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Message: Hello! I saw this Tried & Tested Review on Teach Primary Magazine's website and thought you might like it - please find an excerpt below: Let Loose I’ve lost count of the number of residential trips I’ve been on as a teacher. Let loose from the constraints of the classroom, this is a time for adventure. Anxious parents dread them (mostly), professional teachers pretend to like them and excited children anticipate them with a mix of nervous energy and excitement. They are the making of everyone. No child or teacher ever comes back from a trip without being changed in some way, and 99 per cent of the time it’s for the better. That’s why it is so great to see a musical about a residential. Let Loose, from Edgy Productions, is written for KS2 and is perfectly suited for a mid-term or end of term show, or for a final farewell leavers performance. Here’s the story in a nutshell: a headteacher and a couple of teachers hold a presentation evening to explain to parents the details of the residential, and convince everyone their children will be in good hands. As each part of the approaching trip is described, we witness flashbacks to the previous year’s visit, which wasn’t exactly a smooth operation. We also see the impact that the imminent separation has on devoted mums and dads. While three lots of parents agonise about the sleeping arrangements and the probable non-brushing of teeth, another couple cracks open the bubbly to toast the fact they’ll have the house all to themselves for five sweet days. Then there are the handful of bus drivers uneasily awaiting next week’s rota to see which of them will be on board for the school trip. The story then moves to the staff of the aptly named Slippery Slopes Activity Centre, who discuss last-minute arrangements which they hope will help circumvent the need to give any more refunds this year. However, dodgy plumbing, five-mile treks and hole-digging challenges aren’t what the children and staff had in mind. They soon become disillusioned, arguing amongst themselves and finding it impossible to work as a team, climaxing in a calamitous effort to construct and sail a raft. Everything is made worse by being ridiculed by another school staying at the centre – Toffington College of Excellence and High Achievement (with their motto ‘win at any price’). Can the children work together to gain something positive from their five days away? This hilarious musical is full of laughs and children, staff and parents will all have more than one reflective moment of “I know how that feels”. I… If you want to read the full article, please visit: https://www.teachprimary.com/tried_and_tested/view/let-loose Thanks!