Category: Trips

Saxton were the winning house for the Michaelmas term. They were rewarded for their hard work and good behaviour with a trip to Royal Tunbridge Wells for a morning of ice skating and fun at Calverley Park. Amazingly the morning passed with only two minor injuries that were resolved with an ice pack and a…

History – Crazy Celts, Year 4 have started to learn about the Celts in their learning Journey lessons.  On Wednesday we marched up Mount Caburn in Lewes to visit a Celtic hill fort.  The views from the top were stunning. We compared modern life to how it might have been when the Celts lived in the…

Tuesday seemed like a beautiful day to go up to London so Paul Borrows, Henry Arnold and I took Year 8 to the Houses of Parliament for the day!  It’s always a huge shame that it takes us so long on a bus but when we finally got there we ate our lunch by the…

Last Tuesday, seven Vinehall pupils set off to Benenden School for a String Orchestra day.  When we arrived we were greeted by Mr Whiting and Mrs Lewis – who was Mrs Sheppard’s piano teacher when she was at Benenden!  We were immediately sorted into four parts and started work on a Brahms Theme and Viva…

Year 3 visited Bateman’s, the home of Rudyard Kipling, last week as part of their Learning Journey topic on local history.  It was a beautiful day and the glorious sunshine helped us to make the most of the lovely grounds. The children smelt the herbs on the path down from the car park, picking out…

Year 1 had a brilliant morning becoming pizza chefs at Pizza Express. First we were given aprons and hats ready to begin cooking. We were shown a traditional method of rolling the sauce around the pizza base without touching it. The children all enjoyed this even though we had a few spills! We then added…

The end of Friday finally arrived and Year 5 set off, backpacks at the ready, to the Herstmonceux Science Centre.  The skies cleared and as we arrived we could see the roof of the telescope’s house opening (my sigh of relief could be heard for miles).  The children played outside and inside, exploring all the…

Year 4 enjoyed a fabulous half day out walking along the Cuckmere river.  They learnt about the features of the river and then used their new vocabulary back in the classroom to label a diagram. We walked to the mouth of the river and talked about the source which we think maybe near Harriet’s house. …

Year 6 had an unusual experience on Tuesday – sitting in on an “arti”, a Hindu service in which statues of gods are blessed. The service was in the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a magnificent, intricately carved white marble temple in London. We all learned a lot from being at the service, as well as having…

Last Friday was the finale of a week of fun-packed activities for Years 3 and 4, who had a cracking time at “Kidzania” at Westfield in London.  Kidzania is an “indoor city run by kids”, where children can earn kidZos (Kidzania’s currency) doing various ‘jobs’ and then enjoying the opportunity to spend their hard-earned wads…