Year 4 Go Exploring and Adventuring Up the Waseley Hills

Year 4 have been learning about exploring and adventuring all term as part of their IPC topic, so today it was their chance to get out in the wild for real.   After a short coach ride, they arrived at the Waseley Hills and the adventure began…

Our best exploring poses…

Challenge one – Negotiating the stile!

Then the adventurers set off up the hill with their nature scavenger hunts in hand – ” Ooh, look – a rabbit hole!”   When they got to the top they could see the University clock tower and couldn’t believe how tiny it looked!

What goes up must come down…trekking down to the first woodland.  It was a bit chilly and windy but all the explorers were dressed warmly for the weather.

The first real challenge was den building – the explorers could use what they had learned from their survival guide research, anything from their explorer kit and anything they could find in the woodland to create a shelter that would keep the rain off.  Great team work was needed and the results were excellent!

Next, it was Star Orienteering.  The teams had to use a map to locate clues that had been hidden around the top of the hill.  Tricky but fun. By the time all the clues had been found, they were definitely ready for a picnic lunch among the fallen logs of the Waseley Woods.

After lunch, we had a matchbox scavenger hunt challenge – how many different objects can you fit in a tiny matchbox?  The record was set at 25 different objects – wow!    It was then time to walk through the budding bluebells of Sedgebourne Coppice and back down to meet the coach.

“I think I spotted a woodpecker!”

A great day was had by all and every one of the explorers made in back in one piece.  Many were asking when the next trip to the hills would be! Intrepid explorers one and all!