Safely off the Mountain

Group 4 are now off the montain looking forward to dinner
then an activity, then fireworks.Nice picture
of us coming down from the mountain.

Blogging up a mountain

Sam,Lucy,Stevie,Megan,Olivia,James,Victor,
Reiss,Ellen,Luke,Anthony and Mr Jukes
are safe on top of a moutain, in a tent,
being rained on

Evening all,
after tonight we only have one more night!
This group of Y6 is the largest we have ever taken but certainly one of the best.
The staff at Hereford Cathedral were hugely impressed by the attitude, respect and intelligence of the children from St Peter's.
It is 10:15pm and most of them are asleep. (even those few who frequently stay up later!)
My favourite room at Trewern is the drying room where all the muddy, wet kit is hung to dry. It smells great!!!!!
There is only one computer here working so the children have not had as much access to the blog as you have. I hope they will enjoy reading it.
Tomorrow night we will have a few fireworks before bed and then on Friday morning we will be orienteering before heading back to Dagenham. We will keep in touch on the journey home but are aiming for a 6.30-7pm return.
Mr C

Another day, another dollar!

Hi All!

Another fantastic day in Trewern. Today group 2 visited Hereford cathedral which was very beautiful. The children were very well behaved - many people commented on this. This afternoon we climbed Hay Bluff (very appropriate) which was very hard going. I was so pleased that the children had the oxygen tank ready when I got to the top - I have determined today that I am very unfit.
Tomorrow we will be climbing and gorge walking which will finish the week off nicely. I am looking forward to my own bed but have really enjoyed my week away with your children. Thank you.

Miss Hay

More news from the children

Hi everyone, Im having lots of fun and I miss you, its very cold and wet, but i am enjoying myself. I went caving today and canoeing and i climbed up a big tall mountain.Love u lots Mercy

Hi everyone Im having a brilliant time, its really cold but its great. we went caving on monday and it was a really goood experience. Im missing you all lots of love Maya

Hi im having loads of fun,although we get wet all the time. Today i went to the top of the mountain, it was cold and a little scary, but we were so far up the minibus looked like a toycar. Looking forward to seeing you XO Josie

Hello today I went to the top of a mountian, I was abit scared because i don't like heights but then my group helped and encouraged me to go on. Im having lots of fun, my room is fun because im with all my best friends in it. Cant wait to see you Mum lots of love Billi xoxo

To mum and dad today i climbed a mountain and i really enjoyed it. Whenwe got to the top we got to roll down to the bottom. Before that we went to hereford cathederal, i am really excited being here. Cant wait to get home love from Adefela XX

Today i went Gorge walking and i kept slipping on the wet rocks. it was really,really fun and then later on we went indoor rock climbing. When we finished rock climbing some of us got to hang in the air like superman. Cant wait to see you Mum and Paul. XXXX Ellen

Hi Mum and family, miss u loads cantwait to see you, we have been caving, the water was so cold but we had a great time. Did an assault course, and got so muddy, we also went on a gorge walk and jumped into water. XXX Megan

Hi Mum and Dad I had lots of fun when caving, and i like the food here, some of my clothes are wet and dirty. The assault course was really muddy and dirty but i had alot of fun. Cant wait to see you again! Jennifer

Hi Mum and dad i went gorge walking today. I got soaked and really muddy although I had fun, going down the rapids and rocks like a slide. Im really missing you and I cant wait to see you XXXX Ricky

Hi Mum and Dad I ve had a good week so far. We did caving gorge walking, canoeing, climbing, assault course, nightline. i have been getting wet alot because the caving and gorge walking. I really miss you and i cant wait to be back and see you love Luke XXXX

Hi Mum and dad Im having lots of fun, we have done climbing today and mr jukes saved me , he was holding my rope. i miss everyone lots and cant wait to come home. Love you XXX Jamie

Hi Mum and dad, Im having a great time but I am missing you. All the stuff at trewern is great, although some of it has been scary at times. On the assault course I climbed over an eightfeet net. missing you lots love Anthony XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hi Mum and Dad, im having fun and i have been doing lots of stuff that i ve never done before. The best activity so far was the Gorge walking because I got really wet. i had to slide down waterfalls and we had to look after each other to make a great team. i cant wait to come home but dont miss me too much. Love samson xxx

Hi Dad Im having a great time and I cant wait to see you, i love caving lots see you when i come home love u lots bye xxxxxxxxxxx olivia payne

Hello Mum and Dad so far i am having a great time at Trewern but i do miss you very much. my favourite activity so far has been gorge walking and canoeing. i liked it when we had to paddle down the canal and come back again. and when we went gorge walking we got very wet i had water going in my nose. lots of love kelly xxxxx

Hi Mum hope danielle is alright, Im having a good time, thinking of you, say hello to cats for me Love u lots and lots xxxxx shanee

Hi Hilliary all of the staff have been really supportive, and i am missing you very much, my favourite activity was gorge walking lots of love from reiss XXXXX

Hi Mum Dad and danny, looking forward to seeing you too when we get back, hope you still enjoy the quiet time while im away, hope u got the letter!!Lots of love,
XXXXXX Dean

Hello Parents, Im missing you while im in trewern, and I want to come back home but this place is still fun and amazing. i hope the house is quiet without me. Canoeing was the best thing so far, because I dropped in the water. Did you see my photo. Bye xxxx marvin

Hi Mum Dad Sistewr and Brother, Im missing u alot in trewern. I hope u are having a nice quiet time at home. My best activity has been mountian climbing because we got to roll down when we reached the top. Hope you are having a great time. XXXXX cant wait to see you Leroy

Hi Mum and dad Trewern is very fun, hows the family? Hope you guys are having a nice time without me. We usually get wet every day, hope school is ok.Cant wait to see you Owens

Hi Mum and Dad I am missing you alot, hope you are having a nice time at home. cant wait to see you when I get back. Im doing fine with my injections and levels, my favourite activity has been caving because we got to see all the shells within the rocks. Cant wait to see you XXXXXX Laurie

Hi Mum and Dad, I am having alot of fun, i went canoeing and I went in a cave. I miss you very much and I cant wait to see you again. Love you lotsXXX Chloe

Hi Mum and Dad Im having lots of fun, I miss you, i went canoeing and i climbed a mountain. XXXXX Olivia Barnes

Hi Mum and Dad, done lots of things like climbing a mountain, canoeing, caving. having so much fun. Cant wait to see you. Georgia XXXXXXX

Hi Mum and Dad I love you and I miss you. I went caving and canoeing, it was very clod and wet but it was very fun. I went to Hereford catherderal today, and i went up a big mountain. i love you Mum and dad Bye! Oscar

Hi Mum, Dad,Jessica and Troy. I am having great fun with my friends and i have been discovering new things. i hope you have missed me and I also hope you have left my room tidy. the best thing about trewern is being with all my friends and I have been getting very wet. Im coming home soon. xxxxx tony

Hello Mum and Dad, Daniel, the food is yummy. The teachers are looking after me. i went climbingLove you xx Sam

Hi mum and dad and celesteen i miss you alot but i have been having lots of fun. the teachers are looking after me very well. I have been enjoying every single activity even though some of them have been very muddy and wet(i didnt like that). Love from afreen XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Bye hope you are having fun as well

More Pictures

More Pictures

Some pictures from today

Miss Hay in Trewern

Hi all!
Well this is my 1st experience of Trewern and it has been fantastic so far. The weather has been traditionally welsh, but this hasn't made the slightest difference to the children. All the instructors and staff have been very welcoming. Yesterday Group 2 did the assault course and canoeing - paddling about 2 miles in total! Today we went caving - it was very wet but all the children excelled their own expectations and conquered lots of their fears.
I am very proud of all the children for their attitude to new challenges and their behaviour towards each other and adults, but particularly my group: Stuntman (Stiv), BFG (Danny), Loube Lou (Laurie), Smiler (Mollie), Jelly (Leroy), Magic (Marvin), Dippy (Adefela), DLF (Tomi), Pom-Pom (Georgia), Princess (Olivia) and Sheep (Seun). Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Miss Hay

More from the Children

To mummy
it's been kind of hard to do the 3 peices of work per night but i've done my best, i'm having a very very nice time, today we went caving and had to crawl in really small places I wore a torch light on my head.
i really miss you love Tomi.xx

To my Family
I have enjoyed the day canoeing with my group Ms Mcbride and Imogen were in my canoe with me and we were the fast we beat everyone HOORAY! I really miss all of you and can't wait to get back home to tell you everything I have done.
Lots of kisses and hugs from Odera.xxxooo

To ST Peters & Family,
Having a great time at Trewern .At the caves was fun and so was the canoeing. We are have done Canoeing, Caving, Night Lininng,Problem solving and a Night walk.
Having so mutch fun missing you all.
From Nicholas

To everyone
I'm alright here everything is all good but we still got wednesday, thursday and friday. When we got here I thought it was going to be completly different to ws it is.
To family
When I get home everything to feel right agian. we will all be together again. Keep me in all your prayers (even thogh I'm alright right now) see you on friday
love you all
shanttel

To everyone
ive had a fun time at trewern so far ive been on a assult course wich was very fun and hard.
ive been connowing wich was very very fun but very wet we all went on alittle boat and sunk at the end.ive been caving and it was very very wet but we went through all secret tunnels and
everything its very fun and excitting hope everyones ok see you when i get back bye for now.
love from
danny.

Hi is Seun here its been beautiful i dont want to come back home just yet.
Im having a great time with my friends but im missing my family on 2%, today we went canoeing and me and my friends fell off but luckily it was only once.
Anyway I got to go now see you on Friday.

Hi its Stiv and today it was funny. We went canoeing and it made my hand so sore we went 2 whole miles paddeling on the canoe at the end of the session we tried to fit all of our group in the canoe when we took off all of us splashed in the water and the water so so so so cold bye got to go.

Hi its victor, today we went rock climbing , the water was so cold went we into the cave,so much water was in my wellingtons. It was a beatuiful view ,their was som many animals like pigs, sheep, and dog well i dont miss school at all well i will see you on friday.

Hi this is Redemptor.Today I went canoeing and the water was very very cold.I also did the nightline. I was scared at first ,then got used to it. then
suddenley I banged my nose.But it's getting beter. hope to see you on Friday.bye.

Hi mum and dad. it Jessey. how is Dagenham. Trewern is very fine and we went canoeing today. We did nightline.

Hi, its rex and today i had a really lovely dayand we padelled in the canal, what is happening at school anyway its very scary and i do not miss you that much i'll see u later. Bye mum, by dad and bye annoying siblings.




Hi its Imogen and today we went caving and I had so much fun i loved it and it was really cold and muddy . I also had to do some weird things oh were do i begin!
in the morning we got in to our outfits so we could go caving .
I miss you so much so ill see you on friday.

From the kick-off yesterday we have all been happy. The M25 was a pain but we arrived with plenty of energy for a nightime walk.
Caving today was cold and wet but great adventurous fun. The children have been excellent at their jobs and not one moan has come from any of them. Hopefully today's activities will mean a few more hours sleep tonight for some of the cherubs!
Mr C

Caving

Hello Im Stevie N Im in group 4 and im enjoying trewern! I went caving today it was very good and I think I would want to do it again. I hope every one back at home is good!

hiim Marisa R,I am in group 3 and today i did canoing and it was a little scary. In my group Osacr was the one who fell in the most. It was hard to steer the boat but i fianlly got a hang of it eventally. Hope everyone is having fun.

Hi I am Lucy,today I went caving it was very fun and exciting also a good experiance.I had lots of fun trying to get through the litle gaps in the cave and I ish I couldgo there again another day.I hope everyone at home is feeling okay and I hope you are having a good time to!

hi my name is mollie and i went canoeing it was exciteing at first but then they cept shaking the boat and then it was worrying but at the end they all threw us n the water it was very good and i was really happy after i done it.i wish you was here with me to see me.

Pizza and Chips

Children are tucking into food after
being outside all day. We are all still
very happy although don't think any
of the children will complain about
bedtime tonight.

Time Confusion

Sorry about the confusion in time
this is because the blog is a US blog
and therefore set up in US time
We are all fine and well having all enjoyed
our first full day of activities.

Arrived safe and sound

We are all here in one piece, watching
the children try to make their beds
is always an experience.
Lots of smiles from the chilren, adults
looking tired.

Hi from the coach

Hello from the coach,
we have just stopped to change coaches
all had our lunches and all safe and well.
Almost in Wales, all going okay, children
are very excited.