Category: Educational Visit
Year 2 Church Visit
As part of Year 2 learning about Christianity, the children went to visit a local church. They learnt about a church being a Christian place of worship and that Christians can worship by praying, singing, teaching, helping and reading. They were interested to look at the different types of Bibles, especially children’s picture Bibles, and…
A Visit from the Windrush Society
On Wednesday, Year 5 had a visitor from the Windrush Society. Windrush is the name of the ship that brought lots of people from Jamaica and other countries in the Caribbean to the UK to help increase the number of workers available to re-build the country after the devastation of World War 2. Our visitor…
A Visit from Zeon Richards
As part of our Black History Month celebrations, Year 6 were fortunate to have music executive Zeon Richards in to talk to them about ambition, careers and achievement. In his inspirational talk, Zeon spoke candidly about his passion for music from a young age, and how he used this as a driving force to get…
A Visit To The House of Parliament
On Wednesday, the newly appointed members of the RRS (Rights Respecting Schools) Council visited the Houses of Parliament, the seat of democracy in the UK, with the mission to discover more about how they can make their voices heard and ensure that they achieve their rights. Starting in the Palace of Westminster where Queen…
The Royal Mews and Westminster Abbey
On Monday 18th September, Year 2 travelled by tube to the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace and then walked down Bird Cage walk to reach Westminster Abbey as part of their introduction to their topic of the term ‘Bright Lights, Big City!’ The children eagerly mapped out the route they would need to take on…
Sun-Skreens
The week ended with a trip to Skreens for Year 5 for some outdoor learning and team building. The sun was shining down on us whilst we did our best to build bridges and shoot arrows!
A Trip To Fairlop Waters
It has been lovely to welcome back our new Year 6 pupils and staff have been amazed by how much they have grown and matured over the Summer. Along with counting the ballot votes, we enjoyed walking F2 to assembly at the church and writing our meeting tale. The highlight of the week was of course…
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Year 4 spent the day at The Hive in Epping Forest for some outdoor learning on Tuesday. The children were learning about habitats and adaptation of vertebrates and invertebrates and spent time in groups studying insects found in two different habitats. The children enjoyed pond dipping and looking for creatures in the woodland area. They…
An Udderly Great Time
An udderly great time was had at Willows Farm this week by the Puffins on their Summer Term educational visit. The children enjoyed a busy day of activities including a tractor ride, going on a mechanical horse, feeding alpacas, donkeys and cows and meeting and petting small furry animals. Also this week, Puffins have pawsitively enjoyed…
The Hive Visit
This week, F2 (Reception) went to visit The Hive in High Beech; we enjoyed lots of activities outside such as creating natural art from what we could find outside in the forest. We also got the chance to learn about the different types of leaves and how we could identify them by their different feel…
