Hey, peepsicles! Sorry about not posting anything these last two days, on Tuesday (two days ago) I had a really fun day at school but was sadly too tired to write anything. As the title says, I had a whole day at school where we were in groups of around 15, and basically played a variety of games on the school field, which was supposed to help us work better as a team.
The first activity I did was the one which we ended up getting the most wet in, which wasn't fun at 9 o'clock is in the morning. But at least it was better than my friends who had it last, they had to get wet in the dirty water which had accumulated over the whole day...poor guys. It was fun, it was basically just an assault course with mini hurdles, agility pole things, a huge wet slippery slide, then finally an army net thingy which soldiers are supposed to craw under...I'm no good at explaining... Anyways, we not only had to do that, but we had to do it a few times whilst carrying a cup of water... Needless to say, we all got wet, cold and muddy. It was fun though anyways.
We next did a zorb racing activity (it was the small type though). That was really fun, my friend and I were an awesome team! She's quite small and skinny, so she literally completely curled up inside the ball, whereas everyone else had knees and feet sticking everywhere. Then I was the one pushing her around, and our job was to stop the other team from getting around the track. We were awesome, we did an amazing job, YOU SHALL NOT PASS! That was so fun! I'd never even been near zorb balls before, so that was exciting and new.
The next activity was a bit more boring...it was called the calculator game, where there were basically just cones with numbers on them, 1 to 15, and we had to go up in turn and tap the cone in order from 1 to 15... It was timed though and ended up getting really intense, so I guess that just shows that even the most boring-sounding games can be fun...ish...
Now the next two, I don't remember which one came first, but there was another assault course, and also a catapult-building game. This assault course was different though, this one was mainly focused on a jungle gym sort of inflatable. It was so fun, there's a little hole you go into, then there are these huge pillars you have to go around, a tall wall you have to climb, then jump or slide off the other side (which was really steep), horizontal rolling-car-cleaner-machine looking things, which you literally have to dive into, and finally to get out there's a thin gap you dive through too...all one after the other, smushed into a space the size of a bouncy castle... That one was my favourite I think, mainly because I've always loved those sort of things, and also because I actually felt like I was doing some exercise, which I really need to do...I'm getting way too lazy :/
The catapult building activity, well that one went horrifically. Using only a few items, we were supposed to make a catapult. We made it in the end (by copying the other team!) and then we had to use it to catapult eggs, whilst someone else has to catch the egg without it breaking! The other team went first, they went all out and got their catchers to go really far away, and they frickin caught their eggs! All three of them, caught by different catchers, were all caught! Then guess what happened when we tried it...yeah, none of them were caught, and the one that nearly was, it broke in the catcher's hand so it went all over her...oops. That was not a fun activity.
Wel anyways, moving on...the last activity was to use drain pipe sections, one each, to create a line for a ping pong ball to get to a flower pot on the ground on the other side of the area. There obviously wasn't enough of us to make a full line all the way there, so there was tons of running and screaming, it was crazy. That one was the one that required the most teamwork, not only because we were all shouting over each other, but also because whenever we lost control of the ball it would always roll off someone's drainpipe because no one was on the other side of that person, to carry on the line of drainpipes. Anyways, after the drainpipes, there was a hula hoop activity, then those dreaded skis which we always failed at in the practise runs. They're the ones which five people go on, and if only one person doesn't lift their foot up at the right time, the ski can't be lifted up at all. So yeah, teamwork was essential...something our team weren't that good at... Whilst doing that, the rocket builders had to start building the rocket. After everyone had finished, we pumped it up and the rocket went off! It was amazing, it went really high up, and the water that was inside the bottle of the rocket all came out over us. It was fun I guess, but mainly satisfying, seeing our rocket take off like that! Wacco! Bomb! Wizard! (In true Lord of the Flies spirit!)
So yeah, that was a really fun day. Sadly though it's only organised once, so there's no more team building activity days anymore for me, sad face. Oh well, at least I got to experience it, I guess.
Well, I've written tons, so I'm just going to go now before I start writing an essay, which by the way I had to do today for homework...800-1000 words on how Simon is presented in The Lord of the Flies...
Anyways, before I actually do write another essay for you guys (I wonder how many words this post has...) I'm just going to go...
Love y'all, bye! Xxx
