Category: Trips

How many litres of milk does a cow produce a day?  50!  This was one of the many facts Year 1 learnt on their amazing day at Plumpton Agricultural College.  The children started the day by visiting the calf shed and looking at the different stages of a cow’s life.  From there we made our…

IAPS Ski Competition 2019 Wow!  Another great trip, they just seem to get better and better.  As always the children were wonderful. A very well-organised bunch and particularly polite, which is always a winner.  Never before have I been offered a drink on a tray when entering a room for a dorm check! There wasn’t…

Year 8 pupils headed off to London early on Thursday to get some first-hand experience of urban planning to support their studies in class about sustainable cities. Our first stop was to see the O2 to discuss brownfield development sites and how a venue such as the O2 can be a catalyst for further development….

Write up on the Year 8 Trip to Canterbury Cathedral On 4th February 2019 Year 8 went to visit Canterbury Cathedral; we left at 8.25am to board the school buses and, after a quick head-count, we were off to Kent. The main purpose of the trip was to help our studies on our research topic,…

This week Year 3 visited the museum in Bexhill as part of their Learning Journey on Ancient Egypt.  They listened well to Julian, the curator, who is an Egyptologist, as he showed them different artefacts including some clay pots and jewellery.  The children were fascinated and asked some excellent questions.  Everyone took part in three…

Year 5 have been studying factories and the industrial revolution in history​ and took the opportuinty to get out of the classroom with a visit to world famous cricket manufacturer, Gray-Nicolls. This was the perfect opportunity to combine both History and STEM subjects in an informative and enjoyable trip. Here is a report by Faris…

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…