Nearly Final Post!

Well, we survived our fantastic week away at Condover Hall. 54 children and 6 staff safely returned to Chad Vale on Friday, full of stories of bravery, endeavour, excitement and midnight snacks! The children were a credit to the school and families and as I said to the parents who I saw on Friday, were very well behaved, organised, independent and brave. We hope that they have returned with more confidence, some new skills and interests, all of the clothes they came with and with memories that will last a lifetime! It was a pleasure to spend the week with such a lovely team of children and staff and I'd like to say a big thanks to everyone who came and made the week what it was!

Thank-you to Mr Bowen for 'taking the reins' of the organisation of this trip (and writing all of the risk assessments!), thanks also to Miss Geobey, Mr Singh, Miss Green, Miss Haslam and Mrs Saini who led their groups, joined in with the activities and effectively were working 24/7 this week. Your dedication embodies the 'Chad Vale Way' and you have helped to make a big difference to all of the children's lives this week!

Thanks also to all the staff at Condover Hall; the children loved their week away and a lot of that is down to you. We were also very impressed with the quality and quantity of the food and friendly serving staff. A massive improvement on past years and the best 'residential food' I have had in 20 years of doing trips like this. Well done Condover!

Thanks to the parents who trusted in us to keep the children safe this week and who sent messages of support via the blog, Twitter or email. We're glad you enjoyed the blog and seeing the photos and hope that you'll give your children the opportunity to come to Manor Adventure next year or further afield when they get to secondary school!

The final photo gallery has just been published on the website (Day 5) with lots of great pictures of the Aerial Trek. I'll also create a final post (above) with quick links to the previous galleries so you can access them all easily from here. This blog will then join our archive of School Blogs on our website so you can access them in years to come!

Have a great half term everyone- I think we've earned it! :-)

Mr. Sansom