Year Five Residential - Guideacres 

As our time at Guideacres comes to an end and life long memories have been made, we would like to say thank you to all the children for their company. They showed that our ASPIRE values aren't just for the confines of the classroom but a set of values to take with them wherever they go. We are proud of them all. 

Thank you so much to all the staff who have made this experience possible. 

Arctic Morning Update 

Arctic Class have woken and happy birthday has been sung to our newest 10 year old. 

The children are now enjoying rocket launching and have so many happy memories to share. 

"This is the best residential ever." "I loved the Pizza Wraps." Joe. 

Arctic Afternoon Update

We don't think Arctic class could be in a better spot in this heat than a shaded woodland enjoying water games. 

The slip and slide awaits! 

Arctic Have Arrived! 

This wonderful week of residential continues and Arctic are buzzing to get involved. 

They have unpacked, popped on hats, and are exploring the woods. 

Atlantic Morning Update 

Good morning. Atlantic are up and have fuelled up on breakfast. 

They have used skills learnt in school to locate points using geocahing. 

The children are tired but happy and looking forward to telling their families all about their adventures later today. 

Atlantic Afternoon 

The children have learnt many new skills today from making campfires to washing up to hanging up their wet clothes on a washing line. 

This was all after cooking themselves lunch over an open fire. 

Atlantic Morning Update 

Welcome Atlantic to Guideacres. 

The children have unpacked and settled in to camp life. They have explored the woods and are now having a lesson in fire lighting prior to cooking their own lunch. 

It is a glorious day so they have topped up sunscreen, located their hats and are drinking lots of water. 

Pacific Morning Update 

Pacific have woken up, tidied, eaten a hearty breakfast and are enjoying some geocaching. Here are some photos of the night before! 

The last 24 hours can be summed up perfectly by Leo, "Best residential yet!" and by Ollie, who had eagerly awaited the legendary Ms Hayhurst breakfast, "Amazing activities and a REALLY good breakfast." 

The children have been an absolute pleasure to spend time with and are a credit to their families and LNSPS! 

Pacific Afternoon Update

What a brilliant day it has been!

The children have had a great afternoon enjoying water games and the slip and slide. 

They are now back manning fires to cook the much anticipated pizza wraps. 

After they have washed and dried up, they have some more free play before an evening around the campfire. 

Pacific Morning Update 

An excited class of children have unpacked, applied bug spray and sunscreen and explored the woodland.

They have had their fire safety talk and practised lighting fires. Their perseverance was outstanding. 

The children are now busy collecting firewood so they can cook up a delicious lunch of jacket potatoes, hotdogs and corn on the cob. They will have this alongside a buffet of salad from the salad bar. 

Year Four Residential - Skreens Park 

Cockle Morning Update

Sleepy Cockles ate a hearty three course breakfast and got involved with a jam packed morning of activities at Skreens. A big thank you to Mrs Hayhurst, Mrs Brown, Mrs Player, Mr Cotton and Ms Brown for a wonderful residential experience.

See you all later when we will hand back your amazing children.

Cockle Evening Update 

Cockle Class enjoyed a tasty pasta dinner after an interesting afternoon Stacking Crates and tunnelling in an old bus!

Hot chocolate and s’mores are waiting for us outside our dormitory before we get ready for bed and have a sing song and night time story.

Cockle Morning Update

Cockle Class arrived all excited at Skreens Park and have quickly settled into their new environment. The class have made their beds and unpacked their belongings.

The children have had fun on the low ropes and have taken part in an Archery competition shooting at targets. They are now tucking into a healthy and tasty lunch.

Oyster Morning Update 

Good morning from Skreens. Last night we enjoyed S'mores and singing. The sun is shining and the have woken, following a really good sleep! 

The children have eaten a two course breakfast of cereal and full English and are looking forward to their final two activities: archery and low ropes. 

Mrs Heffer, Mrs Helps, Mrs Moore, Mrs Brown and Ms Hayhurst would like to thank the children for their wonderful company. They have been enthusiastic, respectful and team players: a credit to their families. 

Oyster Evening Update 

What a day we have had! We are just back from our evening walk and you can see from the photos what a beautiful setting we are in. 

"The walk was really interesting. I loved seeing the baby chicks in the lake." Harry 

We have earnt our dinner tonight after a full on day of activity. 

Oyster have arrived and our adventures can be summed up perfectly by Maggie: "The morning has been really fun because we got to race wheelchairs and got to wear blindfolds while doing a sensory trail. The burgers for lunch were delicious and I especially liked the salad option."

This afternoon we have caving and crate stacking to look forward to. 

Paua Evening Update 

A full on day of activities has been had by the wonderful Paua Shell class. We’ve been diving through the caves, climbing up crates, shooting at targets and balancing along the low ropes.

After an hour long nature walk and a delicious dinner, their bellies are now full and looking forward to singing around the campfire!

Paua Arrive

We have arrived! The children have all made their beds and settled in nicely.

They’re now on the field enjoying the fresh air and anticipating their first activity- what excitement awaits!

Year Six Stubbers

Day Three

Our time at Stubbers is coming to an end and the most amazing memories have been made. 
What a group of children Our Leavers 2024 are! They can’t wait to see you all at 5pm on the Astro. 
 

Thank you Year Six for your company. 

It’s the morning after the night before... and what a night it was! We sang and danced until bedtime.

The children slept well and were very happy with the pancake breakfast, cereal, fruit and yoghurt that was ready for them in the canteen. 
 

They are now busy packing their bags and stripping their beds but the fun is not over yet. This morning they have two more activities before lunch and then a much anticipated play on the epic adventure playground. 
 

Day Two

Lunch was a huge success: pizza rolls and unlimited salad with a flap jack for pudding. Our children with dietary requirements are giving the canteen a big thumbs up.
As the day has continued the children have worked in teams. They have communicated to capture the flag in laser tag; worked together to balance on precariously stacked crates, and supported each other to hit the targets in axe throwing, archery and rifles. 



After dinner, there will be a disco and the children are already thinking about their song requests. 

A final update will be uploaded tomorrow. 

It is amazing how much you can fit in a morning. 

Wow that was a wet night! No sooner had we updated last nights blog when the rain came down and did not stop. 
We moved indoors and enjoyed a paper aeroplane tournament and game of Higher and Lower. 
Despite the awful weather, the children stayed safe and dry in their tents. The same can not be said for the staff on patrol!


The children have awoken to sunshine. There are one or two tired campers but a good breakfast has helped prepare them for another full on day. 
 

Day One 

The children had a good dinner.  They loved the salad bar and were rewarded with an hour of free play for excellent behaviour.
All tents have passed night one room inspection with no lost property so far! 

Silly olympics is now in full swing: complete with silly songs and dances. The rain is just starting but it is not dampening our spirits! 
What a great day with so much still to look forward to. 
 

The afternoon has continued with team challenges- giving the children the opportunity to gel in their groups.
Those that have been in the lake have showered and we are looking forward to dinner in the canteen. On the menu is burgers followed by waffles and ice cream.

Tonight we will be taking part in a mini Olympic Games. 

The Class of 2024 have arrived. 

We spent the morning doing two activities. Depending on the groups the children are in they might have combatted using lazers, stacked crates, whizzed round on a banana... The list goes on... 

The activities stopped for lunch and this allowed the children time to eat, recharge and make their beds. 

The afternoon is now in full swing. 

All the children have made an excellent first impression on the staff at Stubbers and are living out our ASPIRE values - proving that they run through each and every child of LNSPS.