The Jack the Ripper trip was an
exciting memorable experience.
The day started off with us having to
get to school at 6:50 which many of us
were not pleased with, however once
we set off on the coach everyone was
smiling and all hyper eating sweets at
7 in the morning. The coach journey
was about three hours long and most
of us were really tired but too excited
to sleep.
First we went to the National
Archives Museum where we learnt lots
of new interesting facts. We entered
the conference room and here we
researched the policing methods used
to catch Jack. We also saw some
outstanding documents like the ‘Dear
Boss’ letter. Mr Cannon said “It was
the most exciting thing in his life” to
witness the letter.
After two hours at the museum we
had a 20 minute lunch break in the
park and the set off on a 40 minute
journey to visit White Chapel for
a tour of where the murders took
place. Our
tour
guide was
dressed
up and
spoke like
a typical
1800’s local
bringing
the story
to life and creating a visual image in
our minds. Our tour included walking
around the streets of White Chapel and
we saw where the victims were killed,
however the sites are mainly car parks
HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES
Jack the Ripper Trip
now.
The whole tour
lasted an hour
and half until we
set back home
on the long
journey. We all
had an amazing day after all and really
enjoyed it and the teachers were all
especially fantastic.
Written by Bethany 8B1
Woodrush meets St Mary’s
On the 8th March
youth workers from St Mary’s
Church, 32 Year 7s, along with
some young leaders from Years 9,
10 and 11, and Woodrush teachers
Mr Cannon and myself (Miss
Kaur) set off to Whitemoor Lakes,
Tamworth for the weekend.
On arrival Year 7 very quickly got
their luggage into the lounge in order
to make it in time for some fish and
chips for dinner and the first of 3
Youth Alpha sessions; sessions that
were expertly delivered by members
of St. Mary’s Church. Once settled
into rooms, after a few games of table
tennis and pool, it was off to bed ready
for the very busy day ahead.
Saturday morning beckoned and
after a very nice cooked breakfast
it was time for archery, canoeing,
abseiling and zip wiring. Well done to
all the Year 7s that conquered many
fears with the encouragement of
their friends during some of these
activities. A special mention to
Luke and myself for hitting the
bullseye during archery! Ria also
deserves special mention for being
the most consistent player, hitting
the number 5 on all shots!
It was then off to lunch and
the next Youth Alpha session
of Balloon Carnage which was
great fun, despite Mr Taylor’s
team winning! We then did
the next lot of activities, which
was canoeing for two of the
groups. It was very interesting
to watch Mr Cannon, Ria, Jo,
Sophie and Year 7s play the
canoeing version of football –
although I’m not quite sure who
won! After we all got warmed
up and checked the football
scores (Mr Cannon would like to
point out that WBA won 2-1!),
it was time for dinner of chicken and
rice, with strawberry cheesecake for
dessert.
As the weekend was coming to an
end we had our last ‘Youth Alpha
session’ and not to mention our own
Woodrush meets St Mary’s awards
evening – including the award for the
Best Onesie (Charlie) and the award
for the Dynamic Duo (Laura and Emily)
and a huge congratulations to Heather
who won an IPod shuffle. Pupils then
took part in an extreme team session
which involved wrapping a pupil on
their team up as a Mummy. The night
ended with some indoor football some fantastic goals by Luke, Keisha,
Melissa, and Emma. It should also be
pointed out that the girls won overall, a
great effort!
Last day dawned and it was
freezing cold and snowing, although
the students were not put off doing
some more abseiling, zip wire and
canoeing. They cheered each other on
while trying to keep warm. Mr Cannon
showed us all how to go upside down
without holding onto the rope on a zip
wire – and was compared to ‘Spider
Man’ while the Year 7s watched. A
massive well done to you all, especially
Mr Taylor’s groups for getting in those
canoes in VERY cold water. A lovely
weekend ended with a Sunday lunch,
lots or pictures and our very own
version of the Harlem Shake!!!
A huge thank you to Dean, Ria and
Sophie from St Mary’s Church and Mr
Cannon for all their hard work and
commitment to the weekend and also
to the Woodrush students. Thank
you to our young leaders for their
outstanding efforts and hard work too.
Andy (‘overcoming to the lock in’) –
you make fantastic tea and coffee and
showed your bravery for the choice of
words when making them! Oh and I am
sorry for locking you in the room!
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