Day 4

Kingswood 2009 is over and I hope that we have planted some life-long memories in the girls. With everyone now home safe and sound you will have heard lots and lots of stories (don't believe everything you hear!), more tales will come out over the coming weeks.
Today started well after another good night's sleep and a cooked breakfast, dormitories were packed up and bags taken out to a holding area. Activities undertaken today were quad biking, team challenge (assault course), fencing and team tech. Once again, the "give it a go" approach that we have worked so hard on, came out and the girls certainly made the mmost of the opportunities.
After lunch was the awards ceremony where the girls were given awards for their behaviour or actions that we spotted while we were away - some very serious, some a little more light hearted. A fond farewell to our group leaders and we were on our way back to Sheffield. The rain as we came into the city centre (that you all experienced waiting for us) was the first that we had seen since leaving Sheffield on Sunday afternoon.
It is virtually impossible to sum up everything that was achieved in the last 4 days, the fears that were confronted or the learning that took place; without even holding a pen or pencil! The reason for taking the girls away is very much focussed on learning and it is certainly easier to teach these lessons away from the classroom - it is not everyday we can jump off a really tall tower or try to life in live in very close proximity with each other.
You should all be very proud of your daughters - they have been fantastic and done everything we have asked of them and much more. It is on reflection of a trip like this that decisions are made for future trips and a Year 6 residential will be planned for next year as a result of the success of this one.
Thank you all for letting us take the girls away and hopefully they will now feel confident with going further afield and for longer periods of time as they move through to their senior school education.