Welcome to Day 3’s blog entry! Wednesday was a good day and we were all very busy with some real physical challenges!
Our day started as ever with breakfast and lunch making! The children are into the swing of how things work now and just got on with it – despite a few moans and groans about being tired and wanting to go back to bed! (The staff sympathised but we rallied and told them we had a fun day ahead!)
In the morning the three groups were split into two groups with half going to the ski slope and half going Canadian Canoeing!
The canoers were well wrapped up in a number of layers but again they got an extra jacket at the boathouse along with their lifejacket. The were given paddles that were appropriate for their size and went round to the quiet area of the loch and played some games and were given a crash course in Canadian canoeing! By 10.20 they finally made it into the water! They spent some time in the sheltered area finding out how to paddle, steer and back paddle in case they were going to crash into another canoe. Once their confidence was up they set off down the loch towards Osprey Island! However, one canoe managed to capsize twice before setting off down the loch! That certainly woke them up well and truly!
The other group went off to snowboard! They went into the boathouse and were kitted out with boots and then a snowboard! They walked across like astronauts to the ski slope and slowly, but surely they built up their confidence as they moved higher up the slope!
However, one poor girl from Longside had a fall on one of her runs! She had managed to ski down the slope and had managed a great jump on her board but landed a little awkwardly! She hurt her knee and it was obvious that it was really sore! She was very brave and we got her into the boathouse where staff checked her over before getting the lead instructor to have a look at her! As a precaution Miss Ingram and Mr Jenkins took her off to Aviemore to the health centre! She was seen by a doctor and had her leg strapped up. However, he suggested we come back in the afternoon to get an x-ray just to make sure everything was ok!
We drove back to Loch Insh and had our lunch while watching the next group set off to the ski slope for their session!
The other group was off canoeing and by this time the weather had improved and it was great conditions for paddling up and down the loch.
So at 3.00pm we set off to Aviemore with TWO pupils! One had hurt her hand the day before and so we thought we should get her checked out also as it was still sore! So we had two getting x-rays as the rest snowboarded and canoed!
However, after a long seat before and after the x-rays we made it back to Loch Insh just in time for tea! The girls are both fine and have been real troopers!
After tea they all took part in the egg drop challenge! They were all given money and had to take part in an auction to buy materials to make a contraption that would protect an egg when dropped from 6 feet! After buying a wide range of goods from string, paper, card and a variety of other goodies they set about making their design. At the end of the session the instructors dropped the eggs, safely protected in their protective casing, off the balcony! However, despite their hard work and ingenuity none of the eggs managed to survive the perilous drop from the balcony!
After their juice and biscuit each room were set the challenge of creating a short ‘infomercial’ about Loch Insh! After 25 minutes to plan and prepare it we recorded each one and you can listen to their work on the podcast which has been uploaded with this entry.
We hope you enjoy listening to the podcast and looking at the photos from today!
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