Out of School Learning
“The only source of knowledge is experience.” ~ Albert EinsteinSchool trips are a great opportunity to learn outside the classroom in new, interesting and practical ways. School trips offer a huge range of benefits for students, not all of them academic. We believe that a school trip can be a truly formative experience in terms of a pupil's personal and social development too.They form an integral part of the Farnham Green experience, and each pupil at our school can expect to have at least two outside trips per year.
Improved confidence
By experiencing another environment and/or culture, enjoying new foods and seeing different landscapes on a school trip, our children can become more confident and open to new things. This builds their cultural capital.
Examples of the trips that we run, where children will enjoy learning in action, might include:
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Our annual Year 6 residential outdoor pursuits visit
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Kew Gardens or London Zoo to see some of the things children have been learning about in science
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A lunch in a London restaurant
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Trips to Central London museums
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Picnics in London parks
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Theatre trips to see plays
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A boat ride along the River Thames
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Many local attractions in and around Woodford and Redbridge
School visits also contribute to:
- Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural understanding
- British Values (particularly respect and tolerance)
- PSHE
- Visual literacy of the environment (beyond school and its environments)
- Deeper, more nuanced learning
- Engaging with the best that has been thought, said and built.
A school visit -
- Sows seeds for the future
- Extends our children's horizons
- Strengthens mental well being and fitness
- Enhances self esteem and resilience
Please visit the school blog to find out more about our learning out of school
http://raylodgeprimaryschool.blogspot.co.uk/