Walton on the Naze - teacher for the day!

To the beach we go...

Today I travelled to Walton on the Naze with my old primary school... Morgans! The opportunity arose when my mum a teachers assistant at the school asked me if I would help with this particular school trip, so of course I jumped at the chance to go to the beach for the day and travel to a place I had never been before! 

Now for those of you who don't know, Walton on the Naze is a small town in Essex, England. Which is situated on the North sea coast, it is famous for having the second longest pier in Britain and for its miles of golden sandy beaches!

The untouched beach!

My role was to look after 5 particular children out of the 55 going, as a tennis coach I knew this wouldn't be an easy task. However, I had a lovely group of girls all very excited to go! One of the girls on the trip had never been to a beach before so sharing her first experience of the sea and sand was quite satisfying.

Being a responsible adult for the day meant I had to dress, act in a particular way and not to forget to take a sturdy bag with items to fit all possible scenarios, such as a change in weather conditions. However, my items of importance turned into popcorn, drinks and a wrap for lunch!

Anyways...after having a dilemma with what to wear, waking up at half 5 in the morning because of my insufferable hay fever and my mum constantly telling me to hurry up we got to the school at 8:15am. Through the tiredness we waited in a packed hall full of kids and parents waiting for further instruction.

The Coach journey there...

was interesting to say the least, the coach itself was very old and rickety and was incredibly questionable, the same went for the driver. A big tattooed man drove the old thing that was falling apart inside and out and for those teachers sat right at the front of the coach, myself included was sure he was going at 100mph! 

Another unfortunate event was that Harshitha, one of the girls in my group threw up all over herself on the way, not one bit of clothing she wore missed the sick! This of course disrupted the rest of the coach as every child could smell Harshitha's breakfast. Lucky for me i was blocked up with hayfever and didn't smell anything! 

On the beach!

Finally, after the hour and a half journey all the kids were very excited to get on the beach to build sand castles and paddle in the water. The first part of the day was spent helping the children build sandcastles and taking lots of pictures with the cameras provided, due to child protection i wont be able to upload pictures with the children in.

There was a lot of shell collecting

Sand castle making!

Myself and Mum

Fun in the sun!

Teachers!

The Sea!

Lots of fun!

All hands on deck!

After Lunch...

There was more playing in the sand! This time sand castles were more developed and trenches were dug by the boys. Me and mum handed out flags the children had made during school time to stick in their sand castles! They were also allowed to go in the water, one of the male teachers went out into the sea with the children whilst we all stood in the shallow part watching him get his shorts wet!

Handing out the flags!

Flags everywhere!

Mr Wragg getting wet!

Names everywhere!

The last part of the day :(

In the last part of the day we all took our groups to buy ice creams, play on the beach some more and then sadly get back on the coach to go home. 

This was a perfect way to end the trip, i had such a good time with all the children and teachers and look forward to hopefully helping out again!

Just a quick thing to say about the journey home, on the way back driving down the motorway the coach door swung open and the driver had to pull over to fix it! this just shows how rickety the coach was! 

Thanks for reading, Love Charlotte xx