Welcome to our London trip blog! We happily set off this morning, with everyone looking forward to a fantastic year 5 trip to London!

The children were all on the bus happily chatting to their friends and playing games.

We next visited the incredible Tower of London, where the children had the chance to: soak in the history, see the beefeaters, admire the ravens, visit the armoury and even see the world-famous Crown Jewels!

We then had lunch and went to the river to enjoy the excellent river cruise. We saw lots of amazing sights down the river! We started the cruise at Tower Bridge, and left the boat at the Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower. Big Ben happily chimed for us as we left the boat!

The children then had a very tasty and well-deserved meal at Pizza Express. After filling up, we were then ready to go to the theatre to see Matilda the Musical!

The musical was great with fantastic singing, music and acting. The children say it was fun, with a few scary bits, but mostly amazing! Also, so far, this has been: 'The best trip ever!' The children really enjoyed the pizzas, but say that the best part so far has been the musical, especially the parts involving Ms Trunchbull and the newt.

Everyone is happily asleep, in the comfortable beds, in the hotel. Goodnight!