{"id":2000,"date":"2015-03-02T11:45:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T11:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2015-03-02T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T12:24:10","slug":"p5-7-trip-to-stronord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2015\/03\/02\/p5-7-trip-to-stronord\/","title":{"rendered":"P5-7 Trip to Stronord"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Primary 5, \u00a06 and 7 pupils from\u00a0Leswalt recently had an active 2 days of outdoor education, at Stronord.\u00a0 The senior pupils of\u00a0 Portpatrick Primary were invited along to join them, and fill up the spare bunk beds!\u00a0 Have a look at the fun they had!<\/span><\/address>\n
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\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bOn the 26th of February we set of to\u00a0Stronord outdoor activity centre. On the\u00a0first day we went hill walking, we left the\u00a0mini buses and\u00a0walked up with stunning views of a\u00a0 water fall. The next bit of the hill was very slippery and there was\u00a0rocks to climb on. \u00a0When we got over the rocks there was a stone wall we just saw a small face\u00a0carved in to the stone. Then we came up to\u00a0another waterfall and\u00a0we used that as a snack spot. We walked over a bridge\u00a0with holes, and it was wobbly.\u00a0 The next stage of the climb was very\u00a0rough and it was into the trees. It was\u00a0astonishing scenery – it was great. There were very deep puddles and our feet got wet.\u00a0 We got to the top and there was a very heavy\u00a0ice storm and Jack, Kerr and Jamie huddled together . It stopped and we headed down the hill\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next day we went mountain biking and went on the seven stains mountain bike track\u00a0 and went through puddles and\u00a0uphill and downhill. At the\u00a0 end of the day we went orienteering and we had a race. There were\u00a0 six practices\u00a0then there was a race\u00a0from these numbers 1, 4 ,7 ,8, 9\u00a0 and 10 we all had small tags\u00a0to plug in to\u00a0these machines .<\/span><\/p>\n

It was brilliant fun<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Rickard<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u200b\u200bOn Thursday the 26th of February Leswalt\u00a0Primary\u00a05-7 and\u00a0Portpatrick Primary 6-7\u00a0went off to Stronord outdoor Education Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the Thursday we did hill walking. We climbed Fell of Talnotry which took 5 HOURS!! When we got to the top there was a massive hail storm, and if you turned round a tiny bit it would be really sore. My favourite bit of hill walking was coming back down because it was really slippy and everyone kept falling in the mud!<\/span><\/p>\n

When we got back everyone got in their PJs and a woman came and made tea – it was delicious!<\/span><\/p>\n

On the Friday we got up and went to Kiroughtree and did mountain biking,we did some of the hardest tracks there! We went over a track were one side was a 30ft drop and a deep lake on the other side of it!<\/span><\/p>\n

Later on Friday we did Orienteering had six practice runs, where we had to use a stamper. On the second round they went round with electronic pins, where they had to go round a course. My time was 11:24 which was 3rd place.<\/span><\/p>\n

My favourite activity was Mountain biking. Freya Bathgate P7 from Leswalt said ” The instructors were really friendly and\u00a0I really enjoyed it and I would go back! “<\/span><\/p>\n

Rhona Baillie P7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the 26th of February Leswalt primary school p5-7 went to Stronord \u00a0on an overnight school trip with Porpatrick primary p6-7. Stronord was an old school house that has now is changed into 2 separate dormitories a girls one and a boys one.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first activity we did was hill walking we were all told\u00a0 take spare waterproofs because it could be very cold and wet. The waterproofs came in handy because when we were walking up the hills it started to snow really heavily and there were also hail stones. The walking was very fun, but also very tiring.<\/span><\/p>\n

When we got back Carol the cook made us tea and then we all put our jammies on and played outside.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the morning we split into 2 groups; one group went mountain biking and the other went orienteering.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0During the mountain biking we cycled on 2 of the 7 stanes track and we also cycled\u00a0over a dam that had a 30ft drop and over a massive bridge. For orienteering you had to find a orange marker and stamp the number on it on to a piece of card and the we had a competition where ;you had to find the orange markers and scan the\u00a0number on it and run back. Rhona and I were partners and were second<\/span><\/p>\n

We all had a really good time and I am sure we would all like to go back to Stronord .<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathryn Topping<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the end of February \u00a0p5-7 went on a little trip to Stronrord over night.<\/span><\/p>\n

We all did 3 activities. We all stayed one night. The schools that went were Portpatrick and Leswalt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first day\u00a0we went on a really good walk\u00a0they saw a lot of different water falls – they were stunning. We were walking for just over 3 hours. We walked over hills and walked in the woods and on paths. It was a great achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n

After we got home this really nice lady called Carol made tea. We got to choose from macaroni and pizza. She also very kindly gave us chocolate cake and ice cream. Every one really enjoyed their tea. After Carol left we got to play about either outside or inside. Outside there was a lovely big garden to play tig. Inside there was a lovely lounge to chill about. So we did that for a while. We all came in at dark and played inside. Then\u00a0we all went in to rooms and talked until we all fell asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the morning Colin (the parent from Portpatrick\u00a0) and the teacher from Leswalt made breakfast. Then wey got ready for biking and orienteering . Before we left we split in to two teams. In orienteering\u00a0\u00a0we got to find numbers and then they had to do races. After that we had lunch. We then went biking. We went down hills and up hills and on flat paths. It was amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly that was the end of the trip and we came home. If I was to give it stars out of five, I would give it five.<\/span><\/p>\n

Arden Mc Intyre<\/span><\/p>\n<\/address>\n