Our trip to Whistle Stop Valley

Rainbows were so excited to visit Whistle Stop Valley this week as part of our Places and Transport topic. Some children had not travelled on a coach before so it was a very fun experience. We sung lots of songs until we arrived! It was a very wet day but we had a great day anyway! There was so much to see and do. We were able to travel on the mini train and looked for the fairies in their houses around the track. We listened to a talk about "Fox" the narrow gauge steam engine and learnt that they need coal to work. The lady showed us how the steam travels through the engine to make the wheel turn and we were all able to look inside and see what all the gauges and levers were for. We travelled on a diesel train called "Jay" to the station at the end of the line. It was a very misty day but we tried to see what we could spot through the windows. The highlight had to be travelling through the tunnel because it was so dark, but there were lots of lights in the carriages so we were able to see. We were very brave! When we got off the train we were excited to have lunch, something we had talked about all morning! After lunch we were able to watch the engine turn around on the turn table before it took us back again. We boarded the train for the return journey and then got on the coach to return to school.
We had such a lovely day and the rain didn't dampen our spirits. In fact we were still talking about our trip at the end of the week!

Here is a selection of photos from our trip.