Yesterday we had our first school trip to Thorndon Country park. We were hoping to spot the Gruffalo!

We had a fantastic day, the weather was on our side as it stayed dry and sunny all day. We started off the day travelling to Thorndon Country park on a double decker bus, the children were really excited about the bus trip. When we arrived at the park we split up into two classes and began our search for the Gruffalo.

On our quest to find the Gruffalo, we met lots of characters from the story along the way.

We found the mouse, fox, owl, snake and even the Gruffalos child. Finally we found the Gruffalo hiding amongst the trees.

After finding all of the characters, we then went and ate our lunch in the picnic area of the park.

Once we had eaten we continued to explore the country park. The children really enjoyed making log pile houses for the snake. Some of the logs that the children found were enormous and twice the length of them!  We also played hide and seek in the woods, and collected as many natural materials as we could find.

It was a brilliant day out!

Thank you to all of the parent helpers who joined us.