Moorland Hall 2024

 Hey Guys, Today we had not only kayaking, but also very thrilling activities called leap of faith and crate stacking. Really cool! Leap of faith After we had finished lunch, we began to pair up for crate stacking. But we all had to wait some time so the ones that weren't crate stacking took the leap of faith, which is basically just jumping into the great nothingness and getting saved by the rope around our waists. Cool experience, but a onetime thing. Although many of us went for a second or even third or fourth round. Crate stacking Crate stacking is called “Bierkistenstapeln” in Austria and we “joked” that it is very important to us, so many were competitive. Here is the official top three leaderboard: 1 Bene und David 18 2 Noah und Luis 17 3 Maxi und Benni 16 3 Matthi und Paul 16 As you see, the top three were close together and Bene and David even reached (but not broke) the all-time record at the Moorland Hall Crate stacking Competition. This day was cool, anytime again 😉 B...

H ey guys ! A few hours ago we arrived at Moorland Hall  and we have just settled in.  It’s divided into three houses and a big garden , with a football field, a swimming pool  and  a small climbing park.  The girls stayed in the mainhouse and the boys in the coachhouse.  Our rooms were all  arranged very co sy  and clean.  The girls had the  luxury of an own bathroom per room, but the boys had to share one.   In our free time we could meet in t h e  living room , which contain ed many games we could play.  We ate breakfast, lunch and dinner in the dining room and it was organized like a  buffet.  All in all we felt really  comfortably  and  homely ! 

Hi guys, Benjamin here. I want to tell you about a very important place in Plymouth. It’s the starting point of the “Mayflower“ in the city‘s harbour. But let me tell you a bit about the ship: Looking for a place to practice their radical Christianity, about 100 English Puritans (an English christian movement) set off for America on the Mayflower on September 16, 1620. These Pilgrim Fathers unwittingly laid the foundation for the creation of the United States. It was really unbelieveable to stand there, knowing that the formation of such an important country began right there. All in all our trip to Plymouth was very cool and exciting. Bye

We have learned many important lessons, all through team-challenges. Two, to be exact, one was finding a golf ball, which was hidden in the ground, somewhere on the giant field of Moorland Hall. We were split into two groups, my group was Brainstorming ideas with Becca and Erin, on how to get the golf ball as fast as possible. We had some pretty good strategies, like searching in lines, searching In separate sectors, rolling on the ground, walking a spiral, etc. Becca even got the Idea to bribe Jo to show where our ball was.  At the end, we rated each Individual strategy from 1 to 10 out of ten, walking in lines was our winner, we had this plan: Every one of our group stood next to each other, then one of us shouted the amount of steps we should take forward. We were the first group to find the golf ball first. On our second coastal walk, we came across a lovely beach at a little town located on the north coast of Cornwall....

High ropes and archery On the 18th of April 2024 our group (A) had high ropes and archery in the morning and the other group in the afternoon. It was really funny and interesting, but also something new for us. Have you ever done high ropes or archery before? If not, you should try both and more sports at Moorland Hall. The girls of our group went for archery first and the boys were doing high ropes first. At the beginning Becca and Meg, who were very nice to us, told us the basics like how to hold a bow and how to pull out an arow. Then we had some practice time and afterwards we played some games like bake a cake or sticky sheep. Sadly, we had to change with the boys and go to high ropes. We had never done something like this before. And you? Firstly, we did some practice on the grass, but then we went up about five meters over the floor. It was scary, but cool too. All in all, it was a new, but great experience. You should have tried it at least once in your lifetime. We would recom...

FREE TIME Everyday, mostly before lunch or after dinner we had some freetime to do whatever we wanted to on the grounds of Moorlandhall.When the weather was nice outside, which it luckily was almost everyday, we went on to the big field outside and played football, often till after nine in the evening. Sometimes our whole class was playing, sometimes we were only about half the class, but regardless it was very,very fun.   Some of the time we were in the community room either playing „Stadt Land Vollpfosten“ or we were trying to build a 1000 piece puzzle while also talking about different topics. Some of us even played some songs on the piano and teached others to. When we were outside sometimes we also played volleyball.When the stars were shining beautifully outside we talked into the night. We really enjoyed having some free of any  by ourselves. Bye, Alina & Alexandra :)