The Tower of London

On Wednesday 28th November 2012 the Rabbits went on a trip to The Tower of London.
It was a long journey there and back, but it was fun and we were allowed to watch two films!
When we got there we saw so many excting things. For some of us it was our first ever visit to London!
Take a look at some of our photos.....

Henry VIII's armour

We hope these weren't the heads of people Henry VIII cut off!

 There was loads to see. Here is a phhoto of the biggest set of armour ever made, next to one of the smallest. We thought it would be very scary to meet the man who was wearing this.

 We thought this dragon was fantastic.

There was a visitor eating all of the gunpowder!

Play us a tune Joe!

We learned about weapons that used to be used in battle and what they were used for.

Cameron and Callum found out what it was like to wear a suit of armour.

 Here is where we saw The Crown Jewels. They were brilliant, but we were not allowed to take photographs inside.

 We really liked the Ravens and we found out their names by looking at their tags on their ankles.

They liked to steal food though and hopped off with James' crisps!

 It was soon time for lunch...

We met a Tudor man who told us all about Henry VIII's wives. Henry wasn't always very kind to them.

On the way home our bus driver took us on a free tour of London! We saw The Houses of Parliamnt, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, 10 Downing Street and The London Eye. It was brilliant, because most of them were lit up with Christmas lights.

Doctor Binocular's Adventure

Doctor Binocular is off on an adventure. Use the links below to help you answer some of his questions.

Chocolate information
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/chocolate/kids_facts.html
http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/

Clothing information
http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=6
http://theweatherchannelkids.com/climate-code/be-eco-friendly-for-the-animals/tropical-climate/
http://www.millets.co.uk/home.html

Animals in the rainforest
http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=6
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/rainforest.html
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/ctf/facts/animals.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/33009583/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C33006346/c_2/2%7C33006346%7CHobbies+and+crafts%7C33006502/c_3/3%7Ccat_33006502%7CBinoculars%7C33009583.htm

Biking in the rainforest
http://www.mountainbiketours.com.au/rainforest
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/

Remember Remember the 5th November...

Finally we found out who Robert Catesby really is. Turns out he's friends with Guy Fawkes and along with 11 other men, 36 barrels of gunpowder and a rented cellar under the Houses of Parliament, they tried to blow King James up! Poor Guy came to an unfortunate end when he was hung, drawn and quartered, Robert didn't survive either. Take a look at some of our work. Please leave us a comment.

Quicksticks Hockey

The year 4s enjoyed a brilliant afternoon run by the Sports Leaders from Diss High School. The afternoon was a great success and all the children had the chance to play in a competitive game. Well done year 4s you played fantastically! Special thanks to the Sports Leaders who made the event possible today.

A Trip to London

After speaking to Robert on the telephone this morning he asked us to visit London and find more supporters to join his protest. We traveled through the streets on our bus and noticed all of King James' ships carrying expensive goods, including sugar and wine. Then we noticed the people with little money on the streets and lots of us thought life in London during 1604 must have been very hard for some people.

Harrison and Declan discussing King James

Harrison seemed a bit of a dangerous bus driver - we almost crashed into St Paul's Cathedral.

A debate about the unfair taxes.

Joe was angry about how King James was treating everybody, but some people were happy because they were rich.

We had discussions with the locals in London to find out what they thought about having King James as a king.

Movie 0014 from Victoria Bailey on Vimeo.

Movie 0013 from Victoria Bailey on Vimeo.

Movie 0012 from Victoria Bailey on Vimeo.

Movie 0011 from Victoria Bailey on Vimeo.

Movie 0010 from Victoria Bailey on Vimeo.

A Message from 1604

Last week a man called Robert got in touch. He was very angry about life in 1604 and did not like his king, King James I. He said he was being made to go to a Catholic church, when he wanted to go to a different one. He was upset because he had to pay the king a lot of money and thought it was unfair that he had so much money when other people were very poor.



Robert compressed from Victoria Bailey on Vimeo.