Hautbois

Our Year 6 residential trip to Hautbois Activity Centre in Norwich offers the children and opportunity to expand their educational horizons and further develop characteristics of resilience, independence, camaraderie and self-confidence.

Below you will find a daily blog of their experience at Hautbois.

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  2023 Year 6 Residential: Birthdays & BushcraftMay 26, 2023
  Mrs Coombs’ Blog We finished our last night in camp offering the Dawn chorus a showdown! How much noise can 34 year 6 pupils make singing around the campfire? The […]
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  2023 Year 6 Residential: At one with NatureMay 25, 2023
  Mrs Coombs’ Blog: It was an early alarm this morning, courtesy of the campsite cockerel, who crowed at 3.20am! The birds promptly leapt into action with a fabulous dawn chorus […]
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  2023 Year 6 Residential: High in the treesMay 23, 2023
  Headmaster’s Blog: Last night saw a feast of barbecue chicken with wedges, peas and corn followed by a brownie with plenty of cream. Thoroughly recharged, the children were ready for […]
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  2023 Year 6 Residential: Headed for HautboisMay 22, 2023
  Having narrowly avoided packing Mr Burrett into the luggage compartment, our Year 6s were waved on their way by our Nursery children. After a painless (yes really) four hour journey, […]
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  It’s Goodbye to HautboisMay 13, 2022
  Good day readers. When you left us last we were getting ready for an afternoon of bridge building and abseiling and what an afternoon it was!  Bridge building was great […]
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  Handing over of the guardMay 12, 2022
  Blog 4 Wednesday saw a handing over of the guard as our intrepid Headmaster made his way north for the annual ISA Heads’ Conference, Mr Andrews headed up to Hautbois […]
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  Hautbois Activity CentreMay 11, 2022
  Tuesday am: Mr Groves’ Blog I was woken early in the morning to the dawn chorus of singing birds and little feet pattering off for the early morning ablutions. After […]
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  An early startMay 10, 2022
  Tuesday am with Mr Groves I was woken early in the morning to the dawn chorus of singing birds and little feet pattering off for the early morning ablutions. After […]
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  Hautbois Activity CentreMay 9, 2022
  Monday May 9: Blog 1 So it begins….. Year 6 have arrived safe and happy at the Hautbois activity centre and have settled into their cosy Shepherd huts in the […]