Educational Visits

Year 6 recently visited Kempton Park racecourse for a day of practical Maths activities. The children learned about measurements (imperial and metric), estimating, averages and more. The children then got to watch a few races and see the jockeys with their horses in post-race interviews. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and saw how maths is used in everyday life.

Year 6 had the opportunity to go and see the pantomime Cinderella at the Peacock Theatre. The show was entertaining from the beginning to the end and featured modern pop songs that the children loved singing along to. The audience was encouraged to clap and shout, which made the pantomime feel even more exciting and interactive. We are thankful for the PwC for providing this opportunity to the children each year.

As part of our Great Fire of London topic, Year 2 children took part in a range of exciting, hands-on activities. We went on a walking trip around London to look at different buildings and discussed which materials would burn easily. The children learned about Christopher Wren and how he helped rebuild London using stone buildings, including churches. They dressed up in 1666 costumes and enjoyed role-play as people from the past. Using building blocks, the children designed and built safer buildings, and they wrote like Samuel Pepys using quills and ink. These activities helped the children understand how the Great Fire started, spread, and changed London.

The children enjoyed travelling to West Ham Park on the minibuses to attend the Stone Age workshop. Using sticks, twigs and leaves, they made the temporary styles of shelters the Stone age people had, building on their understanding that people in the Stone age moved around following the animals they were hunting. They were also able to warm their hands by using a fire steel to light a small fire.

In year 1 the children enjoyed their visit at the British Library. They had a workshop called the Secret Maps, this was sensory storytelling. They got to explore and participate in the secret maps, understanding how maps work using different resources.

Year 1 went on their first trip of the school year and were very excited to visit the Portrait Gallery. They studied portraits in Art, but this gave them an opportunity to find art linked to all areas of our learning such as Guy Fawkes. Miss Lenard created a portrait treasure hunt. This helped us to explore and find the art we were looking for. It was also very special to spend time in Trafalgar Square at Christmas.

2B visited the British Library to take part in a workshop based on the book, “The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland.” The children worked with the author and illustrator of the book, Carys Bexington and Kate Hindley. The children had a go at writing a letter to Santa for a bandernatch - a made up character the children had to describe. They then got an opportunity to create that character with help from the illustrator. Then, we ended the day with a viewing of the film.

During this half term year 5 have been looking at street art and replicating some of it themselves. To help them to see street art in real life we went to Shoreditch to explore some of the street art that London has to offer. During this time they were able to practice their art skills by attempting to copy some of the work on display; they did a timed draw, experimented with mixing colour, took a closer look at some of the art of a detailed scale as well as explored what art they could come up with by themselves when they looked at the art they saw based on their emotions.

Together with the Year 6 pupils from St Joachim’s our Year 6 pupils attended Science Camp. The children spent the week completing a range of science lessons which involved investigating habitats, learning about coastal erosion and beach combing. They also took on some traditional camping activities such as orienteering, Forest School, and archery. The children also had the opportunity to venture out on fact finding walks to places like Deal and take part in some paddling in the sea. On our final full day we took part in a prayer service to reflect on the whole week and the reasons behind it. Before returning to school the children visited Howlett's Wildlife Park where they further developed their understanding of animals and their habitats.

The Year 4 children had a fabulous trip to France for the day.