Some of the Artwork I have created  See Images Click Here

Today at the very beginning of the session, I had to climb up a tree, then catch a knife and cut pieces of rope down. It was a lot of fun, thank goodness I was born with long legs and arms. Then we did lots of art projects such as smashing flowers to make them leak colour onto a piece of material. We also made flowers with sharpies-scissors and paper plates. Also we had lots of books to read and loads of games to play, it was my perfect sort of day, very artistic. The theme was butterflies so everything we made had something to do either butterflies or flowers it was a very fun session.

Today we travelled to a placed called Trewoon, near St Austell, and learnt about the Arctic and the Antarctic. We also learned about how the animals adapted to the climate and weather. We played games about how penguins slide and how helpful polar bears blubber is. Also what we as humans can use to keep warm, while in climates like that, it was very interesting. We also build some igloo type dens.

Woohoo, today I became an official air cadet. At the end of the day during last drill the padre said “Hereby solemnly promise on my honour, to serve my unit loyally and to be faithful to my obligations as a member of the air training corps. I further promise to be a good citizen and to do my duty to god and the queen, my country and my flag”. Before that though we played lots of team games and then for the second half we got a talk from the padre. Super, super excited yeaaaaahhhhhhh

Today we all met at Truro train station and were allocated  groups of children to look after. My two girls were lovely, we got on the train and set off to the maritime museum in Falmouth. Our learning session was about time, we did the study outside of the museum and also made some paper clocks. We taught the kids about time and then played a fun game of “What’s the time Mr Wolf”. Then we all headed back to the train station only to realise, we were so caught up learning about time no one had checked the time and we had missed the train! Fortunately we were only delayed 20 min and we got back to Truro, safely just 20 minutes after we’d planned. I learnt a lot about time keeping and that when you have something planned you should always keep an eye on time or you’ll potentially miss, what you wanted to do.

Today we wore our greens and hiked to the woods. At the woods we played two games of hide and seek, where we had 2 minutes to hide, then a troop of people would try and find us. We played that and man hunt until it got dark. The aim of man hunt was one person from each team had to hide and we would form one long line, stretching across the whole Forest and search. In the end, our team leader found the hiding person. Once it was dark, we played capture the flag, with glow sticks. Unfortunately our team lost, I didn’t get out, but it was a great team building experience! We then headed back to base, once we got back I grabbed my drink and drank the whole thing, as I had forgotten to take it with me. Then we did our end of session formations and this time I could salute because I had my uniform on! Yeah…

Today was all about getting better at ironing your uniform, moulding hats, tying ties, sewing on badges and polishing shoes. I learnt a lot and it was really handy as I’ve had limited experience of these things. On the topic of uniform, I got my greens today (Yeahhhh), the uniform consists of camouflage trousers, camo jacket, BIG black boots, cadet beret and a belt (I don’t have the proper belt yet).

Today was a great experience at forest school. I helped to manage all the kids, picked some nettles and made nettle tea…Yummy. I was also in charge of chopping wood and keeping the fire going. I even helped with some first aid and kept the kids calm and entertained. We made a huge nest out of twigs and leaves, it was big enough to sit in. Finally we made birds out of clay and made mini nests for them, it was alot of fun!

For my first day at cadets I went to squadron 730 at 7pm to meet pilot officer Nick Pidwell. We spoke to him about why I wanted to join cadets and what I thought about my future. I then went outside and started to learn drill and the different manoeuvres you have to make. Later in the evening, we did a team activity where we had to look at a picture of some pipes for 15 seconds, memorise it, then tell our team how to build it, our team won! We then went back to the main room and did a drill to end the session, I accidentally saluted while I was in civilian clothes (you’re not supposed to do that) but luckily no one noticed, few…..!