Long Hai Day 2

This morning started early with some children waking up before the teachers! (Perhaps this shouldn't have been a surprise!) Everyone had plenty to eat and then it was time to make our way down to the beach. Each of the groups enjoyed all the activities and fun was had by all. 

After lunch it was off to C block to complete a construction challenge to build a marble run with only newspaper, card and some tape. Every group showed brilliant team work and perseverance. Surprisingly, there were two teams with the same winning time of 5.75seconds. Well done to Quoc Vinh & Suri and Bao Van & Risa for constructing such excellent marble runs.  

The sporty part of the afternoon was spent on the football pitch playing kick rounders. Congratulations to 4X who just beat 4T after the third innings. The teachers were most impressed with how quickly the teams learned the new game and played together, and how they were starting to think tactics and communicate more. 

We are all about to go for our tea and then enjoy our last night here with a movie before bed. Year 4 will be getting on the bus tomorrow at 10:30 and we expect to be back at TX around 12:30. Parents please come to collect your children at 12:30 from TX.

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Long Hai Day 1

This year the Year 4 Long Hai trip got off to an amazing start with the quickest bus journey yet. It took just 2 hours to arrive at the resort and everything was ready for us. After having plenty of sandwiches for lunch we set off to the beach for a short walk, play and finally sand castle building. All of the children enjoyed the competition and worked well together to build some fantastic castles. We know Mr Ian will have a difficult time judging them later.

Once the competition was completed, we moved into the resort pool for a swim and some pool games. We were amazed at how good the children were at swimming and some even beat us in underwater races!

As we write this all the chn are getting their rooms ready for 'inspections' and also preparing for a bonfire and hopefully some roasted marshmallows too! We will update the class blogs after everyone has gone to sleep. Until then check out the gallery of shots below. 

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So our day is done and all the children are in bed with their lights out and we can only hear the distant sound of the sea nearby. Luckily, the bonfire had burned down just enough for us to raost marshmallows and they were seriously tasty! Below is another slide show of more action from the day. Night night all! 

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