Sheffield High Year 7 Residential

Friday 20 June 2014

Adventure Quest is for High Flyers!

Putting on safety harnesses -

Jacob's Ladder -

Day 3 - and on the low ropes .....

and on the high ropes .....

Incoming Tide - problem-solving exercise ....

So we were all tired but we still had energy for Buxton Adventure Quest. We loved the low ropes although I fell off a few times- Tia and I caught each other!

We also loved our high rope activities ‘crate stacking’ where we had to stack crates against the clock and get higher than the other team. When I did it I got higher than the others but fell off first and so did Tia (we were both disappointed but it was so much fun!). Overall the trip was amazing and we all had a great time!

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Day Two - Thursday 19 June

Following the previous day of excitement we set off in various directions, some went to the Lowry and others went to Old Trafford, home of Manchester United.

At The Lowry there was an option to do either 3D Modelling or to take part in Drama. In 3D modelling we first took part in an automatic drawing challenge (not looking at the pencil or paper), then copied some of Lowry's drawings and sculpted them into figures.

In Drama we tried a series of exercises plus very hard brain teasers! We had to use our bodies in extremely different ways and used characters from Lowry's paintings to base our improvisations.

Old Trafford was amazing and the actual stadium is huge. It was great to see the players changing rooms and the shirts. I loved walking through the tunnel on to the pitch to the recorded sound of the crowd roaring! Mrs Heery was asked to sum up Old Trafford in one word and she chose 'stupendous'.

The evening meal was lovely and the choice of evening activities was extremely hard to choose from; supporting England in the World Cup, watching a DVD, playing in the games room or chilling in our rooms.

Flora and Tia

Thursday 19 June 2014

Miss Thorneloe is geared up for the England match ...

.... as the Uruguay national anthem is played ....

Come on, England!

Hope You're Not A City Fan!

At the Lowry

About to start activities at The Lowry!

Day 1 - Wednesday

On Wednesday our first stop was Castleton! After looking around the pretty village and round the ancient church with interesting architecture, we took a stop at the old fashioned sweet shop which to our great, great disappointment was closed, but our day was far from over.

Next up was the very long walk up to the Norman castle, Peveril Castle and - wow! - it was hard plus very long, but we weren't complaining for long when our eyes met the magnificent sight of all valleys below. We sat eating lunch whilst admiring the views and then we were allowed time to explore.

Later we were driven to the lovely Manchester Youth Hostel and we were very pleased to discover the Ben &Jerry's ice cream machine!

"SHS's Got Talent" was full of laughter and surprises, but was amazing. Our day was great and we went to bed very tired but happy!

Flora and Tia