Carlton Lodge 2022

A recount of Carlton Lodge:

CARLTON LODGE

2022!

On Monday 6^th of May 2022, classes 4 and 5 left to go on our residential trip. The time we left was about quarter to 10 in the morning. After a while of being on the bus we stopped off at Helmsley to stretch our legs and go to the toilet. It took about an hour and a half in total to get to Carlton Lodge.

At lunchtime we arrived at Carlton Lodge, we went straight into the dining hall to have our packed lunch. After our lunch we took our bags upstairs and found out what rooms we were in. Most of the year 6’s were in the bunk house with 3 people in each room. The year 5’s and other 2 year 6’s were in the sports hall. All the year 5 girls were in the same room, all the year 5 boys were in the same room and the other 2 year 6’s were in the same room.

Group 1’s first activities were bushcraft and problem-solving. Bushcraft is making fires, dens, eating bugs and toasting marshmallows. Problem-solving is where you are given challenges and you have to solve them. Groups 2 and 3’s first activities were water sports (raft building and canoeing). Raft building is where you build a raft with your team and have to try and navigate around the lake. In canoeing you have to paddle across the lake. We played a game like Bench Ball and a game called Fetch which is where the instructors throw rubber ducks into the lake and we had to collect them. Groups 4 and 5’s first activities were the high ropes, in the high ropes there were bridges; the first bridge was going across a rope with another rope above, the second bridge is like stepping stones - it is planks of wood spaced out and you have to get across it. The final bridge is logs across the top and you have to try and walk across them. The second bit is the zip wire, you had to climb a very high pole and when you got to the top you were fastened onto more ropes and got to whizz down the zip line. The final section was the leap of faith you had to climb a very tall pole, when you got to the top you had to unclip one of the ropes, then you went to the end and jumped off into the air and tried to a hanging red ball.

Later we all played outside until dinner. After dinner we had our final activity of the day which was a night walk (everyone did this). We went all around Carlton Miniott -it was about 2 and a half miles and it took an hour and a half. Finally, we had a hot chocolate and biscuits. That night it was lights out at 22:00.

The next morning most people were awake at 7:00 we all went for breakfast at 8:00. The other days all the group’s activities were High Ropes, Bush Craft, problem-solving, water sports and a scavenger hunt. In the scavenger hunt you went round in groups of 3’s and 4’s going around the whole lodge looking for answers to questions you were given.

On Wednesday we did were archery, and a challenge course. In the archery we played lots of games and in the challenge course you went round a low ropes course with a partner taking turns being blindfolded and spotted by your partner.

That lunchtime we had a picnic outside, then we packed all the bags on the coach and finally set off home. We got back to school at about 15:00 and if our parents were able to collect us, we went home early.

By Annie R & Millie S.

Dear parents the children are having a fantastic time, here are a few photos, more will be added when we get back to school.

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