Glorious Greenwich

Year 6 students visited Greenwich as part of their Geography topic on polar regions. The children were excited to explore the Docklands and Canary Wharf on their journey to Greenwich; they marvelled at the heigh of the buildings and how modern the area was! One child remarked, 'It's like we are in New York!' We were lucky on the DLR, some children managed to sit at the front of the train and act like the driver!

Once in Greenwich, we took in the awe of the Cutty Sark, strolled along the Thames path, had a snack in the university grounds, which we recognised from films and finally arrived at the Maritime Museum.

Once in the museum we visited the polar gallery, where the children looked at artefacts from Shackleton's exploration to Antarctica, tried on some thermal clothing, attempted to pull a fully laden sledge, located destinations on maps and even encountered an emperor penguin. In some of the other galleries the children learnt how to steer a ship, fire a cannon, load cargo onto a boat and dressed up as a sailor.

We had lunch in the park before we hiked up the hill to the world-famous observatory and meridian line. Once at the top of the hill, there was a stunning view over London. We also saw the engraved zero degrees line of longitude on the pavement; the children jumped from the East to Western hemispheres. 

We had a marvellous day out and one child enjoyed the visit so much he wanted to go back in the Easter holidays with his family. The children were amazing ambassadors for the school and behaved superbly, as always.