On the morning of the 11^th of June, 45 year sevens left school to go to Newlands Activity Centre for the week. Newlands is in Keswick, which is in the Lake District. Their week was filled with mountain biking, canoeing and other fun activities. The teachers also took part in a few of the activities. The food was amazing, dinner was a three-course meal every night and the breakfast included sausages, bacon and hash browns.

One of the most popular activities was ghyll scrambling. They had to walk to a ghyll, which is a valley that has lots of waterfalls in it. This activity was filled with sliding down these waterfalls and jumping into pools. The water was freezing cold but it was worth it. Earthball was an activity where we did lots of different things with a giant ball. In our groups, we had to work our way around cones, rolling it on the ground, without touching the cones or taking our hands off the ball and then try to lift it up off the ground and not let it touch the floor. Probably the highlight of the activity was when we jumped over the massive ball.

It was such a brilliant experience. Unfortunately, they had to leave Newlands on the 15^th to go back home.

By Katie 7KW