pleasure to be away with.
  It made us all feel incredibly proud to be away with such a motivated, mature and independent group and from all of the comments that we received during the week it is certain that they made a real impact.
  
  I'd like to share these comments from an e-mail from the Youth Hostel's manager with you :

  "The group have just left this morning and I think they will be pretty exhausted by the time they get home! They had action packed days and with the heat that we have been having they have done very well.
  I wanted to also let you know how polite they all were, the staff commented about this numerous times, they were a delight to have stay with us.
  I hope that the group arrive home safely and that you all have a lovely summer break."

  

• London 2013

  Tue 09 Jul 2013
  As usual the children outperformed the adults when we went ice skating after tea !
  
  We had just enough time to go back in to the city to have a look at the one site we had missed -
  Buckingham Palace.
  It was all lit up and it looked really good - it was also great to not have to battle the crowds and the heat.
  
  We're back at the hostel now and everyone is packing so we can be away quickly in the morning and get a full day at Thorpe Park.
  
  See you all tomorrow at mid-night.

  

• London 2013

  Mon 08 Jul 2013

  After lunch we had a tour of St Paul's.
  We lay on our backs to look at the beautiful mosaics on the ceiling through binoculars and elected a new Bishop !
  We went up the dome and whispered to each other in the Whispering Gallery - it really did work !
  As you can see the view from the top was amazing.

  We're heading out ice skating now so you'll have to check back later to see some more photos - probably much later !

   

  Wicked was amazing !
  It was so good that no one fell asleep - and in the past someone has always nodded off at some point !!!
  There's no photos of the show because we weren't allowed.
  
  We're safely back in the hostel and heading for sleep.
  Thanks for all the comments this evening.

  Check back tomorrow for the latest photos.

   

  Day Three
  
  Our first stop was the Houses of Parliament where we were able to compare the way our own Student Parliament works to the real thing.
  Check the photo carefully because there's certain to be a future Prime Minister in there somewhere.

   

  We had lunch outside the Tate Modern after walking "The Queens Walk" on the South-bank.
  It was amazing to see the actors rehearsing on stage in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
  We spent an hour with one of the actors in a workshop which was based on Romeo and Juliet.

   

  We finished the day at the British Museum and we're back at the Hostel now having tea.
  
  Everyone is very excited because this evening we're off to the Theatre to see "Wicked".
  If you've just read this please leave a comment because the children are loving reading them.
  
  More up-dates later.

  

• London 2013

  Sun 07 Jul 2013

  It's nearly midnight and everyone is sleeping soundly - which is hardly surprising as we've had an amazing fourteen hour day traveling across the city !!!
  It's got to be said that the children are looking tired but we're having a fantastic time, packing in as much as we possibly can and it really is a pleasure to be away with everyone.
  
  The day started with Dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum followed by a walking tour of central London and a guided tour of Westminster Abbey.
  We then traveled on the river down to Greenwich where we visited the Planetarium.
  After a quick tea in the hostel we went bowling and then in to town to see the lights in Piccadilly Circus and down on the Embankment.
  It's and early start tomorrow with breakfast at 7.00am so I'm going to say goodnight !
  
  Thanks for all the comments.
  There will be more up-dates tomorrow.

   

  Day Two.
  
  We've all had a great nights sleep - really it's true !!
  As you can see we're enjoying breakfast before we head off in to the city.
  We'll make another unpdate when we get back this evening.

   

  As promised here are some more photos.
  
  As you can see we're having a great time in glorious sunshine
  (I bet we won't be calling the sun glorious by Thursday !).
  We've been on the London Eye, and walked up Whitehall an across Horse Guard's parade to Trafalgar Square where we visited the National Gallery.
  We've had our first taste of the Underground although and it's got to be said that the "Tube Surfing" needs a lot of work !!
  We saw Despicable Me 2 at the cinema which was great.
  It's 11.40pm and, believe it or not, everyone is asleep.
  
  There will be more photos tomorrow.
  Please leave lots of messages.

   

  As you can see we've made it safely to London and are on the London Eye.
  Since then we've also visited the National Gallery and the Cinema.
  Everyone is having a great time however we've been having technical difficulties and have only just managed to get on the internet.
  It looks like we've solved the problem though so we'll try and put a few more photos on later.
  Please leave messages !

   

   

  

• Merton Champions 2013

  Fri 05 Jul 2013
  Two Netball Teams and a Football Team represented our school at this year's Merton Rally this Sunday. Over twenty children took part and despite the burning heat everyone competed really well and had a great time.
  
  The netball teams put in some excellent performances.
  Our B-Team went out in the second round of the plate competition after drawing 1 -1 with Instow and then loosing a penalty shoot-out 3 - 2. This was a great experience for these younger children and we're certain that they will be back next year for another go at winning a trophy,
  Our A-Team reached the semi-final of the cup competition where they lost a very close match to Abbotsham School by a score of 3 - 2.
  
  Our football team have had a great season reaching three finals but unfortunately ending up as runners up in each of them.
  We went one better at Merton when we won the competition, beating Tarka 3 - 0 in the final, to regain the trophy that we last won three years ago.
  This was the last football match that most of our A-Team will play for the school and the perfect way to end the season.

  

• Year Six on the Beach

  Thu 04 Jul 2013
  Year Six took advantage of the great weather at the end of last week to go down to the beach at Northcott Mouth.
  We spent the morning climbing on the sea cliffs and when we weren't exerting ourselves we had plenty of time to relax on the beach and in the sea.
  On the way to Nortcott we stopped of at Morrison's to buy some lunch which we cooked on our camping stoves.
  We had to leave at 2.30pm so that we could go kayaking on the Bude canal.
  All-in-all it was a pretty tough day !!!