Whitehouse Common Primary School

Where are we ?

Bockleton

The house was originally Bockleton Court and is now a Birmingham Education Department field study centre. It was built in 1865 for the Prescott family, merchant bankers originally from Roehampton, near London.

The former Bockleton Court, a Victorian country house, is now a listed building. Although the original furniture has long since been removed, many Victorian features remain even now. The site was purchased by the City of Birmingham in 1950 and initially used as a Camp School, introducing city children to the countryside. Its role has gradually evolved and changed over the past five decades.

The Centre is situated in approximately 10 hectares of mixed woodland and standing water in a very rural location, some 8km. from the nearest small market town, Tenbury Wells. Bockleton Parish consists of a few scattered houses and farms with a small church and village hall. It is important to note that there is no Post Office or village shop.

Day one

We arrived at Bockleton safely . The Children have settled in very quickly.

This afternoon we all enjoyed a walk around the estate and then repeated the same walk in the dark.

The stars were fabulous!!

The children are just finishing a treasure hunt around the house before having supper.

Looking forward to a good day packed with activity tomorrow.

Good night from Bockleton.

Day Two

The weather has been fine here today.

The children have enjoyed a day packed with activities.
The zip wire, shelter building, and rope challenges.

Mr Worth lost at orienteering and the price? a facial mud pack coutesy of the winning team!!

More activities tomoz and Ludlow Thursday.

Hope all those washing machines at home have a mud cycle,

Signing off
Good evening from Bockleton

Day 3

Unableto update as Mrs Hawkesworth is to tired to communicate, will update this when she has recovered :o)

Our day out in Ludlow was fab. The rain kept off We had the castle to ourselves.

We have walked in the footsteps of Tudor royalty, explored St Lawrences's church, and the town centre.

Miss Tarver and Miss Maltby gave an Oscar winning performance, enthralling the children of tales of old.

Everyone is very tired but the talent competition sounds like it's coming on well.

Looking forward to a roast chicken dinner tonight and live entertainment.

Tomorrow we aim to depart at 13:15 eta school 15:30 but will contact school if there is any deviation from the plan.

Signing off now, see you all tomorrow

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This page will contain the updates for the 2010 Bockleton visit, if you want to know more about Bockleton, you can look at the previous years trip pages

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