Last night, Year 4 pupils camped over at school. It was lovely to feel a sense of normality and I was incredibly proud of the behaviour that was displayed. All of the children had a fabulous time and thoroughly enjoyed all of the activities.
Den Building
When the children arrived at school, they were split into their house teams and provided with a piece of tarpaulin and some rope. Each team was set the challenge to create a den in the environmental area that all of their team could sit under and eat their tea. After a slow start, all of the teams created their dens with some even creating furniture and swings!
Time to cook!
The next challenge was to cook the beans and spaghetti to have with the burgers and sausages for tea. Mr Cockcroft demonstrated how to insert the gas cannister into the hobs and the children then set off in their groups to set up their own hobs and cook either beans or spaghetti. All of the children had listened carefully and set up their stoves safely. Once the beans and spaghetti was cooked the children then ate in their dens.
Team Challenges
Water Tower
This was by far the most favoured challenge (by both the children and staff!) The challenge was to cover all the holes in the water tower so that when the water was poured into the tower it would stay in and the ball would float to the top. It proved very challenging, but lots of fun and there were lots of soggy feet!
Plastic tubes
For this challenge, each group had to get the tennis ball from one side of the playground to the other using the tubes. The key for this challenge was communication and it proved to be tricky at times!
Wooden Planks
Shark infested water all around…how were they going to survive? Using the wooden planks, the challenge was to get each team member from one side of the playground to the other. All groups did a great job and communicated well in their teams.
Flint and Steel
To have a true camping experience, each of the children had a go at creating a fire with a flint and steel. They had to strike a sharp edge of the flint with the high carbon steel to create a spark and then try to use this to set the cotton wool alight. Although not all of the children were successful in lighting the cotton wool, they all tried very hard and all managed to create sparks.
Toasting marshmallows
No sleepover would be complete without toasting marshmallows and this was the final activity of the evening.
Bedtime
After an exhausting evening filled with activities, it was finally time for bed. After some popcorn and part of a film all the children settled down to sleep. I am really impressed at how well behaved they were at bedtime and all settled down quickly to sleep.
Morning!
Some very tired, but happy faces this morning!
A brilliant evening and they all did themselves very proud. Well done Year 4! 😊
19 Comments
Isla · 23 October, 2021 at 11:49 am
That looks so fun! I wish I had been able to do that when I was in year 3!
Demarae · 2 July, 2021 at 11:10 am
I was nervous at the start because I thought I wouldn’t sleep and then as soon as I got in the hall I was confident straight away. It was the best sleepover ever! We made a zip line in our den and we got wet by trying to get a ball to the top of this long plastic tube with holes in and water coming out while Mrs Wallsworth was pouring water all over our heads. We cooked beans and at night we toasted marshmallows and put biscuits on them. When we went bed we had some popcorn and watched a film and went to sleep.
Alexia · 2 July, 2021 at 11:09 am
For this Year 4 sleepover I was a bit nervous but is was fun. We got to build dens with tarpaulin and ropes. We went into groups and in my group there was Lacey S, Lacey C, Demarae, Ena and Lucas M. We made beans and spaghetti on a burner and we had a burger and sausages aswell. We lit a cotton pad on fire with flint and steel. We played basketball and held tubes and tried to get a tennis ball to the other side of the playground. Every time the tennis ball went down it we had to move our tubes to the other side so the tennis ball didn’t fall ooff. We also had two wooden logs and had to get our team across the playground. The last activity was getting wet! We had a pipe and Mrs Wallsworth poured water down it and it had holes in it and we had to cover it up with our body. We got very wet! At the end we roasted marshmallows, it was all so fun!
Darcie · 2 July, 2021 at 11:08 am
At first I was really nervous for a sleepover at school with all my friends but now I have done to it, I’ve had the best time ever.There is lots of really fun activities my favourite is the water tower definitely! The girls slept in the hall while the boys slept in yr 3. On Friday you don’t do any work because you will be tired from all of the activities you did on Thursday. On Tursday night all the girls went into the hall with their sleeping bags and watched a movie with popcorn!
Subana · 2 July, 2021 at 11:07 am
I was really nervous at first and then when we were making out dens, I was excited. I was so excited to do the water challenge and it was so fun. After we finished the team challenges we went learn to make fires and had to try to set a fire to the cotton pad and then after we went to play. Next we went inside and watched a movie before bed with popcorn. Finally we went to bed. I really enjoyed the activities and the popcorn .
Lacey · 2 July, 2021 at 8:26 pm
I was nervous at first but when we did den building and the water activity I was really enjoying myself. I loved my group we all did things fairly and took turns to sort the burgers and baked beans. When we woke up everyone was tired, I enjoyed the sleepover .
Daniel · 2 July, 2021 at 11:05 am
I loved this, it’s been the best day of my life!!! Loved every little bit. It was absolutely amazing.
My team comet made a swing while others made other swings and really cool things to play with.
The activities were amazing. We were even allowed to cook on burners (don’t worry it was supervised).There was den building amazing it was very fun and challenging because we were only allowed some rope and tarpaulin. Then basketball which was super fun up next there was a wooden plank which you had to pass along without touching the floor.Then a pipe you had to travel very far with and keep a tennis ball on and if it touches the floor you have to go to the start. We toasted marshmallows and made a marshmallow sandwich with digestives for the sandwich base. We also got to use a flint and steel to set cotton wool on fire and last but not least the water challenge. There was a tube with holes and you had to cover them with your body so you get very wet.
I was very very extremely worried but as soon as I got there I went from feeling very worried and anxious to the most happy and excited person on the planet! Make sure you go if you get the chance. On the way there 🙁 there 🙂 when the activities came 😀
Ena.M · 2 July, 2021 at 11:04 am
Last night was great! It was quite frightening at first but when I entered the hall it all became exciting. Whilst we were waiting for everyone to arrive most of us gathered up in our small friendship groups. There were 7 activities altogether.
My favorite activity was the water tower. As for my second favourite it was definitely the flint and steel challenge! I absolutely loved the den building so it would only be fair if that was named my third favourite activity. The others were also amazing so they can all come together as my fourth favourite activities.
Bedtime was fun, because we watched a movie and were able to chat for a few minutes.
In the morning we got up and chatted whilst people woke up.
John · 2 July, 2021 at 11:04 am
I was excited but nervous at the same time. My favourite activity was using flint and steel and my second favorite was roasting the marshmallows. It was so much fun!
Leah Bilton · 2 July, 2021 at 11:01 am
Great photos! It looks like you all had an amazing time! 😊
Lacey S · 2 July, 2021 at 11:00 am
At the start of the sleepover I was nervous but when we did den building and the water challenge I felt better. We also made smores and cooked our beans or spaghetti. When we woke up we were all tired so everyone stayed in bed.
Millie · 2 July, 2021 at 10:58 am
I was 0.1% nervous and 100% excited! My favourite activity was the flint and steel and toasting marshmallows. Everything else was amazing too!
Layton · 2 July, 2021 at 10:51 am
I really found it fun. As soon as I got inside I was so excited! I enjoyed all the activities but my favourite challange was the flint and steel one. THIS WAS AMAZING!
Cameron · 2 July, 2021 at 10:40 am
I enjoyed yesterday because we did loads of fun activities and games. My favourite was the water tower where you have to cover the holes in the tower. You will get wet for sure!
Lucas M · 2 July, 2021 at 10:38 am
I was pretty scared but when we got ready I was excited!I really enjoyed everything especially the den building. We used sticks on them. I thought it was hard but it was a bit easy with the team we really enjoyed it.The food was delicious and the marshmallows were amazing. This was the best sleepover ever!
Isaac · 2 July, 2021 at 10:37 am
I really, really want to do this again it was really fun. I was super nervous until I went into the hall. I enjoyed the den building the most.
Aisha · 2 July, 2021 at 10:37 am
I really enjoyed the year 4 sleepover! Before it I was a bit nervous and a bit excited but when I went in I was super excited! My favourite team game was the water game where you had to cover holes on the tube and try to get the ball to the top while Mrs Wallsworth was putting water in the tube. We got soaked!
Nina Schofield · 2 July, 2021 at 8:31 pm
Great photos. Looks like you all had a brilliant time. So pleased you got to have this experience 😊
Evie B · 2 July, 2021 at 10:33 am
I was a bit nervous but when I walked in the hall I was extremely excited!