Knapp house day 4

The final full day at Knapp has been another busy one.

The weather has been a little changeable, but the food has continued to be filling and wide ranging. A great breakfast this morning was followed by activities of tunneling and crate stacking and coastal walking. Both were a little damp and muddy (I'm glad we don't have to do all the washing!) from yesterday - but were again, great fun.



This afternoon was one of the rare times when all the Oakwood have been on an activity together. We went crabbing and out on the rib boat on the river estuary. There were plenty caught: some big, some small and other in between!



Tonight's blog is a bit earlier as it's DISCO night tonight!! Time to dress up and hit the dance floor!

Year 6 Oakhouse Thursday

Oakhouse have been so busy having fun this morning. We've made our own small community of people (they live on the ceiling!!) We've laughed all day ..... Off to do sports and games this afternoon!

Knapp House 2016 Day 3

The weather here in Devon has taken a bit of a turn for the worst today. We've had some dry spells, but it has been a mainly wet and windy day. But did we let that stop us?...

Don't be silly!

We have been getting even wetter riding the speedboat and dangling out behind on a ringo along the river Torrage; Climbing and abseiling on the tower and we all went canoeing out on the lake together.





This evening, the rain has returned (with vengeance). All groups were together again this evening having some fun and frolics in the rain with the pedal carts.
(*Sorry if we haven't shown many pictures of your child on the blog, there is only room for so many, and they take quite a while to upload down here!)




We've had lots of post arrive so far so thank you to parents and family who have sent messages, don't forget you can leave comments here on our blog for us too!

Year 6 Oakhouse Wednesday

Wow - what a day! Freezing cold and pouring with rain but there we were paddling around like ducks! Check out who got stuck in the bushes! Watch this space for more Oakhouse antics!!

Year 3 Photo Frames-part 2 Construction.

Year 6 Oakhouse Fun!

Year 6 are having a fantastic week so far....Monday was spent becoming wonderful budding artists and we even created a new display of our finished pieces!

In amongst the creativity we have made sausage rolls, wraps and muffins and had a sunny picnic followed by a super game of rounders on the field....

Watch this space for more news of what we are getting up to this week.....

Tuesday at Knapp House

Hello from Knapp House, Day two.

Its been a bit of a busy day today! Children were up very early and raring to go for breakfast (they must have run out of sweets and chocolate).
This morning's activities were: Canoe drill for two groups and climbing and abseiling for the other two. It was rather hard work in the pool for the canoe drill but the children are now ready to hit the lake later in the week. There were a number of people who beat their fear of heights and we are so proud of them!!



This afternoon was coastal walk and tree hoist and traverse. We did get a little wet, but the sun was soon shining again.



This evening two groups completed the crate stack and tunneling, the other two - tree hoist and traverse.



There are still a few awake, but most are now sleeping soundly.

Hugo Cabret Inspired Photo Frames-Part 1!

Wire work began in earnest in Year 3 to create our automaton that will be part of our Hugo Cabret inspired photo frames. Once the basic shape has been created the figures will be put aside until the frames are assembled. All the parts can then be placed in position ready to be strengthened by papier mache. They will then be decorated with paint and decoupage.  Handling wire is very fiddly and requires strong fingers but as usual Year 3 used their growth mindset to do their very best. Take a look at what they have achieved so far, and keep an eye out for our finished frames.

Year 4 Chocolate changes

As part of our Science, Year 4 have been experimenting with chocolate. They looked at the process of melting to change the solid into a liquid, dipping a piece of fruit in just to make sure it was ok. In order to change the liquid back into a solid, they poured the chocolate into moulds and refrigerated them. Look out for the chocolate boxes that will be coming soon.

Knapp House Day 1

We made great progress on the coach to the half-way stop, but a diversion a bit later on added an extra 45 minutes to our coach ride down; we did however get to enjoy some fantastic Devonshire scenery.

We didn't even have time to unpack properly before the activities started - we were straight into the fun! 2 groups donned the wetsuits and boarded the speed boat to make their way to the ringos, whilst the other 2 groups found their trunks and made their way to the swimming pool to practice their canoeing skills.

After Lasagne, hot dogs or ratatouille for dinner; all our groups completed the low ropes teamwork challenge. As I write this the children are starting to get ready for bed but there's no snoring yet (not even from Mrs Larder!)