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Students from Mayesbrook Park School tell us about their recent five day sailing trip from Portsmouth, which was a fantastic opportunity for them to work on their communication and team working skills.

Here's Katie and Kaysha stroy:

We met outside Mayesbrook School and made our way to Portsmouth by mini bus.

When we arrived the view was pretty cool, the boats were massive and posh and the sea water was so clear. Chas, the Youth Development Manager was their to greeted us. He took us to the boat we'd be staying on and introduced us to the team that was looking after us.

Derek, Paul and Hector  (the team) gave us a tour around the boat and then we quickly got to work to get the boat sailing, each of us taking on a job to make this happen. Once we were at sea, some of us had a chance to helm and some enjoyed the calm view and how pretty it was. ????

We were all then given a place and job as we docked in Cowes. Then our team started to prepare dinner, all of us again getting involved and helping each other. Once dinner was done and the boat was tidy, we went for a walk around town, getting to know the locals and their pets and taking in the sights and skipping stones on the beach.

Before we knew it, we were making our way back to shower and enjoy a cup of tea and biscuits. So far we are really enjoying being part of this team and getting involved in the voyage.