We did it!

Hello and welcome back to the Year Five Blog!

There is only main one topic for this week's Blog and that has got to be, without a doubt, Friday's visit to The British Museum.

What an amazing day - here's what we got up to...

After the incredibly early start and the coaches finally materialising - we were on our way to That London!

Our swift stop at Winchester Services was a triumph as we managed to get to The British Museum as they were opening at 10am - a first for Dorchester Middle School! 

I think Coach One were particularly pleased to arrive in London as they had to deal with quite a few poorly children on the way. Mrs Lister looked positively green! The number of 'incidents' constituted a new Year Five record!

Once we had shoved everything in lockers and shed all of our baggage (literally!) it was time to go and explore the Museum. Please excuse the quality of some of the pictures...

What an incredible place! Just listening to the children's gasps of awe and wonder and their evident excitement was a joy to behold and well worth the 4 hour journey!

We also had the treat of a lecture from one of the Museum Staff based on Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.

Not a great picture (I am still trying to get to grips with the new camera!) but hopefully it gives you an idea of where we were and what we were doing.

On the whole, the children were fantastic. Members of the public commented on how well behaved our children were which is always lovely to hear but not a surprise!

At around 2pm you could see that the children were starting to flag and the early morning was starting to catch up with them.

I was so sad to leave this beautiful building but it had provided our children with a fantastic day out that was full of fun, fascination, awe, wonder and learning.

I must say a HUGE thank you to Mr Duffy, Mrs Cook, Mrs White, Mrs Lister, Miss Woodley, Miss Mullett and Mr Palmer for all of your hard work and making the trip such a triumph in the process. 

Thank to Mrs Daniel for holding the fort back at DMS and helping the process of children and parents being reunited!

Our Parent/Grandparent Helpers were incredible! We couldn't have run the trip without you, you were amazing!

I would also like to thank all the ladies in the office who helped to organise and help with the logistics of the trip, especially Mrs Arnott who made everything happen. Miss Wood was a superstar and saw us off in the morning although the updates on her bacon roll were not hugely appreciated! Mrs Scott was also great in her capacity as Finance Officer.

Finally, and most importantly, a huge thank you to the fabulous Year Five children who represented our school with such positivity and who continue to make us proud of them on a daily basis. 

I hope you had a super day and that you came away from this amazing building with even more knowledge about the Ancient Egyptians as well as memories that will last you a lifetime.

Blimey - that sounded like an Oscars acceptance speech didn't it?

So, now we have a new challenge - the new batch of snow that decided to appear last night/this morning! Who knows how this will pan out but if I have any news or updates then I will endeavour to inform you via this Blog. 

Well, that's it for this week.

Do you know what would be fabulous? If you could write comments for the Blog, telling me about your own individual British Museum experiences. It's all very well sharing my day but I want to hear about yours!

Go on, do it! Make my day!

See you back here next week!

Mrs Ray

(who completely lost her voice on Saturday much to her family's delight. It's back now though - sorry!)