Morfa Bay
Why should all children go on a Residential trip whilst at primary school?
Children grow and develop in their independence throughout their seven years in a primary school. All parents want their children to grow into capable and confident young people. The residential visit in Year 5 offers children the ultimate challenge to be independent of their family for 5 days, but supported by professional staff they can trust & peers they know well.
Those children who wait until secondary school for such a trip will be supervised by staff they do not know well and may be travelling with children they do not know well. The teenage years can be a very insecure time for many young people and to experience their first absence of family may not be good timing!
Why does the school choose Morfa Bay?
Mr Turner has been taking primary school groups to Morfa Bay since 1995. The centre is unique as it is a small family business who care about every child who visits them. The staff team are constantly striving to improve their skills and the facilities on offer. The standard of instruction is very high with the onus on safety and enjoyment for all. The centre can cope with any child’s disabilities priding themselves on abseiling with wheelchair bound pupils, assault course completion by partially sighted pupils, and specialising in children with behavioural or social difficulties. They treat every child with great respect and expect the same in return.
The centre is in the middle of nowhere close to Pendine Sands (east of Tenby in South Wales). The rural setting has no shops, traffic or crime and offers a completely new experience for all of the children visiting. The accommodation is high quality and the food is child-friendly and delicious. The range of activities within five days make the visit an adrenaline rush for the children but inter-spaced by suitable amounts of chill-out social time. New friendships are forged which last for years and current friendships are strengthened by doing it together.
Children not attending really do miss out and often regret it when their classmates return with endless tales of the week’s adventures. I would urge all parents to insist that their child attends the visit. If money is an issue the school can often find a subsidy for part of the cost and payments can be made in small manageable amounts over a six month period.
Enjoy the photos on this website which capture the flavour of the most memorable week at Ashcombe school.
For more information visit the Morfa Bay website.
Children grow and develop in their independence throughout their seven years in a primary school. All parents want their children to grow into capable and confident young people. The residential visit in Year 5 offers children the ultimate challenge to be independent of their family for 5 days, but supported by professional staff they can trust & peers they know well.
Those children who wait until secondary school for such a trip will be supervised by staff they do not know well and may be travelling with children they do not know well. The teenage years can be a very insecure time for many young people and to experience their first absence of family may not be good timing!
Why does the school choose Morfa Bay?
Mr Turner has been taking primary school groups to Morfa Bay since 1995. The centre is unique as it is a small family business who care about every child who visits them. The staff team are constantly striving to improve their skills and the facilities on offer. The standard of instruction is very high with the onus on safety and enjoyment for all. The centre can cope with any child’s disabilities priding themselves on abseiling with wheelchair bound pupils, assault course completion by partially sighted pupils, and specialising in children with behavioural or social difficulties. They treat every child with great respect and expect the same in return.
The centre is in the middle of nowhere close to Pendine Sands (east of Tenby in South Wales). The rural setting has no shops, traffic or crime and offers a completely new experience for all of the children visiting. The accommodation is high quality and the food is child-friendly and delicious. The range of activities within five days make the visit an adrenaline rush for the children but inter-spaced by suitable amounts of chill-out social time. New friendships are forged which last for years and current friendships are strengthened by doing it together.
Children not attending really do miss out and often regret it when their classmates return with endless tales of the week’s adventures. I would urge all parents to insist that their child attends the visit. If money is an issue the school can often find a subsidy for part of the cost and payments can be made in small manageable amounts over a six month period.
Enjoy the photos on this website which capture the flavour of the most memorable week at Ashcombe school.
For more information visit the Morfa Bay website.
