The children from Years 1 to 6 had been excited about this trip for quite a few weeks now. There had been a few assemblies and class discussions around the layout of the day, what to wear, a kit list and most importantly, how to stay safe.

The day started off earlier then normal for the children and staff. Everyone had packed lunches in hand, sat on the bus and were on their way by 8:30am.

We made our two-hour journey up to Dalby on two double decker buses and one of our Trust minibuses. We had to make a ‘wild toilet’ stop but all was well.

We eventually arrived at Adderstone, the north part of Dalby Forest. We quickly got ourselves ready to start our activities and everyone went off with their team leaders.

The Year 1’s completed the Zog Trail, with their very own wings and stickers. They thoroughly enjoyed their adventure and were ready for their dinner when they returned to base.

Year 2 completed the Gruffalo Trail. They were super-fast walking around this course, completing all the questions. They even had time to play on the park afterwards.

The Year 3’s and 4’s completed the Health and Wellbeing ranges activities. This involved creating patterns with what they could find in the forest and tried Yoga.

Years 5 and 6 made shelters. They used large branches to create safe spaces that they could sit under. Mrs Burman even brought along Keyingham’s Forest School shelter building kit.

Once the activities were completed, we had a whole school picnic on Adderstone field. Everyone loved sitting on the grass to eat their delicious packed lunches their parents had made for them. Once the children had finished eating, they all played a few games on the field. A member of staff took a drone with them which captured some fabulous photos (to follow shortly).

Once we had all made a toilet visit, we headed back to the buses to make our journey back to school.

After a long drive back… a road closure, a ‘wild toilet’ stop and a bus swap… we made it back to Keyingham Primary School! Safe and Sound!!

The children and staff had a brilliant day and continued to talk about their adventures for the remainder of the week.

A BIG thank you to Mrs White for organising such a fabulous whole school trip. Same again next year?!?!