The pupils enjoyed travelling to the top of the Malvern Hills in a variety of motions such as running a group to see who could run the fastest or walking as they talked about the views they could see. One pupil said "look there are people and parachutes up in the sky". The pupil continued to say "there are 5 of them". As we could see more and more of the parachutes appear behind the hills the pupil said "look they can going so high they are close to the clouds". and counted to the number "11" in total.
As we got half way up the hill we found a bench as all of the pupils and staff sat down to look at the sight with one pupil saying "is that all of Malvern we can see". We continued to walk to the top where we could people getting themselves ready to take off with their parachutes. The pupils showed an interest in understanding how the parachutes get into the air with one pupil saying "why doesn't the man just ran and jump". We explained that the wind needed to be strong for the parachute to lift into the air and stay up without falling back down in the sky before the person could set off and start flying. The pupils enjoyed sitting and watching as they talked about which of the parachutes were their favourite with one pupil identifying the colours "I like the blue one it is my favourite colour, it also has a bit of grey in it too". Another pupil pointed and said "I like the red, white and yellow one".
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