{"id":2576,"date":"2015-11-02T14:04:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/?page_id=2576"},"modified":"2016-12-16T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T08:00:43","slug":"lochgoilhead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/events-and-excursions\/lochgoilhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Lochgoilhead 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday 5th September<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lochgoilhead<\/a><\/p>\n

After a slightly late departure we arrived safe and sound and all settled into our lodges.\u00a0\u00a0All had lunch – clean plates all round and now\u00a0ready for our first activity.<\/p>\n

First\u00a0activities, Hill Walking,\u00a0\u00a0sailing and boat rides then back to camp for dinner!<\/p>\n

After a dinner of macaroni or fish, the kids took part in their evening activity session. They will all try \u2018Nightline\u2019, \u2018Night Slide\u2019 and \u2018Robot Wars\u2019 over the next few days.\u00a0 Miss Taylor said the nightline walk was hilarious as the kids tried to guide each other over an obstacle course while wearing a blindfold.\u00a0 Courtney, Rebecca and Jo were the star \u2018sliders\u2019 on the water slide last night \u2013 the girls even managed to look elegant while hurtling down the hill on their stomachs!<\/p>\n

\"Nighslide\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After the activies we all went back to dorms as the kids were wet and tired. They are all finding it very exciting to be sleeping in the lodges with their friends.\u00a0 Mums and dads were missed a bit at bedtime but a few hot orange drinks helped everyone to settle down.\u00a0 They boys and girls are being really supportive of each other which is great to see.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s hero of the day \u2013 Ben C.\u00a0\u00a0 Already showing his head boy credentials by ably dealing with an extreme spider situation in Miss Macrae\u2019s room.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 6th September<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone got up for a cooked breakfast at 8am – even Mr Ross. The ladies in the dining hall have commented on what a polite bunch of kids we have at Busby which is lovely to hear.<\/p>\n

It was a bit of a damp, grey start to the day but we all headed out to either canoeing, a boat trip or the hill walk. Miss Taylor clearly checked the weather forecast as Miss Macrae set off in the rain with the morning hill walking group, while she headed out in her sunglasses with the afternoon group after lunch.\u00a0 We were all glad to see the sun as the \u2018drying room\u2019 is already very full.<\/p>\n

\"waterfall\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re hoping to watch a movie tonight after dinner and evening activities. The kids wrote and posted\u00a0their\u00a0postcards so hopefully parents will receive them in the post tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Everyone is having a great time and all pupils are being an absolute credit to Busby Primary.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Tuesday cont \u2026<\/h6>\n

Afternoon activities went really well. They\u2019ve all taken to canoeing like ducks to water \u2013 the activities on the Loch seem to be most popular with all the activity groups.<\/p>\n

Before and after dinner we have a little bit of free time and the kids organised a big game of rounders last night because the sun was finally shining. We had chicken for dinner then evening activities.\u00a0 The John Muir award activities started yesterday and Sam gets a special mention for being super enthusiastic about starting on his presentation.<\/p>\n

As promised, we all watched 25 minutes of a DVD at supper time and everyone settled down quickly when we went back to dorms.<\/p>\n

Wednesday 7th September<\/strong><\/p>\n

The doors to the dining hall don\u2019t open until 8am but some of the girls were out at 7.45am this morning to make sure they were first in the queue. Everyone has been great at getting up on time- I don\u2019t think anyone has slept past 7.30am.\u00a0 No more excuses to mums and dads about not being able to get up for school in the morning!<\/p>\n

One group is off on the burn run this morning, while the others have canoeing and the conservation project.<\/p>\n

The sun has disappeared again unfortunately but hopefully the clouds will lift a little later on.<\/p>\n

\"Splashing<\/p>\n

After lunch the activities are \u2018Burn Run\u2019 and conservation project again and one group gets to try rock climbing\/abseiling which they are very excited about.<\/p>\n

\"on<\/a>Mums and dads aren\u2019t being missed as much as they were on Day 1 but a few of the boys have said that they will be glad to get back to their own comfy beds. The pupils are working really well in their activity groups and as a larger group when we all join up back at the site.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all going swimmingly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday cont<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Burn<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a new favourite activity for the group \u2013 the Burn Run (essentially walking upstream through the rocks, waterfalls etc).\u00a0 The abseiling was also a big hit and there was another big group game of rounders in the half an hour of free time they had before the evening meal.\u00a0\u00a0 It was pasta for dinner and afterwards the children split up to work on their John Muir presentations again.\u00a0 They will present them on Thursday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Mr Ross made a big splash on the slip and slide during evening activities and Carly was the final champion of the \u2018Robot Wars\u2019.\u00a0 Activity Group 3 (Pola, Amy, Bayley, Rian, Ryan, Angus, Sam, Laura, Zara, Brianna, Dane, Lewis) were very lucky as their instructor let them help build a fire and they boiled some water to make some hot chocolate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>After supper, we joined together to watch the end of the movie we had started watching on Tuesday then everyone went to bed.\u00a0 All four dorms settled down very quickly as the day\u2019s activities had worn them out.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Thursday<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>We have woken up to the sound of very heavy rainfall.\u00a0 It is absolutely pouring.\u00a0\u00a0 Group 3 can\u2019t do the Burn Run this morning as the water levels are too high.\u00a0 Instead they are going to build an Ark <\/s>\u00a0\u2026 er…\u00a0 raft<\/i><\/b> on the shore and see if they can get it to carry them on the water.\u00a0 Miss Taylor told them this was a really popular activity last year so they aren\u2019t too disappointed.\u00a0 Also on the agenda today are sailing, Jacob\u2019s Ladder and abseiling.\u00a0 Tonight we have the John Muir presentations followed by a Disco.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jacob's<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone is looking forward to coming home and telling you all about their adventures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Update: The raft building was very successful!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Raft<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday 5th September After a slightly late departure we arrived safe and sound and all settled into our lodges.\u00a0\u00a0All had lunch – clean plates all round and now\u00a0ready for our first activity. First\u00a0activities, Hill Walking,\u00a0\u00a0sailing and boat rides then back to camp for dinner! After a dinner of macaroni or fish, the kids took part … Continue reading Lochgoilhead 2016<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4240,"featured_media":0,"parent":3550,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2576"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3074,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2576\/revisions\/3074"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/Busby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}