London 2008

 
 

 

In February 2008 almost 50 children
and staff spent 3 exciting days in the capital.

We packed a lot into our stay, seeing all
sorts of famous places and having some quite
wonderful experiences. We hope you enjoy these
pictures which try to give you a flavour of our
adventure.

 

  

The Tower

 

Above: Gathering information.
Left: Old cannon.

Above: A Beefeater gives a guided tour.
Left: One of them became our 'special friend'.
Below: Drawing part of the Royal Residences.

 

 

The

London

Eye

 

 

 

The Houses of Parliament

 
We had a wonderful tour of the houses. The first picture shows us with our guide. In a special committee room we learned about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot. We broke up into groups and made our own manifestos - what we would do in our school if we had the power. We then had to read them out from the top bench! Our MP Dr. Denis MacShane came in to see us and he gave us an interesting talk about being a Member of Parliament. This was followed by a question time.

Buckingham
Palace

 


The Globe Theatre


Trafalgar Square
Our guide takes us on a tour of the outside and we get a history lesson about Shakespeare's Globe with some really interesting insightsinto the development of theatre.

St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Brass-rubbing
Inside was just glorious! The pictures speak for themselves. We had further discussion about the way drama was done in those days.
We all had a go and got some amazing results. We had a choice of brasses to work with and we took our rubbing picture home.

As you can see from the photo. (left) Mrs. Taylor broke into film-director mode and recorded parts of our trip.

Our visit to St. Paul's Cathedral was fascinating but we were not allowed to take photographs inside. Below you can see a group picture taken on the cathedral steps with Mrs. Turnbull on the left and Mrs. Dayson on the right.

Our Dinner at the hotel before
The Sound of Music at the London Palladium

What a show it was! No photographs were allowed in the theatre but we brought back programmes and souvenirs to remember it by. The stage set was amazing: all done on moving platforms. The standard of singing, acting and dancing was exceptional and gave us an idea of what was possible in the professional world of theatre. We are going to try even harder with our own productions, now! The whole trip was a great success and looking back we packed a lot into those few days. Mrs. Turnbull has put one of her special displays up in school and as we walk by we are reminded of the superb experience that Mrs. Sharpe organised for us in London.