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Prep School Field Trips
was made up of a few different Street. Activities included a hectic
activities. keep fit session with the centre's
The children were greeted by the Zumba teacher and a talk and
tour guide and seated in an air demonstration on how best to
conditioned tent where snacks look after our teeth. Other
and drinks were served. After the activities included painting a
short little rest and toilet break self-expressive piece onto canvas
the children started their tour by and some clay modelling. The
visiting the stables where they children had a wonderful time
saw Arabian Horses. One in and after a healthy meal returned
particular was a white Arabian to school.
horse that was a show winner.
The tour went on for a few hours
where the children saw various
different animals in their habitats.
After the tour the children went
back to the tent and saw a horse
show. They had the opportunity
to handle a little lamb, tortoise
The Year 1 children visited and parrot. Once all the children
Bahrah Desert this term. We had had done this they were served
a long journey to reach the desert lunch. There was a BBQ lunch
but we enjoyed spotting camels served which had chicken, lamb,
along the way. The children were rice, and humuous.
so excited to finally see a camel
up close after learning about It was an eventful trip and we all
them all term. They saw a 2-week have fond memories of this day.
old baby camel that was very
nervous to see us. The guide The Year 6 pupils went to the
showed us how to milk a camel desert nearly Dhabaan for their
and we noticed the camel milk Local Cultural Studies trip where
was frothy. We were told that they were able to take part in
camel milk does not have fat and various activities including team
is very healthy. The desert was building and competitions
hot, sandy and we saw true organized by professional staff.
desert life. The Year 1 children They also explored the beauty of
decided they didn't want to live the desert by taking a buggy ride.
in the desert as life without The trip gave them an
electricity is no fun for them! opportunity to get close to the
nature and understand the
culture of Saudi Arabia in a real
environment.
The Year 3’s went to Valley Farm
as part of their LCS trip which is
an hour away from school. The
journey was very scenic and we
saw lots of Camels and
mountains and valleys on the
way. The children were very
excited when we arrived at the Monday 24th November and
Farm. There were horses Tuesday 25th November saw the
exercising and carrying out drills Year 4's enjoy a wonderful time at
for the show later on. The day the Wellness Centre on Sari
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