Last week Year 4 went on their residential trip to Huairou district in Beijing. It turned out to be a lovely opportunity for students to try something different from their usual structure to the school day.
The camp was an outdoor camp where students built their own ‘civilisation’ whereby each class became their own tribe. In order to build a successful civilisation, students needed to successfully master a number of skills. One of the activities involved building a catapult. The two teams then attempted to hit each other with a wet sponge.
Day two involved the students building on their work today. At camp, there was talk of creating a national flag for our ‘tribe’ as well as building an Art Gallery to show off the best of the ‘civilisations’’ art work.
The day finished with students getting to know each other a little better by playing some traditional playground games including Chase the Shark, and untying the human knot.
By William Platt
Year 4 Cranes Class Teacher
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