Tuesday 27 March 2012

The Great Bed of Ware

McKee and Carle classes had the opportunity to take part in an historic event today. They witnessed the Great Bed of Ware arriving back in to its home town. The two classes walked to the Museum, who kindly provided blankets for the children to sit on and then they spent the morning watching the parts of the bed being unloaded and lifted into the Museum.


We were interested in the bed, we will learn more about that next term and the crane because we have been looking a vehicles.


We had the opportunity to speak to The BBC, Ware online and volunteers from the Museum. The children behaved impeccably and were very polite to the people who spoke to them. We were very proud of them. 


The highlight of the trip was seeing the crane lift the largest section on the bed up and over the trees and bushes and through the roof of the museum, which had been removed for this purpose.


R - We saw a crane. It was red.They lifted the bed. I liked looking at the crane. I want to see the bed.
N - I liked seeing the bed up high.
E - I liked the crane.
H - It was good watching the crane lift the bed.
A - It was good. I liked seeing the crane.
G - It was good watching the Great Bed of Ware being lifted. We were sitting down. I liked watching it go over the hedge.
J - I liked watching the crane. It was good. It had big wheels.
E - We saw a big crane. It was red. I liked looking at the bed, I liked it so much.
M - I liked watching the crane move the bed. It lifted the bed up high. It was a huge bed.
Z- I liked it. It is red. I want to go and see the bed.
D - I liked it when the bed went up high over the bushes. It had huge wheels.


The children are keen to see the bed in situ and so we plan a return visit to the museum to see it once it has been reassembled. Thank you to the parents who walked with us.

8 comments:

  1. It was very interesting watching the big crane move the parts of the bed. On our walk to school we saw them start taking the roof off! The children's behaviour was excellent and I'm glad they all had a good time!

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  2. This was an amazing experience for our children. Thank you Mrs Matthews, your creativity with our children and the experiences you give then is wonderful. My child has talked about this all night and can not wait to go back and see the bed put back togther.

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  3. It is great to be able to see what the children are doing at school and on a day out too. The best part is to look at it together and listening to the comments. Emily & I love it. Thanks

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  4. It is great to be able to see what the children are doing at school and on a day out too. The best part is to look at it together and listening to the comments. Emily & I love it. Thanks

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  5. How interesting. I wish I had been there.

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  6. It's great that the bed has returned home and the people and children of Ware will get to see it and learn more about Ware's past. Well done Carle and McKee for being good children and thanks to the teachers and volunteers who made this happen. Aren't we lucky to live in such a lovely town so full of history.

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  7. Thankyou Mrs Orphanides for taking the children on this interesting trip. It was an inspired idea to do something so different and is something the children will remeber when they are older.

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  8. Rhona Middleton5 April 2012 at 10:49

    Hello, Mckee Class were on BBC London News last night 4/4/12!!! They did an episode including the arrival of the Great Bed of Ware, showing it being dismantled at the V&A and being craned into Ware Museum. You can watch it on iplayer catch up!

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