Year 6 Camp Review

I would like to say thank you to all the children who came to Whitwell this year. The staff noticed how well you all coped with the weather and with sleeping in tents. There was no fuss over food and everybody joined in the acvtivities with enthusiasm. Judging by the volume of the singing - everybody seemed to have a great time.

I would particularly like to thank the staff who came to Whitwell this year: Mr Byer (despite being retired) was indespensible with his guitar, fire lighting, cups of tea, macrami etc; Mrs Spencer had her first experience of Whitwell - many more to come!; Mrs Morgan - thanks for geeing us all up in the middle of the week; Mrs Monk was a brilliant leader of Blue group; Mr Damien Harte (a good friend of the school) without whom we would all have gone hungry; Mrs Mawson for her enthusiasm during our Art Day; Helen Brook for her never ending energy and patience with the children. Thanks to Mrs Elphick for joining us on Thursday for the trip to the coast and for her hard work during the evening back at camp. I would also like to thank anybody that made a cake this year. It was a real treat mid morning and late afternoon to sample the huge variety of cakes on offer. They kept our energy levels topped up between meals / activities.

If you would like to order a DVD of photos and movies then see Mr Brook asap.

I thought you might like to hear about an interesting unexpected event - whilst waiting for our boat to Blakeney we met a group of children and their carers from Chernobyl (Belarus). They were spending a month in England getting fresh air, vitamins and good food. They are still suffering the aftereffects of the nuclear diaster in 1986. Click here to see details.

It was a timely reminder of how lucky we are to have our healthy children living in a beautiful country.