A Tudor Trip for Year 2
Year 2 visited Blakesley Hall, a timber framed wattle and daub house, to find out what life was like in the Tudor times without all the ‘mod-cons’ they have grown up with.
Children dressed in Tudor clothes sat in the large dining room, where they heard about the leather drinking vessels and the cutlery that was used depending upon your status in the household. The seating too depended on your status, with the head of the house having a chair to sit on – while lower, unimportant members of the family or servants sat on stools.
In the kitchen, they saw how a flint was used and learnt about the importance of a good fire for cooking and heating. In the kitchen, meat was kept in a cage to prevent it being eaten by the servants!
In the grand parlour, the decoration depicted a story from the Bible, and on climbing up the winding wooden staircase the bedrooms could be seen off a long gallery. The children’s bedroom was the most interesting for the pupils because they could handle the items, and some even tried the bed for size! Bet they weren’t as comfy as their beds at home! Tudor children, they discovered, had toys like hobby horses and dolls, balls and cups.
A Trip to Hot Houses of Birmingham
As part of the work on ‘growing things’, Foundation visited the Botanical Gardens at half term.
The gardens in Birmingham were just beginning to come out in their full glory—and the children were very excited to see lots of buds and blossom on the trees!
As well as a tour around the hot houses, which were very humid and sticky, the children saw parrots in their outdoor cages and were surprised to hear the birds repeating their words!
The visits ended with time spent in the discovery garden, which reinforced many of the things that they had discussed in the classrooms. The wind chimes and sound games were particularly popular.
Year 5 Visit Cranedale
The Year 5 children, accompanied by Mrs Culek, Miss Williams, Mr Shackleton, Mr Florance and Mr Thackway, enjoyed an action packed four days at the Cranedale Centre in North Yorkshire.
The trip has a Geography focus, and the children spent time studying coastal erosion at Flamborough Head as well as river systems in Dalby Forest. There was also time for some high energy orienteering, puffin spotting at Bempton, and a programme of team building mind-teasers on the day of departure. Despite all the excitement, the children remained fascinated by the free hot chocolate machine at the centre and the souvenirs available from the tuck shop – so no change there then!
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