Activities and visits

School Visits and Journeys

Educational visits to local places of interest, longer journeys and field study weeks play a vital part in the programme we offer.

Throughout Key Stage 1, the children will have opportunities to participate in day trips organised to enhance and support the curriculum.

In October 2008 the Year 2 children visited St. Ives Mosque and the Year 1 children visited the Free Church in St. Ives. In April 2009 the Year 1 children visited Wimpole Hall. The Reception children enjoyed a visit to the Sea Life Centre in Hunstanton and the Year 2 visited Sacrewell Farm in June 2009.

In Key Stage 2 we aim to provide the opportunity for all year groups to experience a residential visit. This year, 2009-10 the year group visits will be:-

• Year 3 - 3 day visit to Kingswood, North Norfolk
• Year 4 - 5 day visit to York and Scarborough
• Year 5 - 3 days’ stay at Grafham Water Activity Centre
• Year 6 - 5 days’ stay at Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire

Since most of the trips we organise are self supporting, we require your full co-operation if we are to continue to make them available to the children. Without contributions from parents, the school visits programme would not be financially viable.

All year groups incorporate a programme of day visits to enhance the curriculum. In order to make these visits financially workable parents are asked for voluntary contributions to help meet costs. In the event of insufficient contributions being received it may be necessary to cancel individual trips. Families in receipt of income support or family credit or in financial difficulty may seek support with payment by contacting the Headteacher.

Extra Curricular Activities

A wide range of extra curricular activities are now available to our pupils throughout the year and we see them as an important part of the education we offer. They provide us with an opportunity to further explore the many exciting potentials that all children have and to enhance the overall performance of the individual children who take part.

You will be notified of the clubs available for your child to attend in September. There will be a fixed charge for most school clubs of £2.00 per week. This money will be used to provide additional equipment and facilities, or to pay for tutors to run the clubs. Externally run clubs may charge different fees.