Northumberland Wednesday 13th – Friday 15th

June 2012 Here is a copy of the Northumberland presentation. It’s a visual guide to give a ‘flavour’ of what we will be doing whilst there.

This presentation can also be found at www.skillspace.com/elvington under Parent Information.

Wednesday

Meet at school at approximately 7:45 a.m.

Warkworth Castle

Lunch stop and a tour around the castle

Walk from Craster to Dunstanburgh

The bus drops us here and we will walk to the castle. Watercolour and sketching opportunities along the way.

Dunstanburgh Castle

View from Dunstanburgh to

Low Newton

Walk from Dunstanburgh to

Low Newton

Time to walk and play! Lots to do from frisbee, rock pooling, football, beach ball, sandcastle building and paddling.

Hotel

Each room has its own ensuite and sleeps between 3 – 6 children. TV’s are powered by the remotes which will be collected in at a suitable time.

In response to the question…‘Will the boys and girls be mixed?’ The simple answer is...’No!’

There are enough beds to accommodate all children but the children do tend to treat the double beds as a ‘sleep over’ opportunity, especially the girls!If you would rather that your child stayed in their own bed, please let me know and I will discreetly ensure that they are tucked up.

HotelBreakfast orders are taken the night before and the options include a cooked breakfast.

A packed lunch is provided each day and a sit down hot meal in the evening.

Beach Sculpture Competition

After dinner competition on Wednesday.

Thursday

Bamburgh

Grace Darling Museum

A visit to the Grace Darling museum…maybe you can find the pirate’s grave in the churchyard opposite?

Grace Darling Role Play

Time to take part in a Grace Darling role play workshop at the museum.

Maybe see history in the

making?

The Olympic torch is scheduled to pass through Bamburgh on the day that we visit.

The Farne Islands

It will be breeding season when we visit…make sure you take a baseball hat to protect your heads from pecking birds!

Seahouses

There will be opportunities to spend a little pocket money.

Friday

BeamishA visit to the largest open air museum in the country.

Beamish is a world famous museum telling the story of the people of North East England during the Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian periods.

BeamishMeet the pit ponies and go down the mine…

…or pop into a house and meet the dentist and other local townspeople.

BeamishThere is even a functioning sweet shop, so some money may need to be saved.

Sweet making demonstrations (and tasting) occur regularly throughout the day.

Beamish

No residential is complete without a trip to the local school…left handers beware!

Return for approximately

6:30p.m

We will hold another meeting in the Spring term to give further information about the trip, such as kit lists, organisation for medicines and dietary requirements.