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Year 6 UK Trip - a day of History and Science
The first stop for today was Windsor Castle. This is another of the Queen’s residences (the others being Buckingham Palace in London and Balmoral Castle in Scotland). Today was the Queen’s birthday and so when the changing of the guard took place, the marching band was also asked to play ‘Happy Birthday!’ It was quite busy here though so most of us didn’t get to see much.
There has been a fortress on the site of Windsor Castle since around 1070 when William the Conqueror (the first Norman king) built an earth and timber fortress to protect the western approach to London from attack by hostile Saxons.
Then, about 100 years later, in the times of Henry II and Henry III, the process of rebuilding it from stone began. By 1368, it was transformed in to a Gothic palace.
Henry VIII used the castle as one of his many royal residences and added other sections of it during his reign. His third wife, Jane Seymour, was buried in St. George’s Chapel in 1547.
Today, Queen Elizabeth II makes good use of the castle – it is a favourite family home apparently!
After a stroll around the castle, we headed back in to London one final time; this time to go to the Science Museum. As with all museums, there is something for everyone. We headed to the ‘Who Am I?’ section first to complete all sorts of quizzes and challenges. Then we headed up to the ‘Launchpad’ to have a go at over 50 different hands-on activities. They got to investigate magnetism; hear music through their teeth; build bridges and arches; spin around like the ice-skaters do when they do twirls; they got to pull things, push things, and twist things. At some point, they might have even stopped to think and talk about the science involved! Lots of fun was had. To finish off being tourists, we headed to the Shake Bar to get an ice-cream milk shake. We can highly recommend the chocolate one with maltesers mixed in!
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