Just like Phileas Fogg in the Jules Verne novel 'Around the World in 80 days', the Year 1/2 children were set a race against the clock. Mr Malik challenged two teams of children to travel all the way round the north east on three forms of transport in one day. The winner would be the first team back to school. Mr Evans and Mrs Starling' team set off in one direction and Mr Burfield and Miss Fraser's the other.
Mr Evans' team went on:
*Metro from Pelaw to Heworth
*Train from Heworth to Central Station
*Metro from Central Station to North Shields
*Ferry from North Shields to South Shields
*Metro from South Shields to Pelaw
Mr Burfield's visited the same places but travelled in the opposite direction.
After a fast paced day, with every second vitally important, Mr Evans and Mrs Starling' team arrived back at school to cross the finishing line 10 minutes before Mr Burfield and Miss Fraser's team.
The children were very well behaved and gained a real sense of what Mr Fogg must have experienced in the story.