Day one kicked off with a fun filled sing-a-long journey from Lourdes Primary to our destination just outside of Castle Douglas, some two hours from our city roots.
In the blink of an eye, our children were welcomed, allocated rooms and gathered for their induction meeting. There enthusiasm on the bus being minuscule in comparison to hearing their groups and initial activities.
Mrs Kay had the pleasure of assisting the Orange and Purple groups in the raft building activity that produced its very own version of Bear Grylls - 'Bear Girls Andrea', who was the fountain of knowledge for her team.
For Mr Murphy and the Blue group, it was a trip to the zip wire, followed by a masterclass in archery which the girls duly triumphed in over the boys.
Mrs Brooks was taking on the ultimate challenge helping her Yellow group to successfully negotiate their way through the obstacle course, while Miss Currie took her Red group to the abseiling where everybody successfully took part.
After a hearty dinner of chicken and potatoes or macaroni cheese there were smiley faces all around as the warm chocolate brownies were served with ice cold vanilla ice cream. Delicious!
Some free time ensued before the children grouped together again for a meeting and a "Cops n' Robbers" torch game out in the woods.
By the time night had fallen, the tuck shop had been emptied and the enthusiasm the children had shown earlier was replaced by sleepy eyes and yawns.
It's a 7:30am wake up call tomorrow, lets see who manages to wake up on the first call.
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