Y5 trip to british museum

On the 17Th June 2010 Year 5 went on a trip to the British museum . First we went downstairs and a lady talked to us about mummification. Then we filled in a little booklet about ancient Egyptian objects that were in the museum. We started on the 1st floor where all the statues were. Then we moved upstairs where all the Ancient Egyptian mummies were. We saw animal mummies, human mummies and baby mummies. The animal mummies were cat, birds, crocodiles, snakes and bulls. Year 5 enjoyed it so much.

On Tuesday 15th year six went to a Mosque in Regents Park.
The tour guide taught us all about Islam and what Muslims do in a Mosque.
When we had to go inside the prayer room we had to take our shoes and socks off.
As a sign of respect, we weren’t allowed to take any pictures or videos inside the Mosque. The tour guide told us all about why they have so many arched windows and why the ceiling was in a globe shape. The ceiling was a globe shape so that all the voices could echo and the windows were arched because if you put a coin on a flat piece of paper the paper would bend and if you put a coin on a piece of arched paper it would stay exactly the same therefore an arch window is much more stronger than a squared window. He also told us about why Muslims go to the Mosque and what they do there. In the end we all had alot of fun and enjoyed our time there.

Road Safety Work Shop

On Thursday we had some visitors who performed a play about a boy called Arron that was run over. It was a true story which happend in 2004/2005. We did some activities and roll plays. They also told us to always make eye contact with the driver whenever we are crossing the road to make sure they are aware of us. We also learned about the different types of pedestrian crossings in London, such as the zebra, pelican, pegasus and puffin crossings. The workshop was organised by a Hammersmith & Fulham Theatre group.

Spring's here

Spring is here! It’s lovely and sunny and all the flowers are open and the trees have got blossoms on them. The playground is very colourful now! It might not be so hot now but it will hopefully get hotter. When it was hot is was really nice and the birds were singing and everybody was having a nice time playing in the sunshine. They were playing in the park and having an ice cream. Some children even had water fights because I did and it was very cold but I warmed up after a while.

On Thursday 12th Year 6 went to the Houses of Parliament. We learned about democracy and what you have to do to become MP. They showed us around the House of Commons, The Houses of Lords and where the Queen signs the bill. They also showed us the statues of the old prime ministers and we weren’t allowed to sit down on the chairs that the MPs sit down on. They also showed us how the MPs would debate topics that are important to the country in order to make laws. We finished the lovely afternoon by going to the park and having our lunch.