Blog by Alex Cotterill

Day One...

We are already officially settled in to our new home for the week! We arrived at Plas at around 1:30 PM. On the way, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and views in Wales. When we arrived, we made our beds and started to unpack in our rooms. This afternoon we had a tour of the…

Day Four 

Our last day at Plas! We have had a great final day here in Wales! 

We woke up early and did our chores and then made our way to the dinner hall for our breakfast. This morning we have toast, spaghetti hoops and cereal. We then made our sandwiches and set off for the…

We have had a brilliant day three here at Plas! 

Today, we got up a little later as we already had already been introduced to our daily chores yesterday. We all got to work and were finished very quickly. Kev, who is one of our instructors, commented on what a fantastic job we had done! For…

Day Two 

We have had a brilliant first full day at Plas today. Our day started at about 7:00 when we got ready to carry out our chores for the day. We had a great breakfast of cereal, toast, hash browns and baked beans. We then got ready for our first day of adventures. Some of us went to…

Day One 

We have had a fantastic first day here at Plas! We stopped off on our journey for a short break and then made our final part of the journey to Plas. On the coach, we saw some amazing views and loved looking at the brilliant scenery. When we arrived, we had our lunch and spent some time…

Day 3 

Another fantastic day here at Ingestre! Today, was our sharing day, where we shared all of the work we had done within our first art form. Everyone had worked so hard to produce their pieces and it was great to hear others sharing about how and why they had created their pieces the way…

Day 2 

We have had another wonderful day here at Ingestre. We enjoyed our first breakfast of cereal, toast, jams and juices after a good night sleep. Everyone settled in well for their first night here. 

In the morning, we began to focus on our performances ready for Wednesday to share with…

Day 1 

We have a had a fantastic first day of residential today at Ingestre Hall. We arrived at Ingestre at around 10:30 am and started by meeting out tutors for the week! When we arrived, we explored the house and found out lots about the history of the building and it's brilliant…

Day 3 

Day 2 

Hello Everyone! 

We have had a lovely second day here at Edgmond Hall. We woke up this morning bright and early and got ready to do our morning jobs. We worked in our table teams and then made our way to breakfast. This morning, we had a selection of cereals, beans on toast, toast and…

Day 1

We have arrived! 

Our first day at Edgmond has been fantastic so far! We arrived here at around 10:15 and spent the rest of the morning getting used to the house and the grounds. We have settled into our dorms, made our beds and have had a lovely time getting to know the amazing…

Day 4 

We have had a wonderful last day at Ingestre today. 

We started the day with breakfast together and then broke off into our groups to rehearse and finish off our work before the second showcase of the week. The children really enjoyed sharing their final pieces of art and their…