Year 4 went on their residential trip to The Out of Town Centre in Beaulieu and they all wrote diaries about their adventures on the farm, where they saw lots of animals.

Here is an example of one of the children's diaries together with some of the children's diary covers.

An extract from my Diary

Monday 26^th April.

I was so excited this morning! I gobbled down my breakfast as fast as I could because I wanted to get to school, so that we could go on a school trip to the farm.

When we got to Beaulieu I couldn't believe how fresh the country air smelt. We were introduced to Anna, the farmer, who then told us all of the rules.

Then we separated into 2 corridors, Heathland and Woodland. The boys went to Woodland and the girls went to Heathland. My room was called Moss and I was in with all my friends.

Once we were settled in we had a tour around the farm. It was big and sprawling and I couldn't wait to work on it.

Once we knew our way around the farm, we were given a map and we had to match the letters to the pictures from around the big farm. A while later we were given special clothes to do our duties. Mine was pigs and poultry. We checked on the hens and we fed the pigs. With the pigs, me and my friend were chosen to feed them. They were smelly and mucky, and they were huge!

Tuesday 27^th April

Today my whole room was up at four o'clock and, just as we were settling down, the fire bell went off. After we found out that an adult was just boiling the kettle, we were told to get dressed and brush our teeth.

 Next we had breakfast and then Anna showed us the new born piglets which had  been born a few seconds before! They were as small as bugs and as cute as rabbits. They made tiny squealing noises.

After that we went on a a long walk to the New Forest.

In the New Forest there was a large Tree house to go to the toilet and drop off our bags. We then walked to the pond nearby and went pond dipping. We caught loads of different water bugs. We then went back to the tree house to eat lunch. After that we went on a mini beast hunt, and I caught a centipede!