Friday 15th July 2011:
Our three football teams also played well but came up against much stronger opposition. The A team nearly reached the semi-finals but were one point behind the fourth-placed team.
The volleyball and softball teams did extremely well in their competitions and both reached their respective semi-finals.
At 1530 the entire camp paraded on the main square for the awards to be presented. The band, made up mainly of our cadets, along with a trumpeter from Denstone College, began the ceremony with a performance of Holst's rousing I Vow to thee my Country. We were very pleased to see a young cadet from one of the schools that we have been working with all week, Headington receiving the award for the best shot on the DCCT range today. At the end of the ceremony the band played the theme from The Great Escape as the whole camp marched off the square.
In the evening we had our own awards ceremony and, after consultation with all the staff and the senior boys, Captain Armon awarded plaques to the best year 9 cadet, Finbar Gaffey and the best year 10 cadet, Akhil Gohil.
This marked the end of a fantastic camp in astoundingly good weather. All that is left is to clean the accommodation, strip the beds, hand in the sheets & pillowcases, pack our bags and travel back in the morning.
The boys will be very tired when they get home and be very glad of a home-cooked meal but we hope that they go away from this camp with fond memories of the activities that they have taken part in, and also a great deal more knowledge about a wide variety of topics from first aid to platoon attacks. Captain Armon has thanked the boys for their hard work and level of concentration through this week, but mostly for their fantastic attitude to everything they have undertaken which has also been noted by the camp staff and enhanced the reputation of both the school and the CCF.
Thursday 14th July 2011:
An excellent day of training was enjoyed by all. The title of the day was 'Survival'. 
In the morning the cadets received tuition on how to source water, warmth, shelter and food in a survival situation. The boys had lessons on how to build a variety of shelters using mainly the materials around them. They also learned a number of methods for collecting and purifying water and how to make a fire without the use of matches or a lighter. The third lesson was the most popular of the day as they learned how to trap, kill and prepare animals for cooking. This latter stage consisted of a practical demonstration of how to skin and gut a rabbit. Following this one lucky cadet volunteered to try their hand at this skill.
After lunch the three groups were pitted against each other in a competition to create a three-man shelter, build a fire, make weapons and lay a snare trap. All of the groups succeeded in making a weather-proof shelter along with all of the other requirements but one group stood out. 
The winning group consisted of 17 of our cadets working with 19 cadets from Headington Girls' School from just outside Oxford. The group made an excellent shelter weather-proofed with ferns, as proved by the resistance to the DS’s water-bottle. They also made a huge arsenal of effective weapons and a text-book pyramid fire. Their crowning glory was the bizarre addition of a game of swingball, fashioned from a piece of string and a pine cone, as one of the girls said ‘to improve morale’! The group was commanded by Sgt-Major Jimmy Wang.
There was again a variety of evening activities including the DCCT range for some of the boys. 
This is a computerised range where a section goes through a life-like battle scenario and fires at a computer screen the size of a cinema screen with a full-size and weight SA80 rifle including magazine. The contingent finished the evening with a drill session, again under Sgt-Major Harry Peto. The band also made an appearance on the drill square to accompany the first bit of the drill session. A new experience for all concerned.
Tomorrow is the competitions day featuring competitions in military skills, volleyball, football and softball.
Wednesday 13th July 2011:
Another wonderful but tiring day. In the morning the boys had lessons on battle preparation then section and platoon attacks which they put into practice in the afternoon. In the morning we were honoured with a visit from Brigadier Bavistock, brigade commander for this area.
The contingent, along with our work colleagues St Ignatius and Headington, were split into 3 platoons of around 36. These were again split into 3 sections which took it in turns to be the reserve, fire suppressing or assaulting section. Boys took on the roles of section commander and 2i/c of some sections. Ankit Mehta and Jordan Wan were also fortunate to be chosen to be platoon commander and platoon sergeant for the second of the three attacks. They did a fantastic job and really enjoyed themselves.
A momentous evening when a football team made up mainly of QE boys beat another school at football.
Tomorrow's programme has us doing survival stands, teaching the boys the skills to survive in a wilderness situation for up to 30 days.
Tuesday 12th July 2011:
Yesterday evening's sports activities were fun with the boys joining three other schools in softball, volleyball and football, narrowly losing to St Albans school in the latter.
After a late breakfast, 0630, we set off for the Royal Engineers' base at Hawley Lake. The morning saw us on the water in three different crafts, racing, building pyramids and generally doing activities which ended in falling in.
The officer in charge of cadets for London paid us a visit and was very impressed with the activities he saw and particularly with the enthusiasm and professionalism of our boys.
In the afternoon the boys went on an orienteering course, walking 4 miles around the area, finding the codes for the final password to get back into camp.
Evening activities were again sports and command tasks, which got the boys thinking and working very well together. Tomorrow is a very busy day of fieldcraft skills which is where our boys work extremely well, hopefully.
Monday 11th July 2011:
Yesterday afternoon's activities were done very well indeed. An excellent drill session saw a vast improvement over the hour on the square. After having got changed into their sports clothes the boys rotated through two fieldcraft lessons,
one on field signals and the second obstacle crossing with the senior NCOs, and a pt session of a timed 0.7 mile run and a circuit. Joint fastest on the run were John Woods and Piranavan Kirupakaran on 3:55.
The evening meal was again very varied. There was an unprecedented take up for the vegetarian option but the excellent kitchen staff cooked a fresh batch so that nobody went hungry.
There was a successful room inspection after the evening meal followed by more sports and for the musicians,
the first CCF band rehearsal which also went very well, especially as some boys were playing in an ensemble for the first time and others were on unfamiliar instruments such as the baritone and tenor saxophones.
We are on the ranges all day today, starting on the 100m gallery range, moving to the electronic target range in the afternoon where the boys also were able to fire a shotgun on the clay pigeon stand. All of the boys improved their understanding of the marksmanship principles and became more familiar with firing live rounds.
One of the additional activities this morning was a camouflage stand where each detail had a chance to disappear into the Surrey countryside. Best shot of the afternoon was Chiyeon Won with 26 out of 30.
It has been another very good day with sports, paintballing and mountain-biking this evening.
Tomorrow is personal development day with kayaking, sailing and orienteering. Fingers crossed for another fantastically sunny day.
Sunday 10th July 2011:
All going very well. Quite a slow journey on the M25 for the main group but we all arrived safely and the sun eventually came out in time for the successful fire drill.
Two meals in camp so far and everyone has been happy with the range of choice and amount of food on offer, although 0600 did feel very early this morning.
The morning lessons were on skill at arms in preparation for a day on the ranges tomorrow. Most of the boys were happy with their level of knowledge and all feel confident after a period of revision.
This afternoon sees a session of drill under Sgt Major Peto, followed by a sports and a target-indication lesson. Hopefully all the boys will manage to stay awake through the afternoon.