CHET Trip 5A - Day 3
For our final day we started by returning to the woods to test our orienteering skills. After that we watched how to light a fire using flint and lock. We then toasted marshmallows to enjoy some delicious smores.
We returned to the centre to create pottery owls which the children will get when…
CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Evening
Following our evening meal, the children headed back to the barn to take part in a bench ball tournament. It was extremely close and played in good spirit with lots of encouragement from everyone.
After that, we enjoyed a hot chocolate and biscuit. As you can see from the pictures, some of the…
CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Afternoon
Following lunch, we headed back into the woods for abseiling. The children were incredibly brave and the instructors were ever so impressed at how well the children listened carefully to instructions.
We also completed archery in the barn. It was great to see how much the children improved…
CHET Trip 5A - Day 2 Morning
After a delicious breakfast we split into our groups. The first activities of the day were the climbing tower, low ropes course and night lining.
The children were fantastic at climbing and it was brilliant to see their improvement in such a short amount of time.
CHET Trip 5A - Day 1
Day 1 at CHET and it has certainly been a busy one. After arriving and enjoying our lunches, we headed into the woods to tackle the orienteering course. The children completed a range of obstacles and it was wonderful to see so many of them conquer their fear of heights by taking part on the zip…
CHET Trip 5B - Day 3 Highlights
Day 3 and the final day at CHET for Miss Gray's class. We started off walking back into the woods and doing bushcraft, which involved learning how to light a fire from flint and lock and then toasting marshmallows on a fire to make smores!
We then headed back to the centre to complete some…
CHET Trip Y5B - Day 2
Day 2 greeted us with another crisp Autumnal morning and the sun started to shine through as we headed out after breakfast to our first activities of the day - the climbing tower and the low ropes course and night lining. The children were superstars at climbing and overcoming their fear of…
CHET Trip Y5B - Day 1
Day 1 at CHET and the weather could not have been better! We have seen CHET in all of it's late autumnal glory! The children have been amazing, getting stuck straight into all of the activities on the low ropes course this afternoon after making their beds before lunch (always the most tricky…
Western Approaches Trip
Calling all able people! Join the Royal Navy and do you bit for the war effort!
Today, the children from Year 6 became evacuees and travelled to the Western Approaches museum in Liverpool. We learnt about Liverpool’s vital role in the defence of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic. It…
English Martyrs Feast Day 2024
We welcomed Bishop Tom Neylon on Friday 3rd May, who helped us celebrate our feast Day of the English Martyrs along with Rev. Canon Mark Madden visiting priest, Father Pradeep. This was a very special occasion, as the children from the two parish schools of English Martyrs and Our Lady Queen of…
Handmade Bible Exhibition
On Friday 19th April, Mrs Morris and the school councillors from Year 2 to Year 6 had the chance to visit the Handmade Bible Exhibition at the Irenaeus Centre, in Waterloo. We were welcomed in by Francesca and her family, who led us around the exhibition, which depicted a timeline of bible…