Bolton Abbey Yorkshire Adventure ~ Year 2

On Thursday this week the children in Year 2 had a lovely day out at Bolton Abbey for their Yorkshire Adventure.

 

 

On arrival we found a quiet spot to enjoy a piece of fruit before setting off on our walk.

 

 

We listened to some safety instructions from Mrs Wraighte about staying away from the river, keeping up with the group and taking care when we walk near the road watching out for cars and bikes.  We put on our sun cream and were ready for the off!

 

 

At the first drinks stop we looked a monument that had a fountain in the middle. We used our detective skills and found out that it was built to remember a man called Charles Frederick Cavendish.

 

 

We could see the dates that he was born and the dates he dies engraved on the monument but they were written in letters rather then numbers and we realised that they were Roman numerals .

 

 

We used our mathematical and thinking skills to decode the dates.

 

 

It was quite a challenge but we concentrated and stayed focused and managed to work it out in the end.

 

 

We walked round to the Abbey and Mrs Gregson told us why some of the Abbey is in ruins.

 

 

We knew this grave stone must be for an important person and we took a closer look to find out more about it.

 

 

We walked around the ruins of the Abbey looking for clues to work out what the Abbey would have look like in the past. We looked for evidence of where walls would have been, door ways and windows.

 

There was then time for a well earned lunch stop. We found a lovely shaded spot under the trees near the river.

 

 

Mrs Wraighte showed us how to play a game called rabbits and hawks. We used mirrors to get the same perspective of the world as rabbit and a hawk! It was great fun and the in the end the hawks chased the rabbits in a attempt to catch their prey.

 

 

The next big challenge was the stepping stones. We only went a short way across because near the middle the river runs quite fast and is much deeper.

 

 

It wasn't too much of a challenge for tall children with long legs as they could easily stride between the stones however....

 

 

it was more of a challenge for children with smaller legs. Well done Guran we knew you could do it!

 

 

Further on there was a small hole in the bottom of the wall that the children had to crawl through, guess who went first this time?

 

 

 

 

We had to get right down on the ground and pull ourselves through, there must be an easier way than this!

 

 

ah well done Elsa, very sensible!