The King’s Year 3 Explorers Spend a Night in a Museum
King’s School, Macclesfield, intrepid Year 3 explorers enjoyed their very first residential trip to Liverpool. The trip brought to life the pupils’ current topic on Rivers and the topic they will study next half-term on Ancient Egypt.
The children started the trip in the World Museum and got their hands on genuine Egyptian artefacts, which were over three thousand years old, as they became archaeologists for a few hours.
They then explored the amazing galleries of statues, sarcophagi and mummies, discovering that not all mummies have people inside. They also had time in the museum’s aquarium and animal galleries.
As the sun came out, the children headed off to their next stop: Liverpool’s waterfront, to visit a very choppy River Mersey and observe the architecture including the Liver Building and Liver Birds.
The pupils’ last stop was the Catalyst Science Museum. Here, they learned about the ferries and bridges that have crossed the Mersey estuary and enjoyed some hands-on science experiments.
Then came the excitement of setting up ‘camp’ for the night in their bedroom – a glass observatory on the fifth floor with breath-taking views of the Liverpool skyline.
The next morning allowed for bacon butties before a Light Show and then back to school with lots of stories to tell. The children had a wonderful time; they saw and learned a lot, but most importantly, gained independence skills and had an amazing shared experience with their friends.
