Educational Visits and Visitors School trips provide unique opportunities for kinaesthetic learning i.e. ‘learning by doing’ and encourage students to engage with people, places and buildings in new ways. |
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Educational Visits We aim to plan a number of educational visits during the year to places of interest in the local and wider area to support learning in different subjects or topics. These visits provide a stimulus and an outdoor learning experience for the children that would be difficult to create in school. Often, visits include the contribution of experts in the subject being studied. Curriculum Visit Pledge We aim for every child to have experienced the following visits or visitors by the time they leave our school:
Class Visits and Workshops Given a changing curriculum and circumstances, we do not always plan the same educational visits for each year group. However, there are some tried-and-tested visits which are enjoyed by the children and provide stimulus for learning in different year groups.
Funding / Parent Voluntary Contributions Given the expensive cost of transport (often at least £10 per pupil) to and from venues and the cost of entry and activities at venue (£5 – £10 per pupil), we do ask parents to pay a voluntary contribution for most extra-curricular activities. This is usually less than the actual cost per child of the visit. Without parent contributions, the school would not be able to offer the range of educational visits that it does. We do ask, therefore, that parents support us in contributing funds to these visits. |
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