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Welcome to our first, and probably longest, blog from Benmore. Everyone would agree that the place has a really magical look to it. Mr Howie caught up with pupils from 6a and 6c this evening. Stay tuned for some words from our lovable P6b pupils tomorrow!

Group 1

Edie's group is going to be orienteering, abseiling and rock climbing tomorrow. "I'm looking forward to abseiling because I've never done it before". Captiva thinks that orienteering will be really fun because she's heard its great!
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Group 2

Sara - we went for an explore into the forest. We went up a mini-waterfall. Vanya and Calum liked the day's activities. They were very challenging because of the mud. Anna is looking forward to the gorge walk the most. This group might be doing this on Wednesday. Abbie is really excited about the gorge walk because "it looks fun".

Group 3 Tara, Alice and Lachlan were all in group three. Lachlan said that the group went tunnelling under bridges. Alice enjoyed exploring around the centre. Tara really liked the snowball fight..."it wasn't really a fight, it was just some fun" she said! Mhari is looking forward to the gorge walk because she gets to walk UP a waterfall!


Group 4 - We went on a walk around the forest. There was a mini gorge walk and we had race through some tunnels. Ben enjoyed winning the tunnel race. Caitlin S enjoyed going through the tunnel that had all the water in it. Matthew really enjoyed the snowball fight. Tom also enjoyed playing in the snow and "I really enjoyed pushing over a huge old snowman". Callum is looking forward to canoeing and biking and is REALLY looking forward to abseiling and caving...seems like this young man will have a great week! Jessica is excited about abseiling because "I'm not scared of heights!".


Group 5

Louis said "My group had to get ourselves organised first". The team had to go to the drying room to get kitted out. We had a walk and a great snowball fight. When they came in we got tea and cake! Hannah is really looking forward gorge walking. This team will be doing this tomorrow...and theres STILL lots of snow around!


Group 6 - "We went for a walk and ended up going through a stream". Helen liked going into the stream - "it was all wet and there was a bit where you had to jump - some people slid on their bottoms but I managed it". Elena enjoyed the snowfight. She also slid about and pretended to make animal marks. There were lots of different animal trails in the snow. We saw deer trails and rabbit trails. Isla also liked the snowball fight because "we got soaked!". Bhuvan is excited about gorge walking and the night walk. Sam wants to do the nightwalk because "its dark and you don't know what you want to do!".


Group 7

This group also explored the grounds around the centre. Rose liked it when they had a huge snowball fight. Amy enjoyed walking up the mini-gorge and she's really going to enjoy the nightwalk. Santiago liked when another group "ambushed us and started throwing snowballs!". Caitlin H liked crawling through tunnels and getting wet - "It was the best!". Holly loved climbing up the river and getting really wet.
Kartik, who has never been in snow, said "it was really fun!". James is excited about gorge walking and the climbing and abseiling day. "I like to climb and I want to try abseiling" he said. Rishi was looking forward to the night walk "You can't see and you can have a lot of fun!"

PC Sinclair enjoyed the ferry!

Group 8 Philip talked about what his group needed to do to get organised. "First we had to get the right sized jackets and trousers and then we had to get some boots." He liked when his group spied on other groups. "Our group leader knew how to spy on them and surprise them".

Group 9

Lorna loved "jumping in very muddy puddles". Sophie was looking forward to trying out the ropes course. Maciej is really excited about the ropes course because "Its the best!"