We only had a few days so did Science museum and natural history museum on Monday (only certain bits though!) then Kew on Tuesday. Wednesday was the Faraday museum at the Royal institution - this was our highlight as it was fascinating seeing the real apparatus Faraday used and it was small enough to see everything without rushing. Then a short trip to the British museum with a few targeted highlights - Rosetta Stone, Elgin marbles and the Chinese exhibit. Again, we didn’t have time to do it all but it was too busy for the boys to cope anyway. Thursday we headed to Reading museum to see the Victorian reproduction of the Bayeux tapestry which was great and they also had local history, natural history and some interesting exhibits about Huntley and Palmer biscuits. We only spent a couple of hours here as everyone needed time off but the caravan was too small to stay in all day! Friday we visited Beale Wildlife Park near Reading to do a keeper experience for my youngest as he really hated the cityness of London so that was a huge treat and the keeper was brilliant with him. The park itself isn’t huge but we managed a good few hours there. Then into London to the Globe Theatre - we saw the Rutgers student performance of Much Ado About Nothing which was a free event and what prompted the whole trip! I wanted the boys to experience the history of the Globe as part of our Shakespeare studies so it was an ideal way to visit without the huge coat of a ‘proper’ performance :-) We had a bit of a walk down Bankside’s at night which was a treat to see the landmarks lit up. Then drove back home on the Saturday and collapsed in a heap (amid 8 loads of laundry!) We’re really glad we went but won’t be going back any time soon - cities are too exhausting!
Lots of things to hang our learning on for the next couple of months though with science week and Shakespeare week coming up in March, and we’re going to do the Pawprint Badges Botanical adventure too so a very fruitful trip.
This is incredible! I think you did more outings in a week than we usually manage in 6 months! What a way to make the most of your time in London, I’m exhausted just reading it. I’d never heard of the Farady Museum so I shall be adding that to my list. I hope you had a restful week at home to recover!
I wouldn’t have planned it to be that hectic but we travelled down from Doncaster so it was a fair way to go and the boys wanted to fit as much in as possible. We had a week off learning to recover!
Definitely visit the Faraday museum if you have kids interested in science - my boys loved seeing where the Christmas lectures are recorded (and want to get tickets to be in the audience this year!) and all the original apparatus.
We too seem to have spent the entire month within the same four walls, which has been nice for hibernating and getting over sickness, but also given me a touch of cabin fever. I have however spent the day planning two March trips to give me hope that next month I will actually get back out into the world!
You will get back out there! What trips are you planning? Trying to strike the balance between getting out of the house and not going broke on admission tickets, train tickets, and huge quantities of food is a challenge!
We also find the train fare often the worst to factor in - but one of our trips does include London this month as they have both been asking to visit the London aquarium - so that is most definitely a packed lunch/packed everything kind of day! We are also visiting Wookey Hole caves which will tie in nicely with the geology focus we started at the beginning of the year - plus it has fossils and history which is always a win! (And as a win for me, they offer a home education discount).
We enjoyed our trip to Kew last week - a week in London from Doncaster so definitely tried to fit too much in! Kew was the best day out though!
Oh brilliant! I’d love to hear what else you did and what you’d recommend.
We only had a few days so did Science museum and natural history museum on Monday (only certain bits though!) then Kew on Tuesday. Wednesday was the Faraday museum at the Royal institution - this was our highlight as it was fascinating seeing the real apparatus Faraday used and it was small enough to see everything without rushing. Then a short trip to the British museum with a few targeted highlights - Rosetta Stone, Elgin marbles and the Chinese exhibit. Again, we didn’t have time to do it all but it was too busy for the boys to cope anyway. Thursday we headed to Reading museum to see the Victorian reproduction of the Bayeux tapestry which was great and they also had local history, natural history and some interesting exhibits about Huntley and Palmer biscuits. We only spent a couple of hours here as everyone needed time off but the caravan was too small to stay in all day! Friday we visited Beale Wildlife Park near Reading to do a keeper experience for my youngest as he really hated the cityness of London so that was a huge treat and the keeper was brilliant with him. The park itself isn’t huge but we managed a good few hours there. Then into London to the Globe Theatre - we saw the Rutgers student performance of Much Ado About Nothing which was a free event and what prompted the whole trip! I wanted the boys to experience the history of the Globe as part of our Shakespeare studies so it was an ideal way to visit without the huge coat of a ‘proper’ performance :-) We had a bit of a walk down Bankside’s at night which was a treat to see the landmarks lit up. Then drove back home on the Saturday and collapsed in a heap (amid 8 loads of laundry!) We’re really glad we went but won’t be going back any time soon - cities are too exhausting!
Lots of things to hang our learning on for the next couple of months though with science week and Shakespeare week coming up in March, and we’re going to do the Pawprint Badges Botanical adventure too so a very fruitful trip.
This is incredible! I think you did more outings in a week than we usually manage in 6 months! What a way to make the most of your time in London, I’m exhausted just reading it. I’d never heard of the Farady Museum so I shall be adding that to my list. I hope you had a restful week at home to recover!
I wouldn’t have planned it to be that hectic but we travelled down from Doncaster so it was a fair way to go and the boys wanted to fit as much in as possible. We had a week off learning to recover!
Definitely visit the Faraday museum if you have kids interested in science - my boys loved seeing where the Christmas lectures are recorded (and want to get tickets to be in the audience this year!) and all the original apparatus.
Sounds lovely. We are in for a week of cold rain, but this has inspired me to go with my daughter to our local university’s tropical biome greenhouse!
That sounds perfect!
We too seem to have spent the entire month within the same four walls, which has been nice for hibernating and getting over sickness, but also given me a touch of cabin fever. I have however spent the day planning two March trips to give me hope that next month I will actually get back out into the world!
You will get back out there! What trips are you planning? Trying to strike the balance between getting out of the house and not going broke on admission tickets, train tickets, and huge quantities of food is a challenge!
We also find the train fare often the worst to factor in - but one of our trips does include London this month as they have both been asking to visit the London aquarium - so that is most definitely a packed lunch/packed everything kind of day! We are also visiting Wookey Hole caves which will tie in nicely with the geology focus we started at the beginning of the year - plus it has fossils and history which is always a win! (And as a win for me, they offer a home education discount).
We were at Kew yesterday afternoon, too! :)
No way! I should have sent a Note, we could have met up!