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Year 6 UK Trip - Out and about in london
" Yesterday, we went to the London Eye, rode on a boat to go to some shops and watch a musical. I liked the London Eye the most because I can see lots of buildings. I had fun today. " - Ian
" In the shops, we had seen the joke shops, football shops and many kinds of shops. The musical was so-so because I didn't understand some points." - Danny
The London Eye is 15 years old now as it was built as a part of the Millennium Project, but it still stands proud on the banks of the River Thames. Visited by over 3 million people every year, the views from the capsules are fantastic on a good, clear day and we were lucky enough to be visiting London on a good, clear day! Each capsule holds up to 24 people and they don’t stop to let you in, you have to get in them as it’s moving, so it was quite an accomplishment to get all 23 of us successfully in to one capsule!
We were able to see quite far in to the distance and pick out lots of the famous sights. The flag was up at Buckingham Palace indicating that the Queen was in.
After the London Eye, we ate a picnic lunch in the park, bought an ice-cream and then boarded the boat down the river to Tower Pier. Along the way, we saw a few of the sights we saw from the top of the Eye from a different angle: The Houses of Parliament with Big Ben chiming; The Gherkin, The Shard; HMS Belfast; The Globe Theatre where many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed; the Tate Modern national museum of modern art.
We went under various bridges, including London Bridge before turning to get a good view of the Tower Bridge. Many people confuse London Bridge and Tower Bridge, but as the name suggests, Tower Bridge has two towers!
Our final destination was by Tower Bridge and The Tower of London. The first part of the Tower of London was built in 1078 by William the Conqueror. Over the years, it has had many functions; including being a prison for many hundreds of years, but now, it is where the Crown Jewels are housed.
More recently, the Tower of London was the temporary home to an art memorial instillation of poppies to commemorate WW1. There was a ‘flood’ of poppies that flowed out of the windows and in to the moat below. Now it has two of the Shaun the Sheep instillations outside it.
Our driver then dropped us off in Covent Garden’s where we had an hour wandering round watching the street entertainment and buying souvenirs from the stalls there. This area has quite an atmosphere to it and is a lovely place to wander around.
To end the first day off, we went to see Wicked. The set was amazing with a dragon suspended from the rafters and clockwork machinery as the backdrop. The costumes too were fantastic and with a small cast, there were quite a few costume changes for them. The singing was quite powerful at times and many of us (the girls mostly) were mesmerised by the dances and acting. It was an amazing experience.
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