Friday 17 October 2014

Arrival home -UPDATED

We have just stopped at Winchester services and our sat nav has our arrival time for osprey quay is 8:15 and Southwell will be 8:30.

We have a coach full of tired but very happy children with stories about the places they have visited and the new friends they have made. 

What a great day!

Homeward bound

We are just boarding the coach for the long trip home. 




Pressies!

We have been incredibly lucky with gifts we have received today. 

It has been a brilliant day meeting our penpals and experiencing life at school in Southall thankyou to Dairy Meadow School for having us and making such incredible memories for us to take away. 




Rangoli patterns

This afternoon we have been artists. Children have been creating Rangoli patterns in pastel and chalk. 

Here are some pastel pictures. 




And here we are creating patterns in the playground with chalk. 







Bollywood dancing

We have been enjoying some Bollywood dancing this afternoon. What great fun!

It was fun dancing with our penpals. 



Here is a video of us dancing, we hope you like it!



Lunch time

We are enjoying a delicious curry for lunch! 



Visiting the Mandir

We are enjoying a visit to the Mandir. The colours are beautiful. 

This is the oldest Mandir in London it is 40 years old 








Visiting the Gudwara

We have arrived at the Gudwara. The gold building was amazing we could tell it was a very special place. This is the largest Gudwara in Europe. 


We have to wear headscarves inside the building. 




We were incredibly lucky to be able to see a wedding taking place. 




Meeting our penpals

We have had a great time meeting our pen pals and getting to know more about them. It was such fun putting a face to a name.




Arrival at dairy meadows

We have arrived at dairy meadow school and have been greeted with beautiful sunshine. 










Fleet services

We have arrived at fleet services and are having a well deserved leg stretch.


Ready to go

It's bright and early and we are ready to set off!

We will be in touch soon..,

Thursday 16 October 2014

Tomorrow's the day

Tomorrow Year 4's from IPACA will be making the trip to Dairy Meadow School in Southhall to meet up with their pen pals.

We have had much excitement writing to our pen pals and are really looking forward to meeting them tomorrow.

We have a very early start but an exciting itinerary has been put on by our hosts and we can't wait to go.

We will be blogging live all day to keep you posted on our adventures.