Friday, 8 August 2014
Thursday, 7 August 2014
DAY FOUR - WARWICK CASTLE
eagles, catapults, walls, jousting, horses, knights, swords, moats and lots of sunshine
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
DAY THREE - NATURE CENTRE
national express provided us with two double deckers for our own private use
there was loads to see and loads to watch
no-one had ever seen porcupines being fed before
some of us saw the lynx having their dinner, some of us saw the otters juggling with stones, all of us saw the keeper cleaning out the rhea enclosure (gross)
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
DAY TWO - CONKERS
the traffic was light, the weather started off nicely and we arrived early!!
the kids built shelters, read maps, climbed over things, made fires and got muddy
we also caught part of a magic show that was so bad that it was good
Monday, 4 August 2014
DAY ONE - THINK TANK
180 students !!!! - wow
this is what it looks like when 200 people queue for a train
the day really sped by - the students enjoyed their first day together especially the water park in the sunshine
and just in case you ever wondered what 200 people queuing at Moor Street looked like -
tomorrow - CONKERS - 9 until 4
Thursday, 24 July 2014
GROUPS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
If all the students who sent back a fully completed SUMMER SCHOOL consent form turn up, there will be 190 students and 20 staff attending.
That means 20 groups - with the possibility of joining groups together in all sorts of combinations as the week goes by.
Each group has a colour and each student will have a lanyard of that colour so that staff can spot them easily.
The colours are as follows - BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, MAGENTA, NAVY, ORANGE, PURPLE, RED, WHITE and YELLOW.
It would be really helpful if each student were able to remember their colour for when they come on their first day - it would hugely speed up the process of initial registration
NINESTILES SUMMER SCHOOL 2014
THE PLAN FOR THE WEEK
on each day - please watch the weather forecast and advise your child to dress accordingly
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, we will be outdoors for most of the time - a bottle of water, a hat and sunscreen would seem sensible if it looks like sunshine - a rainproof coat would be sensible if it looks like rain - because of the type of activities that we will be doing, trainers would seem a much better choice than shoes or sandals.
food and a drink will be provided on each day, although there are food and snack outlets at each of the venues on our trip days, so you may wish to allow your child a bit of spending money
Monday - train journey to THINK TANK - 9 until 3
9am - arrive at school
9:29 or 9:51 - all 210 of us travel to Moor Street from Spring Road
10am (ish) - meet at THINK TANK
groups of 30-35 students tour the displays and activities
(including time for lunch, a visit to the gift shop and a session in the planetarium)
2:10 or 2:31 or 2:50 - train to Spring Road from Moor Street
3:00 (or just later for those students on the 2:50 train) - home time
Tuesday - coach journey to CONKERS - 9 until 4
bring a tea-towel or a hand-towel for drying feet after the 'barefoot-walk'
9am - arrive at school
9:15 - leave school
10:15 - arrive at CONKERS
10:30 - activities begin (including orienteering, bushcraft and 'barefoot-walk')
12:00 - lunch break
12:45 - more activities
2:30 - end of activities
2:45 - leave CONKERS
4:00 - home time
Wednesday - bus journey to BIRMINGHAM NATURE CENTRE - 9 until 3
9am - arrive at school
9:15 - students leave school in small groups
9:20 - students begin catching bus from Acocks Green to Edgbaston
10:00 - first students begin to arrive at Nature Centre - lunch included
1:30 - first students begin to leave Nature Centre
2:15 - first students begin to arrive at school - look through photos of the first 3 days on big screen
3:00 - home time
Thursday - coach journey to WARWICK CASTLE - 9 until 4
9am - arrive at school
9:15 - leave school
10:00 - arrive at Warwick Castle - students will stay with their group leaders and visit as much of the castle and its grounds as they can - we will meet up as a school for several special events throughout the day - students will be given food vouchers - each group will decide when they wish to eat
2:30 - end if activities
2:45 - leave for school
4:00 - home time
Friday - in school activities - 10 until 3
10am - arrive at school
10:15 - the entire group will be split into two large groups
10:30 - group A - problem solving, group B - archery, climbing, fencing
12:15 - PIZZA
12:45 - group A - archery, climbing, fencing, group B - problem solving
2:30 - final meeting in the hall
3:00 - home time
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