St Peter's Catholic Primary School Romford

Here is the journal from last year. Visit the WATER PARK LIVE! page during the week for daily updates including photos and a diary. While away, we try to update each day by 11pm in the evening, with a summary of the day's activities. Click on the links to the other years to get an idea of what to expect.  

At the time of writing, all of the children are quietly asleep in bed... or being very quiet at least. The children have finished their evening activity, (a game called ‘Aliens’ which involved a lot of running around though the ground in the dark with their torches) got ready for bed, had their evening drinks and have concluded a day which was long at both ends.

The journey was a little longer than we would have wished for, but we still managed to fit in a good afternoon’s activity. The weather was sunny right the way through

So you know what the children have been doing each day, here are the groups:

Brown Pike

Cara, Orla, Ricky, Kier, Aidan, Liam, Ryan

Swirl How

Carys, Isabella, Matthew, Tommy, Fred, Finley, Leonardo, Nethara

Wetherlam

Izzy, Maria, Christian, Sam, John, Cian, Joshua

Coniston

Imogen, Grace, Aimee, Maddie, Fintan, Thomas, Nathan, Jamie

Brown Pike went out on Coniston Water in a large Canoe called a voyager, and paddled a distance down the lake, with optional activities such as dipping heads in the less-than-warm water.  Coniston spent their time on the orienteering course around the extensive grounds, competing in pairs. Wetherlam went mini-mountain climbing, exploring the land behind Water Park, occasionally finding that their welly boots were not tall enough to keep them dry.  Swirl How group got camouflaged as they took part in a in a search and capture activity, using their stealth and silence?!?

The evening meal of home-made pizza went down well with all of the children, and all of the crockery survived the washing up.

So now it’s quiet, and we look forward to Tuesday, with all groups doing Ghyll Scrambling at some point, along with climbing, orienteering and rope activities

MORNING UPDATE: Everybody has had a good night's sleep, and is eating well!

In the morning, Swirl How went Ghyll Scrambling, in water freshly melted from the snow in the mountains above. Their instructor, Ian, was impressed with their team-work, both encouraging and physically helping each other. In the afternoon, the children went canoeing on Coniston Water, and played water games involving balancing and trying to stay as dry as possible. 

During the morning, the children spent time on the climbing wall, including the overhanging sections. They played instruction games and competed against and cooperated with each other in practising for their Ghyll Scrambling during the afternoon. Whilst on the afternoon activities, the children unanimously decided to jump in the water, and equally unanimously decided to push Mr Hooton in. Thomas, without any help, managed to loose his welly boot in 10 feet of freezing water, which was later retrieved by Rachel, the group leader. The general conclusion was the it was not as warm as Barbados.

In the morning the children had a fantastic morning Ghyll Scrambling with lots of teamwork and resilience shown, including instances of total immersion! During the afternoon, they canoed across Coniston Water, and followed this by playing various games.

In the morning, the children did orienteering, using compasses, maps and their initiative. They paired up to see who could find as many control points as possible. During the afternoon they made their way up Church Beck, North of Coniston for their Ghyll Scrambling. They showed their knowledge of geology on the way, and enjoyed jumping in or indeed falling in on occasions. 

​After the evening meal, the children went out on a night-time walk, with torches, which they had to switch off at times to navigate in the dark. The evening also consisted of uphill races in the dark. All the children appeared tired at the end of the day. The teachers are hoping this is really the case.