We spent the day in London.

Things learnt/visited:

• Big Ben is a bell, we heard it chime.
• Downing Street is where the Prime Minister lives. The Prime Minister is very important and is in charge of running the country.
• We saw pelicans, ring neck parakeets, Egyptian Geese, swans, greylag geese and herons in St James Park.
• We watched a moorhen building its nest.
• We saw Buckingham Palace which is where the King lives.
• We went on the underground, I learnt how to understand the tube map.
• We walked over lots of bridges that crossed the River Thames.
• We saw and talked about Tower Bridge and how it can open up to let tall ship’s through.
• We discussed how cities are often built on a river because before cars were invented, goods arrived by boat.
• We went inside The Tate and saw lots of odd art and sculptures.
• We saw numerous red double decker buses and black cabs.
• We saw traditional red phone boxes, in the old days people didn’t have mobile phones and needed to carry a 10p coin to make a phone call.
• We saw people protesting the war in the Middle East in Trafalgar Square.
• We had dinner by The Monument and discussed the Great Fire of London.
• We saw St Paul’s Cathedral.