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.

  • 2023 Year 6 Residential: Birthdays & Bushcraft
    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 […]
  • 2023 Year 6 Residential: At one with Nature
    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 […]
  • 2023 Year 6 Residential: High in the trees
    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 […]
  • 2023 Year 6 Residential: Headed for Hautbois
    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, […]
  • It’s Goodbye to Hautbois
    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 […]
  • Handing over of the guard
    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 […]
  • Hautbois Activity Centre
    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 […]
  • An early start
    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 […]
  • Hautbois Activity Centre
    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 […]