Year
4’s Visit to the CAPITAL! What a FABULOUS FINISH!
On Thursday 14th December, the Year 4 children had an
extremely early start (6:45am at school to be precise!) to the day, as the
long-awaited trip to LONDON was about to begin…
Arriving in London, we were soon able to
spot some of the infamous landmarks that we had been learning about in our
Theme work all term! We visited Buckingham Palace – Her Majesty was at home! We
had the most wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the Houses of
Parliament, where we lucky enough to sit in the House of Lords whilst the Arch
Bishop of Canterbury was delivering a speech! This was topped off by a workshop
and a visit from an actual LORD! We encountered the extremely regal ‘Changing
of the Guards’ and got up close with Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflower’ painting in the
National Gallery.
We spent the evening walking around
Trafalgar Square and soaked up the festive feel as we had our photo taken in
Covent Garden. This was all topped off by a visit to The Cambridge Theatre
where we watched the West End version of, ‘Matilda’ the musical.
On our second day, we had time to visit
the Natural Science Museum and take part in some awesome ‘hands-on’ science
experiments in the Wonderlab and our very own Professor Felix was chosen to
take part in the ‘Flash, Bang, Wallop’ live experiment! We all then rode the
London Eye, with many of us overcoming our fear of heights. We had the most
fabulous view over London! We then managed to experience the 4D show!
We managed to complete all of this in just
two days and clocked-up sixteen and a half miles on foot.
Both the staff and the children have
created memories for life! Here’s to next time….
