Mrs Strathern organised a visit to London for pupils from all year groups over the Easter holidays.  50 pupils and 7 members of staff  took part.  Below is a write up of events that took place:

Tuesday 13th April

We left Eston Park School at 6am to head to Pizza Hut in London for an “all you can eat” pizza lunch, which was excellent.  The members of staff in the restaurant were excellent and they also commented on the pupil’s manners & behaviour.  We then got back onto the coach and went to the BBC Television Centre, as we were early we stopped of at a park on the way.  At the BBC Television Centre we went off in 3 groups for a tour, we visited the News Department, Studios and some of the pupils got the chance to win prizes by taking part in an Eston Park “Weakest Link” game, some became weather readers and also news readers.  We also seen some celebrities – Jools Holland, Jeremy Paxman, Lisa Tarbuck also Dominic Littlewood.  The guides were very informative and a good time was had by all.
We then went onto the Theatre to see the first of our 2 shows – Grease!  The show was different to the movie but that did not stop us enjoying ourselves, joining in with the songs and dances.  People who came to see the show complimented our pupils and their behaviour.  We were extremely proud of them all!

After a very long day we went to the Travelodge to have a well earned rest!!

Wednesday 14th April

Up for breakfast at 7am – Mr Goodwill & Mr Johns were up and about with water pistols at the ready for reluctant risers.  Then we all went down for our breakfast together, again the staff commented on the children’s manners and behaviour.

With bags loaded back onto the coach we set off on our travels again – first stop – Madame Tussards.  Pupils rubbed shoulders with the stars and some staff and pupils were feeling very brave and visited the Scream Chamber, lots of them were not so brave on the way out!

We were now on route to the River to Cruise down the Thames from Westminster to Greenwich where we took in the sights along the way, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Globe Theatre, London Eye.
Once we were back on the coach we made our way to the Theatre to see our final show “Wicked”.  The coach got held up in traffic and we arrived outside the Theatre at 2.30pm as the show was just beginning, we were escorted to our seats about 10 minutes into the show which was quite disappointing although the show was fantastic. The members of staff in the Theatre were very professional and helpful.

Last stop we walked to McDonalds for our evening meal before boarding the coach for the journey home.  We arrived back at Eston Park School at 1.15am.  I would like to thank all of the staff who attended (Mr Goodwill, Miss Huggins, Mr Johns, Ms Nash, Miss Thomson x 2) I couldn’t have done it without you!

I was extremely proud of all of the children throughout the visit.  Their behaviour and manners were second to none.  Well Done to you all!