Willow Class - journey to a Rainforest
As part of our Amazing Animals learning theme, the children dressed up as explorers and travelled to Manaus!
The classroom was transformed into an aeroplane ready to fly the children to Manaus in Brazil.
The children had packed their rucksacks full of useful things ready for their flight today.
As the children arrived at Gatwick airport, they were greeted by British Airways flight attendants. They were guided through to a scanner to check their backpacks. Pushing the tray through the scanner was fun! Next, the children had to walk through the metal detector to check for any metal objects. Sometimes it went beep and the children looked for metal bits on their coats as the flight attendants scanned them again.
At Passport control, the class had the passports they had made, checked and stamped. The children were shown to the Departure lounge where they relaxed with some holiday magazines!
Our flight to Manaus was then announced and seat numbers were called. The children checked their number then went onboard to match their ticket to a seat.
After our safety checks, we set off, watching the pilot in the cockpit and the ground get further away. It was very noisy and the children had to pop their ears once we reached the clouds and higher!
There was time for inflight food and drink served by the air stewards.
Once the plane had landed and the seatbelt signs were turned off, the children went to Arrivals to meet their guide. They shared their backpack contents with the guide who helped them decide if they were going to be useful.
Now the children were ready to explore. They spotted and counted many animals. The binoculars were the most useful item in their backpacks.
After a camp lunch, the guide helped the children find and draw some of the animals.
The children had a great experience and we hope this will inspire the children in the next few weeks to find out more about these amazing animals.
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