Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!

Yesterday was another beautiful sunny day in north wales and the group made the most of this with a rather packed day. Still working on their aims they were quickly sorted with all their kit and into the busses for some beach fun!




Queen of the sandcastle!

Upon arriving at the beach the first order of the day was to build a sandcastle in groups. This was to be judged by the teachers who did an excellent job.  It was of course decided that the instructors sandcastle was by far the winner, honestly...

 

Ladies who lunch.

 

After a spot of lunch an a rest after all the beach games the fires had been prepared by instructors and, with careful supervision, were lit by the students and ready for toasting some delicious marshmallows! The question is, how do you like yours?

 

Marshmallow roasting on an open fire.

But the fun didn't stop there. The group jumped back on the minibuses and onto the mainland to visit the slate museum.  The young people had excellent demonstration of the skills required both in the 18th century and still used by workers today split the slates. Even one of the teachers had a go!  After this the young people went off in small groups to explore this fantastic museum and learned about where the workers and their family would live and even saw the largest water wheel in mainland Britain!

This museum is free an well worth visiting:

https://www.museumwales.ac.uk/slate/about/



Back in my day...

After the museum the children finished their last day at Blue Peris with an ice cream in Llanberis.

The group have been a joy to work with this week and have really worked on their aims. Pushing their comfort zones was one of these and this varied from trying slides in the gorge to trying pizza at Blue Peris. Both resulted in a positive impact on the young people. Thank you for a fantastic week at 'work'!

Look forward to seeing you in 2017!



You scream I scream we all scream for ice cream!