Educational Outings & Visits

In our efforts to present children with first hand stimuli and to base learning on reality we endeavour to involve children in a variety of visits to places of interest in the immediate locality as well as further afield. All outings during the school day are usually an integral part of curriculum planning and will act as either the initial stimulus for a project/theme or a reinforcement of it.

However, we do try to involve children and parents in outings of a purely social or leisure based nature but these take place out of normal school hours.

Each year we offer the opportunity for our oldest children to attend a residential week of outdoor pursuits at Whitby Youth Hostel which includes geography and history studies as well as encouraging the development of social skills and independence. The children in Year 5 enjoy a similar residential experience at Castleton Youth Hostel where they study contrasting localities.

Each of our outings and journeys are carried out in accordance with the Local Education Authority's instructions, advice and clear guidelines governing school visits and journeys.

Charging policy

In accordance with section 106 of the Education Reform Act (1988) all visits and journeys that take place during the normal school day have to rely upon voluntary contributions from parents as well as subsidy from P.T.A funds. No children will be prevented from taking part in an educational visit because of their parents’ inability to afford it.