Well done everyone! Very many thanks to all the teachers too and to John, the coach driver! Have a good rest this weekend.
Will post some more photographs tomorrow.
Friday, 11 June 2010
Thursday, 10 June 2010
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Mr Fox writes...
To Whitby me hearties (we encountered memorials to Captain Cook along the way) and a busy day at this atmospheric maritime town.
One little episode from the day may not be chronicled by the girls, that in which we encountered a BBC camera crew setting up at the bottom of the Abbey steps where my group were surveying members of the public. They were clearing people out of the way of their shot down the hill and then I heard a nearby old gentlemen say something like, "oo look it's that politician off the telly". Sure enough, striding enigmatically up the hill, former Conservative Defence secretary and now TV political pundit and presenter, Michael Portillo, hoved into view and swept past us into a jewellers. Had I been quick enough I could have positioned a couple of the girls to 'survey' him as he came out, but we missed the chance and he disappeared into the pub opposite. I asked the director if we could catch a word with him but she politely refused as he was now having lunch. He was filming for a new series of his 'Great Railway Journeys' which will be broadcast early in the new year.
Later in the day, the group led by Mrs Ackroyd and Mr Smith encountered him at the Tourist Information Centre and managed to get a photograph but he had already passed them and is something of a detail in the picture.
Overall, the girls did very well out in the cold open air for nearly seven hours but had their reward with some good shopping at the end of the visit.
Mr Fox
One little episode from the day may not be chronicled by the girls, that in which we encountered a BBC camera crew setting up at the bottom of the Abbey steps where my group were surveying members of the public. They were clearing people out of the way of their shot down the hill and then I heard a nearby old gentlemen say something like, "oo look it's that politician off the telly". Sure enough, striding enigmatically up the hill, former Conservative Defence secretary and now TV political pundit and presenter, Michael Portillo, hoved into view and swept past us into a jewellers. Had I been quick enough I could have positioned a couple of the girls to 'survey' him as he came out, but we missed the chance and he disappeared into the pub opposite. I asked the director if we could catch a word with him but she politely refused as he was now having lunch. He was filming for a new series of his 'Great Railway Journeys' which will be broadcast early in the new year.
Later in the day, the group led by Mrs Ackroyd and Mr Smith encountered him at the Tourist Information Centre and managed to get a photograph but he had already passed them and is something of a detail in the picture.
Overall, the girls did very well out in the cold open air for nearly seven hours but had their reward with some good shopping at the end of the visit.
Mr Fox
Today we went to Whitby, a coastal town. The journey took half an hour through the mist. First we headed off to the abbey and sketched a part of it. We then thought about some nouns and adjectives that we could use in our poems about the abbey. We stopped for a quick break before meeting up with the english heritage people who talked to us about the monks who prayed,lived and worked in Whitby Abbey. We got into groups and were given three objects at the monks used in their daily life. Two people from our group talked about what the objects told us about the monk's lives. Some people from our group talked about them but then we had to go from the abbey into the town to do our survey. After the survey we did a treasure hunt and then we went shopping. Our day was so fun in Whitby and I think my favourite day, although the weather was a bit cold!
Wow... another day gone, time goes quick when you're having fun!
Today we went to Whitby and saw the Abbey, so amazing! It is absolutely incredble to think that people from over 2000 years ago were walking in the steps that we walked today! We were told all about the history of the Abbey and the monks that would have lived there!After that we went on a treasure trail (also great fun)! Then we went Shopping!!! That was definitely the highlight of our day! We were allowed to go off in groups of 3-5 and do some shopping! It was great fun and overall, everyone had a brilliant day and can't wait until tomorrow's surprises!
Today we went to Whitby and saw the Abbey, so amazing! It is absolutely incredble to think that people from over 2000 years ago were walking in the steps that we walked today! We were told all about the history of the Abbey and the monks that would have lived there!After that we went on a treasure trail (also great fun)! Then we went Shopping!!! That was definitely the highlight of our day! We were allowed to go off in groups of 3-5 and do some shopping! It was great fun and overall, everyone had a brilliant day and can't wait until tomorrow's surprises!
Today we went to Whitby. It was fun!
First of all, we went to visit Whitby Abbey, and did sketches and wrote poems about the abbey. Then, after a quick snack, we had a tour of the abbey and learnt more about the history of it. The abbey is a thousand years old!
After a tasty lunch , we went into Whitby to do a survey. We found out that a lot of holiday makers come to Whitby to have their holidays. We really enjoyed doing it!
Next, we did a treasure trail. It was tiring but worth it!
As a reward from all that walking, we got to go shopping. Woo hoo!
Overall we had a great day!
First of all, we went to visit Whitby Abbey, and did sketches and wrote poems about the abbey. Then, after a quick snack, we had a tour of the abbey and learnt more about the history of it. The abbey is a thousand years old!
After a tasty lunch , we went into Whitby to do a survey. We found out that a lot of holiday makers come to Whitby to have their holidays. We really enjoyed doing it!
Next, we did a treasure trail. It was tiring but worth it!
As a reward from all that walking, we got to go shopping. Woo hoo!
Overall we had a great day!
A day at whitby!
On the third day lower three went to Whitby Abbey and went shopping in the Town Square. Although it was cold and windy, everybody enjoyed it! We had exellent guides and we learnt a lot from them. We went to the museum, saw all the discovered artifacts that have been found on the site, they were really interesting! We sketched Whitby Abbey and jotted ideas for poems that we are going to write down.
In between the Abbey and the shopping we did a survey and a Whitby Treasure hunt.
For the survey we asked members of the public some questions nobody who we questioned was from Whitby!
With the treasure hunt we stayed in our groups and we were given questions to answer, after the qu
estions there were directions on where to go. We had a fantastic time in all activities!
In between the Abbey and the shopping we did a survey and a Whitby Treasure hunt.
For the survey we asked members of the public some questions nobody who we questioned was from Whitby!
With the treasure hunt we stayed in our groups and we were given questions to answer, after the qu
estions there were directions on where to go. We had a fantastic time in all activities!
Tuesday, 8 June 2010
We all got up after a very good sleep and came down to the picnic bar to collect our lunch. At 8am we came into the dining hall and had a lovely cooked breakfast. After a 40 minute drive to Dalby Forest, we split up into two groups to do stream studies and orienteering. When it was our turn to do the activities, in stream studies we were measuring the flow of water, identification of creatures in the water and the depth of every 10cm across the stream. In orienteering for the warm up we were split into groups of four and we used maps to find the post with information of animals on them. For the main challenge we were in groups of nine with a teacher of our choice. We had to go up steep hills through cows( which led onto cowpats EWWW!!!) most people got drenched as the grass was so wet and it was raining. We went to the shop and bought cool souvenirs. Dinner was nice and the dessert was DIVINE (ICE CREAM!!!! Yummy) the day was a great success and we can't wait until tomorrow!!!!!!
Day 2!
Today, we visited Dalby Forest. First, I did orienteering with the other half of the year. We got into groups of four. Then Mark (our teacher from Dalby F orest) gave us a sheet with pictures of animals on. We got given a map with the numbers of the posts that we had to visit on. Mark then gave us a number of a post to go to and we all went off to find our posts. The posts had pictures of animals on to match the ones on the sheet. We wrote down on the sheet which number the animal was, and then went back to Mark to find out the next number. After the orienteering, we went to have our lunch.
After lunch, we changed to stream studies. We first went to see our second teacher to tell us about how we should do all the activities. We measured the flow, we measured the depth and we searched for underwater wildlife. It was great fun, but we got absolutely SOAKED!!!
We then went back to the hotel and had out hot drinks and milkshakes! I can't wait until tomorrow! Byeeee!
After lunch, we changed to stream studies. We first went to see our second teacher to tell us about how we should do all the activities. We measured the flow, we measured the depth and we searched for underwater wildlife. It was great fun, but we got absolutely SOAKED!!!
We then went back to the hotel and had out hot drinks and milkshakes! I can't wait until tomorrow! Byeeee!
Monday, 7 June 2010
Dear parents, how are you? i am having a great, brilliant (and many many more words)time!
We got to Eden camp at 1:00; we went in every hut there and some were quite scary like the blitz hut and even worse the German submarine where it felt like we were sinking. We saw really horrible things in there like a man drowning in water and when we went into the huts about how they lived and how they starved it was awful!!!!!! My friend took a picture of me on my camera of me with a war helmet on and a wooden gun!!!! After we had looked we bought something from the gift shop and then we all bought an ice-cream!!! I love the hotel and i can't wait till I go to bed (I'm not tired so don't even think about it!!!)
We got to Eden camp at 1:00; we went in every hut there and some were quite scary like the blitz hut and even worse the German submarine where it felt like we were sinking. We saw really horrible things in there like a man drowning in water and when we went into the huts about how they lived and how they starved it was awful!!!!!! My friend took a picture of me on my camera of me with a war helmet on and a wooden gun!!!! After we had looked we bought something from the gift shop and then we all bought an ice-cream!!! I love the hotel and i can't wait till I go to bed (I'm not tired so don't even think about it!!!)
On Monday the 7th of June at the early morning hour of 7.30 we got on a double decker bus and set off for Yorkshire ! It was a long journey of 5 hours, the entertainment changed from D.S 's to eye-spy to a sing along, that made the journey a fun one. After 4 hours we got to Eden Camp. Eden camp was a prisoner of war camp for the Italians. We not only learnt about the prisoners we learnt about how the war affected prisoners but also daily life. About how the women looked after England, rationing and bombing. It was amazing how you could kill a whole town by a slither of light.
While we were there we saw an amazing site of 10 Mayflies it was amazing you only see them once or twice in the year. We were all amazed, we had are own nature notes at our door step.
We went around the gift shop (trying not to spend all our money at once ) we all bought gifts. We went back to the coach. Perfect timing, as soon we got outside it started to rain. We got on the coach ( a bit wet ) and drove to the hotel.
The hotel is a Victorian building with red chairs and flowery wall paper; we went to our bedrooms.
We unpacked and went to dinner of pork, vegetables and roast potatoes and apple tart and custard for pudding.
We went swimming (it was cold ! )then either went to the day room or have an epic game of ping pong ( I won ! ) or went into the day room and wove triangles. Then we went for hot drinks and milkshakes and went to bed.
While we were there we saw an amazing site of 10 Mayflies it was amazing you only see them once or twice in the year. We were all amazed, we had are own nature notes at our door step.
We went around the gift shop (trying not to spend all our money at once ) we all bought gifts. We went back to the coach. Perfect timing, as soon we got outside it started to rain. We got on the coach ( a bit wet ) and drove to the hotel.
The hotel is a Victorian building with red chairs and flowery wall paper; we went to our bedrooms.
We unpacked and went to dinner of pork, vegetables and roast potatoes and apple tart and custard for pudding.
We went swimming (it was cold ! )then either went to the day room or have an epic game of ping pong ( I won ! ) or went into the day room and wove triangles. Then we went for hot drinks and milkshakes and went to bed.
How amazing was today? Very amazing indeed! Just think...today is only the first of many fun days. We travelled on the coach for a couple of hours (not very boring when there is so much company!) We arrived at Eden camp...What a place!
We had only just arrived and we knew it would be a great experience! There were many huts in which were many exciting things. But we won't give anything away....go yourself!
The hotel was fab too! Luxury rooms and so many things to do.
We had only just arrived and we knew it would be a great experience! There were many huts in which were many exciting things. But we won't give anything away....go yourself!
The hotel was fab too! Luxury rooms and so many things to do.
Yorkshire 2010 first day
Today the L3's went on quite a long bus journey to Yorkshire, but it was worth the wait! we headed off at 7:30 to Eden camp (which was once a prisoner of war camp in WWII) and we all had a great time. We set off in groups going to different display huts which show scenes from WWII. My favourite hut was 'The Blitz', which was where we entered the big hut and there were big displaies of houses in WWII. The wax models were great, and so realistic - some of them were moving!
Nearer to the end of the trip it started to rain quite hard and my group were next to the Anderson shelters, so we all got in them and laughed!
When I got to the hotel I got my stuff to my room, had a great dinner then we went swimming in groups! I have come back from the pool and my hair is still soaked!
The first day was great, I can't wait till tomorrow!
Nearer to the end of the trip it started to rain quite hard and my group were next to the Anderson shelters, so we all got in them and laughed!
When I got to the hotel I got my stuff to my room, had a great dinner then we went swimming in groups! I have come back from the pool and my hair is still soaked!
The first day was great, I can't wait till tomorrow!
Today we went to Eden camp. It was really fun although it was a bit rainy! All the displays were very interesting and I am pretty sure everyone learnt a lot. The coach trip was rather long but not boring at all and the coach driver is very nice and also very skilled in the art of reversing a double decker coach into a very tight parking space!
Today has been a great day! We went to Eden Camp, an old Italian POW camp which is now a museum. It was exciting and very realistic, and a few of the huts were really scary. The coach journey was long but full of songs, games and a lot of talking. I can't wait for tomorrow, I can't believe it will be anywhere as good as today, but I'm sure it will be. The food was great and the hotel is both massive and cosy at the same time. The whole trip is brilliant.
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