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To recreate DDs missed school trip

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Piratepete1 · 12/05/2016 17:07

DD (5) is due to go on a school trip to London later this month to see a Matisse: drawing with scissors (the cut outs) exhibition. She has really enjoyed the topic and was so excited about going. We are in the Midlands so it was a 2 hour train trip each way. Her much awaited consultants appointment has typically now fallen on the exact date. She can't miss it so will have to miss the trip and is very upset. I am considering a Sunday trip to London to see it with her but DH thinks I'm barmy as it's a costly train trip and a long day. He says to just buy a book of his work but I think it's a completely different experience seeing it at a gallery. I have tried to find if there are any prints of his work displayed in local galleries but it's been fruitless. She particularly likes 'The Snail' but I can't find where it is displayed anywhere.

Do you think it's worth the trip?

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NoAngel1 · 15/05/2016 17:00

Sounds like a lovely idea- live for now and not just memories!

Does she wear hearing aids? Could you take them out for the tube? Your consultant may have more dates available if you ring to check?

Stinkerbelle37 · 15/05/2016 17:06

And if she enjoys that, and you're in the Midlands, this place is fab:

barber.org.uk

Barber institute of fine arts at bham uni.

I used to meander around there as a student, and just googled them. They seem to do loads of awesome things for families....

BikeRunSki · 15/05/2016 17:45

you will both remember it as something very special.

This, totally this. When DS and I went to the Nat History Museum, it was his day out on the train (2 hrs from Leeds), and 1:1 Mummy time. No baby sister, no Daddy, nobody else but him and me. He was actually still 4 (just) - it was the summer before he started school (5 first week of Sept) and he was delighted to see my school - slap bang across the road from the main entrance of the NHM. We had huge ice creams too.

3 years later he still talks about it, still one of his best days, up there with Legoland and the Eiffel Tower (both with DH and DD).

Cleanermaidcook · 15/05/2016 17:58

Yes, definitely if you can. My dd missed her class trip last year due to illness (she was 6) so i took her when she was better, it tied in with a lot of work they were doing in class so she really benefited from going.

Also, pretty sure 'The Snail' is in the Tate at Liverpool if that helps any x

Lillabet · 15/05/2016 19:49

Do it, I did something similar for DS when his school trip this year was cancelled and he loved it!
If it helps, The Snail is indeed at the Tate Liverpool as part of their constellations exhibition
www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/display/constellations-highlights-nations-collection-modern-art
Liverpool might be cheaper to get to (honestly no idea) and it will definitely be a cheaper day!
There's also the Walker gallery that has a fabulous Pre-Raphaelite exhibition on at the moment.
In fact, I would highly recommend all the Liverpool museums, they're free and within walking distance of each other

BananaThePoet · 15/05/2016 21:51

Yes I definitely would. We did lots of things with our Sprog when he was young and older.Experiences like this are life-shaping and make all the difference. I expect your dd will enjoy it more because you took the trouble to go with her than she would have done by going on a school trip.
Some of the things we did for our Sprog - travelled to National Space Centre in Leicester, searched out the exact fairground that appeared on one of his favourite Rosie and Jim episodes and travelled there for him to ride on the same ride where John Cunliffe lost his hat, arranged for him to fly a plane etc etc it goes on and on and now he is in his twenties I never regretted any of the colossal efforts we took to expand his horizons.
Our Sprog had health issues to deal with from birth and has the potential to lose his sight if things turn out for the worst so we always felt it was important to give him the opportunity to experience as much as practically possible just in case.

Catmuffin · 15/05/2016 21:59

You could combine it with going to see Buckingham Palace/ Changing of the Guard or Guards marching down Horseguards Parade plus St James park opposite Buck House to see pelicans, flowers, nice buildings at the back, ice cream, play area.

HandsomeGroomGiveHerRoom · 16/05/2016 08:07

Following on from what Plexi has said, this isn't the exhibition of cutouts that was at the Tate Modern a little while back - it's a smaller affair, and they are prints. It's quite clear on the Southbank Centre website that the Hayward Gallery is currently closed for refurbishment, so hopefully the school are aware.

It seems a very long way to travel to see this particular exhibition - are school also doing something else? Having said that, I'm sure they'll still have a blast.

YANBU to plan an alternative trip to London with your dd, regardless. I have very happy memories of taking ds at a similar age

RhodaBorrocks · 16/05/2016 11:13

I totally would. DS missed out on a trip to the British museum to see the mummies due to a tummy bug going around. Although I'd already paid for the trip (and never got a refund), I took him to see them anyway. He loved it. We're not too far out of London so it wasn't a big hassle for us but I tend to treat him to a nice meal when we go into town because he's a bit of a foodie and that ramps the cost!

My Dad used to take me to museums in London - we'd spend the morning at his office then off to the National gallery or elsewhere in the afternoon. At your DDs age I loved the paintings and I still like a wander in there now. Some of my happiest memories are of my London days with my Dad. As I got older I just travelled in with him, bummed around museums all day and met him to come home. I think developing a love of these things at a young age is vital for inspiring an inquisitive mind. YADNBU to give your DD such an opportunity, it might be costly, but a well rounded education is priceless.

BessieAndJim · 16/05/2016 12:51

You could even stay in an airbnb place - I recently saw so many on there that were really, really reasonable.

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Piratepete1 · 18/05/2016 23:00

Well it's all off now. DH was made redundant today out of the blue. Just worried about how we are going to survive now.

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elephantoverthehill · 18/05/2016 23:04

Handhold. Very sorry. Horrible news.

HandsomeGroomGiveHerRoom · 18/05/2016 23:05

Oh no

Would Liverpool be possible? Will he receive any redundancy pay? Not that it's any of my business.

MrsJayy · 18/05/2016 23:10

Oh no pirate thats awful news ((piratefamily))

dowhatnow · 19/05/2016 10:12

Sorry to hear that. That sucks.

spiderlight · 20/05/2016 14:47

Oh no - that's rubbish news :(

Okay377 · 20/05/2016 20:17

So sorry pirate

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Piratepete1 · 20/05/2016 20:59

Thanks everyone. We are just trying to stay strong now

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SistersOfPercy · 22/05/2016 23:12

Pirate, this happened to dh a few years ago. It turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to us. We had some tough months and belt tightening but eventually he got a job he loves with double the pay packet.

It can all seem disastrous at first but sometimes what is around the next corner is much better.

Liiinooo · 23/05/2016 00:03

So sorry to hear this. What a shock for you all. Hoping it all works out -

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