Blog by Alex Cotterill

Our team have been very busy during Spring Term!

Governor Presentation 

Members of the team presented to governors after school to present to them what they had been doing during the year so far in the their roles. The governors asked the children lots of questions about what they had been…

Our last full day at Plas! The good news is we have all survived and are all in one piece! The bad news is that we have to leave and return home tomorrow.

Today was an early start; however the sun was rising beautifully. We had our breakfast, chose our evening meal and met with our team leader…

Day Three

We would like to start by saying Eid Mubarak to everyone who is celebrating! 

Today, we woke up early this morning ready to get going with our day! We began the day by completing our jobs and enjoying a big breakfast before we went out to do our activities. Once again, we…

Day Two 

Today, we woke up bright and early and started to complete our jobs. For breakfast, we had beans on toast, hash browns and cereal. After breakfast, we made our lunches. There are lots of sandwich fillings to choose from, crisps, fruit and biscuits/cakes. We all had a great sleep and…

Day One...

We are already officially settled in to our new home for the week! We arrived at Plas at around 1:30 PM. On the way, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and views in Wales. When we arrived, we made our beds and started to unpack in our rooms. This afternoon we had a tour of the…

Day Four 

Our last day at Plas! We have had a great final day here in Wales! 

We woke up early and did our chores and then made our way to the dinner hall for our breakfast. This morning we have toast, spaghetti hoops and cereal. We then made our sandwiches and set off for the…

We have had a brilliant day three here at Plas! 

Today, we got up a little later as we already had already been introduced to our daily chores yesterday. We all got to work and were finished very quickly. Kev, who is one of our instructors, commented on what a fantastic job we had done! For…

Day Two 

We have had a brilliant first full day at Plas today. Our day started at about 7:00 when we got ready to carry out our chores for the day. We had a great breakfast of cereal, toast, hash browns and baked beans. We then got ready for our first day of adventures. Some of us went to…

Day One 

We have had a fantastic first day here at Plas! We stopped off on our journey for a short break and then made our final part of the journey to Plas. On the coach, we saw some amazing views and loved looking at the brilliant scenery. When we arrived, we had our lunch and spent some time…

Day 3 

Another fantastic day here at Ingestre! Today, was our sharing day, where we shared all of the work we had done within our first art form. Everyone had worked so hard to produce their pieces and it was great to hear others sharing about how and why they had created their pieces the way…

Day 2 

We have had another wonderful day here at Ingestre. We enjoyed our first breakfast of cereal, toast, jams and juices after a good night sleep. Everyone settled in well for their first night here. 

In the morning, we began to focus on our performances ready for Wednesday to share with…

Day 1 

We have a had a fantastic first day of residential today at Ingestre Hall. We arrived at Ingestre at around 10:30 am and started by meeting out tutors for the week! When we arrived, we explored the house and found out lots about the history of the building and it's brilliant…