Hathersage 2026
Wednesday 4th February
What a brilliant first day we have had at Hathersage! Our coach journey was smooth and we arrived safely at St Michael’s around half 10. We met Rachel, our leader for the day, and went through some ground rules whilst we are at the centre. Once this was done, we found out our dormitories and headed in for the first challenge of the day: making our own beds! The children demonstrated great teamwork with this task and successfully had a bed ready for the night. After lunch, we headed out to Brookfield Manor to complete some orienteering and fun in the river. We worked in teams to follow a map to find “controls” where we stamped our card. Some of us found this quite challenging but none of us gave up! In the river, we built small rafts with sticks and string and raced each other’s down the stream. We also raced rubber ducks as the river was quite fast flowing. When we got back, we had time for showers and down time where we explored the various games on offer in the centre. Notably, table tennis and giant jenga. Dinner was a delicious lasagne, jacket potato and garlic bread with apple crumble and custard for dessert. Finally, we headed out into the dark with our torches and up to St Michael’s church where we used bat detectors. It was exciting to hear the sounds of the bats even if we didn’t see any. We finished off the day with diary writing and one of our sweet treats. We are looking forward to a good night’s sleep before our walking day tomorrow. The children have been FANTASTIC all day and were complimented on their listening skills…well done Year 3 & 4!