Saturday 16 May 2015

Our Adventure!


Yesterday, we went on a fantastic adventure! We went to Central London to step into the world of 'Kaspar Prince of Cats'.

First, on our arrival in Central London, we walked around Covent Garden Market. We imagined Johnny walking through the market with Countess Kandinsky and looked for clues about the original use of the market:



Next, we arrived at the spectacular Royal Opera House. We were met by David who kindly looked after us for the morning.


We were incredibly lucky to be shown around behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House. We saw the technical areas on the side of the stage, which was a huge space with sets and scenery ready to go on stage for the upcoming performance of an opera called 'La Traviata'.
We were even greeted by one of the opera singers, in full costume!


Following that, we went upstairs and had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch part of a class in which the men of the ballet company were rehearsing. We were all astonished by the dancing we saw and were particularly impressed by their wonderful pirouetting. The class was held in a beautiful light room, with a sprung dance floor and a pianist was playing the music for them. David told us about the incredible commitment and hard work that goes into becoming a world class dancer and we were able to ask him lots of questions. We saw dancers from countries all around the world, including the world famous Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta! Wow!


After that wonderful experience, we were able to peek into the studios of the costume department, where they were hard at work making some of the beautiful costumes for the ballet dancers and opera singers.

Next, we walked through some of the areas that guests to the Royal Opera House would visit. We arrived at the famous Floral Hall. David told us that the Floral Hall had that name because it used to house the Covent Garden flower market, where Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist met the Artful Dodger!



We visited The Crush Room next to the auditorium and admired the beautiful chandeliers and fancy decoration. We imagined Countess Kandinsky in this very grand room and wondered whether her home might have had similar decoration!






During a break in the day's rehearsals, David was able to quickly take us into the auditorium to sit in the best seats in the house! This was where Countess Kandinsky found a seat for Johnny to watch her sing in 'The Magic Flute'.
We were able to see the team changing the sets on the stage and we saw where the Queen sat when she recently attended the opera!






After saying goodbye and thank you to David, we were off to the next stage of our adventure! We walked to Victoria Embankment Gardens, where Johnny used to take Kaspar for his daily walks.




Next, we went to the very smart restaurant 'Simpsons on the Strand' and sat in a lovely room upstairs, while we waited to meet our next guide, Dustin.




Dustin arrived and told us about the Savoy's relationship with Kaspar. He told us about the real Kaspar the cat, who had inspired Michael Morpurgo's story. We found out that Kaspar was a cat who lived in the Savoy, then a statue was crafted to remember him, over 100 years ago. Today, if 13 people come to eat at the Savoy, Kaspar joins them as the 14th guest. The statue is brought to the table and a napkin is wrapped around him, then he is served the same food as all of the other guests!


Finally, we split into groups of 10 and Dustin took us into the Savoy! We saw the marvellous front entrance, met a very kind doorman and then entered the beautiful front hall.





The front hall was very beautiful. Dustin told us that it has not changed much in the last 100 years, so would have looked similar when Johnny was working there!


We were all delighted to meet Kaspar! We could look at the statue, but we could not touch him because he is over 100 years old and made from one piece of wood!




What a wonderful day! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did! What was your highlight of the day?






86 comments:

Mrs Cook said...

It was a fantastic day, one I will remember forever. You all came up with some fabulous questions for our guides. If I had to pick a favourite moment, it would have to be when the lift doors opened to reveal the dance studio full of world class ballet stars! Thank you all for making it such a special day.

Kiara said...

i love that day!

Kiara said...

it was so fun

Kiara said...

so exiting!

Kiara said...

I LOVE THIS CLASS MRS PARROTT AND MRS COOK PLEASE COME WITH US WHEN WE GO TO YEAR FIVE PLEASE

Kiara said...

i love when we sat at the best seats in the royal opera house and we where near where the queen sat!

Lily-Rose said...

It was one of the best trips EVER!!!

BELLA said...

It was an amazing experience

Lily-Rose said...

The savoy was amazing

ESTHER said...

I LOVED OUR TRIP IT WAS SO FUN AND EXCITING WEGOT TO SEE A STATE OF KASPAR

darcy said...

I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOPHIA said...

THE BEST TEACHRS IN THE WOLD I AM SO EXITD

justin m said...

I love the trip!

BELLA said...

We got to sit in the queens seat

darcy said...

don't want t leave year4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isaac said...

That was the best day of my life!

darcy said...

it was cool

Kiara said...

IT WAS THE MOST LOVELYEST DAY IN THE WORLD!

BELLA said...

I loved it. It was the best trip ever

Lily-Rose said...

But the Royal Opera House was a whole different level of fantastic and epicness

darcy said...

it was soooooooooooooooo cool!

SOPHIA said...

IT WAS A GREAT TRIP

ESTHER said...

I love the trip when we went in to the Royal Oprea House

MIA said...

the royal opera house and the savoy were AMAZING!!!

justin m said...

The royal opra house was so fancy

blessie said...

best trip ever!

MIA said...

I want to go again!!!!!!

jack.G said...

that was the bbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeesssssssssttttttttttttttttttttt trip ever

Kiara said...

it was unbelievable Im not joking

MIA said...

I want to go again!!!

Kiara said...

it was Im speechless

ESTHER said...

We got to see we the Queen sat in the Opera House

fintan said...

I smelt lots of yummy food in the Simpsons yuuuummmmmmmy!

Justin.S said...

these seats are awesome and royal.

jack.G said...

I don't think that I will ever go on a better trip in my life

Kiara said...

it was the best day I've ever seen

sean said...

I love the trip I can not believe we sat at the best seats in the house

MIA said...



Sitting in the best seats in the house were AMAZING!!!


blessie said...

I love the trip...

jack.G said...

it was a one in a lifetime experience

ESTHER said...

Well done
For winning
The party

MIA said...

I loved the statue of Kasper

sean said...

the dancers were amazing

MIA said...

I loved the statue of Kasper

maria said...

I love it so much I wish I've done it again, it was SPECTACULAR, Mrs Parrott please teach us next year!

sean said...

the place to eat was spectacular

DEXTER said...

IT WAS AWSOME

blessie said...

the Savoy Hotel was so cool!!

maria said...

I love this class so much, I would stay in this class forever!

sean said...

it was absolutely awesome

DEXTER said...

ILOVED THE SAVOY IT JUST SO EPIC

erhun said...

This was an amazing trip I cant believe we managed to see all those amazing builings

Kiara said...

things that makes you want to go St George class
they have the best teachers![Mrs Parrott Mrs Cook and Mrs Herrera]
we do so fun projects
TRIPS!
and they are the best ;]
hope you like!

Jack.n! said...

this trip was EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEect:PIC

erhun said...

the trip was awesome

maria said...

I loved the Opera House it was amazing I wish you would teach us . I loved the Savoy Hotel!

blessie said...

the royal opera house was the best!!

erhun said...

I realy admire your work

maria said...

That was the most amazing and the most fantastic trip ever!!

Venus said...

I really enjoyed visiting the savoy hotel and the royal opera house.

louis said...

I like the trip

erhun said...

your are all so amazing

Jack.n! said...

I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

louis said...

it was great

louis said...

I reall want to see the upcoming show

maria said...

The Opera House was soo amazing, and the seats were super comfy!

louis said...

I wonder what it would be

Venus said...

I loved siting in the seats at the royal opera house.

cesar said...

it is nice

christopher said...

our advancer was acrosome

Venus said...

It was a really good trip

Jack.n! said...

THANKYOU so much to everyone who helped!

christopher said...

I can't wait for year5

christopher said...

I adore the titanic

christopher said...

I want you to go to year5

roderick said...

that place looks interesting

BLESSIE said...

I love it when we saw the dancer, it was so coooool!!

cesar said...

can we go again it was so nice

ESTHER said...

I love the pic on the blog Mrs parrot hope you had a lovely weekend

sean said...

This trip is so epic, I love Kasper so much!

jack.G said...

that was a once in a life time experience

d said...

I loved the epic trip i never knew about but plans

ESTHER said...

That was the best day of my life
It was epic and soooo cool
I loved it so much more than anything in the UK

d said...

I love Togo but they are not famous for much.

d said...

the weeveing was epic

Emily said...

no words

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