Thrilling Thursday

Hi all,

Another successful day with numerous heights conquered and fears faced. 6DE climbed walls, burrowed through caves, abseiled down towers, swung on the terrifying 3D swing  (with glorious sea view) and stood atop a wobbly telegraph pole 40 foot up in the air. 6A swam and fenced,were led blindfold through a muddy obstacle course, and showed off their tightrope walking skills on the shaky "Balance Beam" far above the ground. For 6R it was much of the above plus some quad biking and archery, where they pretended to be in the "Hunger Games". All in a day's work at Kingswood.

The much hyped "Disco Night" was a glamorous affair. The jeans were tight and the lipstick bright - and you should have seen the girls, too. The dancing was fun with Honeywell taking to the stage for Gangnam Style. Happy and exhausted, no encouragement was needed to turn lights out at 10pm. They slept like logs but were still on the a sunny football pitch before breakfast at 7.30am this morning.

Today, we are expecting a colder wind and some rain, but nonetheless, highlights on the menu will be: Go-karting, Quad-biking, Aeroball and and the infamous "Leap of Faith".

That's all for now but rest assured all your children are having the most fantastic time, dashing around the campus with a freedom and confidence unfamiliar to most London children.

Up early tomorrow to catch the dawn ferry so it's farewell from us on the Isle of Wight. Thanks for following.

Love from Y6 teachers

Terrific Tuesday

Hi all

Yesterday was a terrific day here on the IOW!

In the morning the children took part in a variety of activities that challenged their teamwork skills as well as testing them physically. Archery, Caving, Abseiling, Orienteering and the terrifying 3G swing were all on the menu. A group also went swimming [a first for Honeywell at the IOW] and had great fun playing water polo.

Overcast skies but mild weather meant that the children had a fabulous afternoon down at the beach. All the children took part in Mr Reed's "Big and Beautiful" sandcastle competition. Their castles were huge and impressive but even Honeywell's finest couldn't fend off the tide! After hours of designing, digging and building they then played games on the beach or relaxed in the beach cafe; the owners commented on the children's fine manners!!

In the evening all relaxed and watched 'Despicable Me' at the cinema before going to bed for a well earned rest.

Today, more exciting activities are planned and 6DE are looking forward to the arrival of Ms Drew. Later all will put on their glad rags for tonight's disco and dance the night away! Make up and hair gel will undoubtedly be liberally applied[and that's just the teachers!]

Finally, history as made yesterday when some of the children's dormitories were awarded full marks [10] when inspected by the fastidious judge [Mr Reed!]. This has been an impossible task to achieve in the past so the children in question are very proud!

Year 6 teachers xx

A Great Start!

Our journey to the Isle of Wight yesterday was smooth and trouble free.  Spirits were high with the anticipation of the week ahead. The Solent was flat for our ferry journey and hundreds of people turned out at Portsmouth to wave us off [we later found out that they had come to wave off the last voyage of the Arc Royal – not that we told the children!]

On our arrival at Kingswood, we were given a very warm welcome by the energetic Kingswood Team.
After a quick tour of the site, pupils were given a chance to stretch their legs on the playing fields - games of frisbee, football and cricket were enjoyed by all. 

After dropping luggage in their rooms, it was straight off to first activities – up high abseiling or on the precarious balance beam or climbing for some. Low down on hands and knees caving or developing their fencing skills for others. This was followed by our first delicious meal in the diner! 

As we write this, pupils are busy getting their dorms ready for their second inspection by Mr Reed.  If previous years are anything to go by, standards are high and nothing will go unnoticed (not even a crooked hair brush). 'Ten-out-of-ten' will be hard to score!

A busy morning is planned and then we will all be on the beach this afternoon taking part in the sandcastle building competition [hopefully the sun will shine so some staff can top up their tans!]. Tonight we will all watch a film together followed [hopefully] by a good sleep!

Year 6 teachers xx

Hi.
Welcome to our Honeywell Blog. We will be posting blogs on a daily basis this week, technology allowing. Please check in and feel free to blog back! 
Best wishes
Y6 Teachers