Abernant Residential 2024 - Day 4

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Day 4 - The penultimate day - World Book Day

After yesterday's sunshine, we were snapped back to reality with a misty & chilly start to the day. The chill remained throughout the day, with the odd bit of sunshine, but mostly chilly & grey today.

But that didn't stop us from completing the…

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Abernant Residential 2024 - Day 3

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Day 3 - The halfway point.

We were treated to a gloriously sunny day today, once the sun burnt away the morning mist. 

Another day fuelled by cooked breakfasts and fresh fruit, supplemented by multiple bowls of cereal too! The children needed it, as this morning's activity was the hill walk,…

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Abernant Residential 2024 - Day 2

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Greetings from Abernant on Day two.

The children were up and at them, bright and early this morning! Fuelled by a cooked breakfast and fresh fruit the group headed to the lake for a morning of water-based activities Canoeing and kayaking were the activities, awaiting us, with the prospect of…

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Thursday

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We've really enjoyed our final full day at Abernant.

Sessions included archery, orienteering, low ropes, fencing, survival skills and stand up paddle boarding.

This evening we all headed out into the darkness for a night hike which allowed the children to make great use of their torches.  It…

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Wednesday

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Once again the weather has been kind to us here at Abernant.  We spent this morning on the lake learning new skills and improving our ability to to use canoes and kayaks.   

In our Canadian canoes, it was all about teamwork and sharing strategies for the different games we played on the water. …

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Tuesday

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Day 2 of our residential visit started with a cooked breakfast. Some of us may also have enjoyed extra toast, multiple bowls of cereal and some fruit. We wanted to ensure we had lots of energy for our hill walk in the morning.

The hill walk took us about two and a half hours.   We had a proud…

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First adventures in Abernant

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Year 6 send their greetings from sunny (yes, really) Wales!

After an uneventful journey, we were delighted to arrive at Manor Adventure with plenty of time to store our bags and enjoy a site tour before our first activities.

Today we split into two groups for the activities with group 9…

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