day we have all had. Mr Bond's group have enjoyed an adventure day - walking, caving and abseil off Millersdale bridge. Lots of smiles and great achievements.

Mr Lancashire's group have enjoyed orienteering round the grounds - practising for the competition on Friday. Also practised their climbing skills on the indoor climbing wall. They have then been caving - muddy, wet and a few squeezes. But they have all returned.

Mrs Shelton's group have also had a day onsite. It started with mountain biking around their track. Great successes - one child has now learnt to ride a bike and most of them have been on the advanced track! All of us got down in one piece 😀. The afternoon started with the zip wire, then the cargo net, thenThe General Slocum Disaster occurred on June 15, 1904. This tragedy is much less well known compared to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911, and the Titanic Disaster of April 15, 1912. Perhaps these two shocking events happening within a year focused people's attention elsewhere. But the aftermath of the sinking of the PS Slocum radically altered the German-American community of the Lower East Side forever...

The PS Slocum, built in 1891, was a paddle boat or sidewheel passenger ship. On June 15, 1904, the ship carried 1,358 passengers, plus crew.

Chartered by the St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church for $350.00, the passengers came mostly from the German-American community of the Lower East Side. Excitement and anticipation filled the air — for the passengers, this would be