Canada Expedition 2015

The end of a hard working GCSE exam term for Thornton was rounded off by an amazing expedition to Canada, the cost of which trip most of the students had covered themselves with their own sterling fundraising efforts.  On arrival in Canada the group, accompanied by Mrs Hall, Miss Stovin and Mr Kirby, spent the day exploring the quay in Toronto and finding their bearings, followed by watching an evening baseball game hosted by the Toronto Blue Jays. Thankfully Mr Kirby was on hand to explain the rules! The students then headed 300 miles north to Temagami in the lakes, where they spent eight fabulous days canoeing, wild camping, cooking for themselves and carrying all their worldly possessions with them! The scenery was amazing where they saw beavers, snapper turtles, chipmunks in their camp and a fleeting glimpse of a bear. The food was excellent as it had been individually prepared for each person to cook on the camping stoves. The evenings were spent swimming and cliff diving and eating marsh mellows round the campfire. Mosquitoes were the size of hornets (that’s the size they felt like at the time of being bitten!) but Cundallites are made of tough stuff so the group just got on with it! Once back in Toronto the group took in the sights of the CN Tower, the Baseball museum, the Toronto Museum and the Science Museum. They had a fantastic day at the zoo and an amazing highlight of the trip was seeing Niagara Falls and going on the Maid of the Mist which took them a mere 10m away from the foot of the falls. With the exchange rate being in the UK’s favour, many squeezed in some retail therapy. All the pupils really enjoyed their final fews days together before they all moved on to their new schools this term.