Class Trip = Success!

This week saw our class trip finally arrive. When we planned it for week 5 of term, it felt like it would be ages away, so it is a little odd now that it is done. I am not saying the time has flown by - it has been damned hard work - but it still feels strange to be over with this aspect of it.

All the children came, which had hung in the balance for quite a while, due to a sad incident a few weeks back when a young boy drown in the river we were going to travel along. Thankfully, we managed to persuade all the parents that we would keep their children safe - and, of course, we did. :)

The children really seemed to enjoy it. Our Big Write task was to write a letter about it, telling a friend what you liked/disliked and the vast majority were incredibly positive. A couple of the children had been scared by the boat at first, as they had never been on one before, but even they enjoyed it in the end.

The children got to dress up as Victorians and have a maths lesson, Victorian-style. They also got to do some Victorian laundry lol, dress up as miners and create some brass rubbings [another thing going on our display]. The Heritage Centre was quite small, but they seemed to think it rather big lol and their letters revealed that they had taken a lot in. Especially the features of the C19th prison cell and the punishments dished out lol. We had a wander up to the Cathedral and then along the river to the boat. The boat was definitely a highlight, as the boat driver was incredibly good with the children. Even when one, in particular, kept shouting 'Mr Boat Man....' as he had so many questions. Lol. He ran a little competition for them and said the reward would be ice-cream for everyone, if they all took part. Some of the children didn't believe him, so they were especially chuffed when we got off the boat and went to an ice-cream kiosk. We ate Mr Whippy cones with monkey's blood by the river! It so nice. And, for the first time in weeks, it was dry and quite sunny. [It has rained every day since!] It was nice to be away from school and everything went without a hitch. Yay!

My first school trip, as the lead teacher [apparently lol], was a success! :D