Wednesday 7th December

OLYMPIC PARK TRIP!

Ok, not officially a Year 6 event, but it did involve some Year Sixes, so I thought I'd put it up! Nine children from Key Stage 2 were selected to visit to the amazing Olympic Park, which is almost finished, in East London. We travelled by train from Leagrave up to London Bridge, then caught the underground to Canary Wharf before catching the DLR to Pudding Mill Lane (with no hiccups!). We arrived for our bus tour dead on time, although Mr Rowe nearly didn't take part as he had forgotten his I.D! After a quick phone call back to school, they confirmed who he was and he was allowed to take part!

We saw and learnt LOTS of fascinating facts about the upcoming olympics - 206 countries are taking part, 26 sports are occurring, the Olympic Stadium seats 85,000 people, the Orbit is the big red structure next to the Stadium and Saudi Arabia doesn't allow female athletes to take part!

After our bus tour, we had lunch at the 'View Tube', which had excellent views of the area before heading onto our bike ride around the area, led by a nice man called Joe. We went around the whole area, up canal tow paths (nobody fell in the water!) and then back again. It was very tiring although everyone had a fantastic time!

After our bike riding, we caught the trains back (nearly getting lost at Canary Wharf!) and got back to school at exactly 5pm (the first time I've ever been back on time from any school trip in my life!). A nice note to add, is that on the train back to Leagrave, a lady went out of her way to come and tell Mr Rowe how well behaved all the children were and what excellent role models they were for our school....a very pleasing thing to hear indeed!