Day 3

What a day! Beautiful weather, high adrenelin activities and great food, all enjoyed by a brilliant group of Year 6 pupils who have continued to impress us all with their enthusiasm, boundless energy and "give it a go" approach to everything that is thrown at them.
Everyone certainly slept better than they had the first night and were not awake quite so early this morning, a few still rubbing sleep from their eyes at breakfast time.
Circus skills, orienteering, Laser zone, abseiling, Go karts and many more activities have been challenging the girls today, and they have all achieved beyond their wildest dreams.
With many other schools departing today we had the whole centre to ourselves at lunchtime which gave us plenty of time to enjoy a large slice of birthday cake to round off our lunch and set us up nicley for more activities this afternoon.
The nightline activity where a line of blindfolded children had to follow a rope wherever it may lead, including over rough terrain, through tunnels and over bridges, around tree stumps and through "spider's webs" (dangling ropes), highlighted a few lessons to be learned with the listening side of communication; our girls are quite brilliant at the speaking side, yet not so accomplished at listening yet!
After a roast dinner it was time to head back to the dormitories and put on their glad rags ready for the disco; this too was, a highly energetic event, fuelled by loud music (some of which even the oldie teachers knew, but by no means all of it)and the duracell bunny instructors who never seem to run out of energy. They all looked fantastic in their outfits, many of which had been planned and co-ordinated with others for weeks before hand. After over an hour of dancing a few sore feet plodded their way back to the canteen for hot chocolate.
At time of writing (10.05pm) the girls are all in their beds, just having a bedtime story and lights will be going out for the last time on Kingswood 2010 within a few minutes.
Tomorrow morning will be hectic, with the girls needing to pack everything up and be out of the dormitories so that they can be cleaned ready for the next group of children to inhabit. There are still two more activities to complete before lunch and then the awards ceremony...(still unbeknown to the girls) our lists are virtually complete, just a little fine tuning still to do. We aim to leave at about 1.00pm and hopefully we will be able to deliver your daughters back to you at the planned time of 3.15pm.