Year 6 had a fantastic time at Sayers Croft in Surrey last week. The children took part in raft and den building, high ropes, climbing, caving and orienteering. The school and centre staff were really impressed with how they threw themselves into every activity, supporting and encouraging each other. The evening activities allowed the children …
Year 5 had a fantastic trip to Grosvenor Hall in Kent last week. They developed their team work skills through blindfold challenges where they had to trust each other to find their way through an obstacle course. They made dens in the woods and scaled the heights of the climbing wall. They challenged themselves to …
Children from Year 4 had a fantastic time at Croft Farm in Gloucestershire trying brand new activities like kayaking and sailing, archery, building rafts and making campfires. They finished their trip in style with a fantastic disco!
Year 5 enjoyed a trip to the National Archives in Kew, where all the country’s important historical documents are stored. The archives were set up after a rat chewed its way into a chest full of documents and ate them all! The children saw many important documents including a Tudor map of London which was over 500 …
“Kidzania is a huge city just for kids to inspire them to experience jobs they want to do when they get older. I was bursting with excitement. I just couldn’t wait to see it. When we got there the staff gave us 50 Kidzo’s (Kidzo’s is the currency) so we could pay for job activities …
This week both Year 2 classes visited the Tower of London as part of their ‘Castles’ topic. They learned all about the history of the Tower and enjoyed a workshop with ‘Toby the Servant’ who told them all about the different roles in the king’s palace. They climbed all 204 steps to the top of …
Year 3 visited Westminster Abbey as part of their RE topic on Christianity. They learnt all about the historical significance of this amazing building and the symbolism used in Christianity.
Year 4 had a fantastic trip to the Horniman Museum to learn more about the Stone Age. The children were able to hold artefacts and piece them together to learn more about how people lived in the Stone Age. They had to use their archaeologist skills, learnt in their lesson, to find out what each …
Year 5 visited the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where we looked at the interactive displays in the Astronomy Galleries and saw a show in the Planetarium. We learnt about the planets in our solar system, about the different stars in the Milky Way, and even learnt about the different galaxies that have been discovered in the …
At the end of last term some of our Year 4 and 5 children had the opportunity to take part in an inter-schools cricket tournament in partnership with the Kia Oval. The children, Miss Eckford and Miss Burns were delighted to meet special guests for the day HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, who met …