Children learn best when presented with quality first-hand experiences. We try to incorporate as many Educational Visits into the curriculum as possible to help bring learning to life. All Educational Visits directly link to learning within lessons and are a statutory part of the school’s curriculum.
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Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
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1B |
2A |
2B |
3A |
3B |
| Yr N |
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Epping & Ongar Steam Railway (Family Visit) |
London Zoo (Family Visit) |
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Yr R
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Visit to Church, Mosque & Temple |
The Gruffalo (Theatre Group) |
Boydells Farm |
Shoesburyness (Transport links) |
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Barleylands Farm
Local Area Survey |
Colchester Zoo
The Library |
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Chalkwall (History and Geography links) |
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| Yr 2 |
Visit to Church, Mosque & Temple
Local Area Survey |
The Royal Gunpowder Mills
Victorian School Days (Theatre Group) |
Samuel Pepys (Great Fire of London – Theatre Group)
Museum of London |
Katie Morag (An Island Home – Theatre Group) |
Florence Nightingale (Theatre Group)
Greenwich |
Rainham Marshes (Nature Reserve)
Stubbers Outdoor Education Centre |
In October, a number of Theatre Group Workshops also take place to support the work we do in celebrating Black History Month.
Visits taking place during Nursery are “Family Visits”, in which we encourage each child to be supported by their parent directly for the day. From Reception onwards, visits serve a more educational purpose, enriching children’s life experiences and directly making links with learning in class, bringing the curriculum to life.
We welcome your support on Educational Visits, although we do not place parents directly with their own children. Alongside staff members, parental helpers lead and supervise small groups of children, but not their own child. This role is essentially to support learning, by engaging the children in conversation (which you will be briefed about beforehand). If that sounds like you, then please let us know at the time by completing and submitting the relevant ParentMail form and once we have a better idea of numbers we’ll get back to you.
Wherever possible, we use public transport when travelling or sometimes hired coaches.
In addition, all Yr 2 pupils attend compulsory swimming lessons during the summer term. This is part of children’s statutory PE curriculum.
We use school funds to subsidise the cost of all Educational Visits and Theatre Groups. We ask all parents, where possible, to make a voluntary contribution to help us sustain the quality and variety of activities taking place.
