Today was our second day in Amsterdam, and what a great day it has been. It was extremely busy and it is safe to say we are all very tired! We started our day with a big breakfast and made our way to one of Holland’s famous canal boat trips. The canal tour took us across the water, explaining about the history of Amsterdam and allowed us to see the capital’s great buildings and architecture as well as many famous spots around the city. We all managed to take some great photos.
The weather thankfully picked up from yesterday’s grey clouds and rain. We were lucky enough to even get a few hours of sunshine. It was at this point that we had a lovely walk through some of the tourist shops, where we all managed to buy a few souvenirs or two! Mrs Yedd even managed to buy herself a few badges for her collection, from her favourite shop! As we continued with our walk, we made our way to Dam Square, where we all enjoyed our lunch in the sunshine.
Recently, as part of our class Enterprise Topic, we all worked together in teams to create businesses where we sold a variety of products to the pupils of the school. We also sold badges, water bottles and pencil cases provided by the school. We had this great big Enterprise Day and raised £235. This money was to contribute to our Amsterdam trip. We decided, as a class, that a really wonderful way of spending this money would be to all visit Amsterdam’s Madame Tussauds Museum together. What a great decision! Everyone really enjoyed getting lots of pictures taken and posing with the wax statues of famous celebrities. With Mrs Santi’s selfie stick, we got a lot of very funny memories. We all thoroughly enjoyed doing this extra activity which had not been planned prior to the visit. It was a nice bonus that made all our hard work seem worthwhile. Even Mr Robson and Mrs Santi got some very funny photos too!
To complete our busy day, we walked round to the Anne Frank house, where we expanded our knowledge about World War Two and got a real insight into what we have been learning about throughout Primary 7. We were given a lesson about Anne’s life and how her life changed as she went into hiding before we entered the house. We were also told about the layout of the building which included the offices of Otto Frank’s business. We all found this time very emotional and fascinating as we have been learning a lot about Anne Frank’s life in school and it meant a lot to visit the actual house together as a class. This is a memory we won’t forget.
“I found the house very different in real life compared to the movies we have watched and some of the things we have read” – Rachel.
“It was a very overwhelming experience.” – Maddie.
“It was an exciting and interesting visit to the house.” – Hassan.
A big dinner finished off our day and it really has been a terrific day. We’re looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings.
By Freddie, Josh, Iman and Rachel
