Evie had to be in early yesterday anyway as she had gym trail, so I dropped her off at the school hall and then had a bit of a walk.
Then at 8.45 I signed in and was told to go to the staff room so that I could read and sign the risk assessment form :)
We were then given yellow reflective vests to wear and we were given a pack each (saying which kids were in our group) I had Evies table :)
We then got on the coach (in our groups) and Evie wanted to sit next to me which was nice :)
We got to the Aerozone and the kids were told to sit on the floor and to face the large screen on the wall (us Mums had seats to sit on) and the kids were shown a presentation on the airport :)
I didnt realise that Stansted started out as a US airbase in WW2 :)
The kids then had different thing to do before the special visitors arrived :)
there was paper plane making
dressing up (Evie dressed up as a police woman)
and a map where you have to put the destinations on to
and a science bit - Evie enjoyed the making the ping pong balls float on the upturned air blowers :).
The Visitors arrived...
...it was the fire brigade - they set up the hoses and the kids had to knock a bottle off of a cone with the water :) Evie said it was her favourite bit :)
Then they put the sirens and the lights on for the kids too :)
Then when the fire brigade was leaving 4 police cars turned up and they were the other visitors :)
The kids got to look inside the police cars and even got to be locked inside one of the vans (like a naughty robber :)), there was also bomb sniffer dogs and the kids got to stroke them...
...I was really proud of Evie because she went up to stroke one of them too :) She normally starts getting upset if a dog comes anywhere near her :)
Then it was lunchtime and all of the groups sat together :)
Then after lunch we went to the viewing platform (a paved area close to the runway) to watch the planes arrive and takeoff (some of the pilots even waved at us) :)
Then it was time to go back to school :)
It was a really great day :)
5 comments:
What a fab day for the children and Mums too. Glad you an Evie were able to be together. I hope stroking the dogs helped Evie overcome her fear of dogs. You'll have to remind Evie of the police van when she's being naughty :)
What a fantastic day out. I expect you must have enjoyed it as much as the children.
Well done Evie for stroking the dog. Lily is terrified if a dog comes near her, I'm hoping she'll eventually overcome her fear.
I once had the opportunity to lock my daughter in the back of a police van. It was a strangely satisfying feeling. 😃 X
It was a great day thanks :)
she was holding the teachers assistants hand while stroking the dog so she was still apprehensive about it.
I think she would have freaked out still had the dogs jumped up at her as she really doesnt like that at all...
I've been involved in facilitating similar events. Always great fun.
Kirt - it would be great fun from both sides :)
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