Ferrymead Visit

Hi everyone,
on Tuesday 24th July 2018 the Batten team went to Ferrymead!
Firstly we went to Entertainment which was about radios and television. The lady talked about how one of the radios had to heat up before it started up, and it was very confusing. Also, there was a projector and they used slides. She showed a couple of the slides/photos. After that she told us about tvs and they only came on in the afternoon. We watched an episode of Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men. Everyone would rush home to watch the last show on the tv before bedtime.


Secondly, we went to toys and games, another lady showed us around then we got to play. I ran straight for the typewriter. There was no paper so it was quite weird. Then I spotted some felt things so I went to check that out. Basically you have to grab some people and make a scene or a cool landscape. After that I went outside and had a go on stilts, I got..... 1 step! Woo hoo! I thought I couldn't do more so I went off to ride a "horse" It was quite fun. Next I got a turn on a wooden go kart.


Third, we got to roam around anywhere. So.. We went to the barber shop, there were two wax figures in there and one guy was getting his hair brushed and the other was doing the guys hair. Then we went to the jail, the people/wax figures were in their beds, when we looked around we saw a man with creepy eyes, one eye was looking at the wall and the other was looking at us. After all that, we had to go back to the Lodge Hall to eat lunch. The Lodge Hall is where our bags were.


After we finished lunch, we went to the bakery, we made scones. My scone was made with cheese. When we had finished making our scones. We had to set up a table for a family of four. I put on a kettle and fruit because everyone else had done all the other stuff.


Then we got to go to Moorhouse School, it was very cool. We did a little role play so we can learn about what school was like in the 1950s. So first we had to play in the "playground" (which was just grass but there used to be a playground), So we played tricky tag! Mr Brown rang the bell and we ran up to the door to line up, he said, "Boy's line, Girl's line." I was second in line so I got to sit in the front. I sat next to Sofie and Hazel. First, we did some talking, well Mr Brown did talking, he talked about how he needed volunteers for handing out milk for the day, so I put my hand up because nobody else was. After all the talking we started reading, we did a test about frogs. Then, we did spelling. (we only did a few words). Third we did maths, firstly for maths we did the nines times tables, second we did money maths. Then the school day was over.


Overall I loved the visit.  I think the Batten team, parents and teachers also loved the visit, I recommend you to go there. It was an amazing experience.