A trip to Abington Park Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Who, what, where, when and why? Who? Year 3/4 – Dickens Class. What? Secret Garden topic, School field trip. Where? Abington Park, Northampton. When? Tuesday 6 th May Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Why………. Learning outside the classroom develops social skills (DfES, 2006). Children learn best through real life experiences (Beams etal, 2012). Children need to put their understanding into a context that is relevant to them (Hargreaves, 1994). Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Logistics 30 children will attend this trip, they will be accompanied by a minimum of 6 adults. Therefore, this gives a ratio of 1 :5. The day will consist of three activities including P.E, Art and a Museum visit. The children will be split into three groups of 10 and will rotate around the activities. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Timetable of the day 8:30am – Early met at school – collect medications from office, register, toilet opportunity and organise children into groups (1, 2 and 3) with their adults. 9:00am – Coach to depart. 9:45am – Arrive at Abington Park and chn to get into groups. 10:00 – 11:00am – Session 3. 11:00 – 11:30am – Break time. 11:30 – 12:30pm – Session 2. 12:30 – 1:15pm – Lunch time. 1:15 – 2:15pm – Session 3. 2:30pm – Meet back at Coach. 3:15pm – Arrive back at school. 3:30pm – Parents to collect from coach. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Session timetable TimesP.EArtMuseum 10:00am – 11:00am :30am – 12:30pm 312 1:15pm – 2:15pm 231 Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Activity 1: P.E – Navigation and map skills Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Activity 1: P.E – Navigation and map skills Provide the children with a set of images, clues, a compass and a map of Abington Park. Children to interpret clues and use the map and compass to locate the letter. Once all letters have been retrieved, they will spell out the word ‘Yorkshire’. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Teaching and learning benefits This activity will enhance the children’s learning in PHSE through team work, co- operation and communication skills. Consolidates children’s mathematical learning of; co-ordinates, maps, using a compass, directions and development in efficiency of best route. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Activity 2: Art – Sketching Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Activity 2: Art – Sketching Sketching surroundings using a range of resources. Class teacher to decide optimum location for multiple drawing opportunities. Children to chose a spot within the space for their drawings. Accurate drawings of the surroundings. Resources to include; Sugar paper, plain paper, coloured paper, black paper, acetate, OHP pens, biros, sketching pencils, coloured pencil, chalk and charcoal. Children to collect items off the floor e.g. leaves, twigs and use the iPads to photograph different textures, ready for week 4’s Art lesson. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Teaching and learning benefits Children develop awareness of perspective. Using the natural environment as a stimulus. Awareness and appreciation for their local area. Consideration for direction of light and shadows. Ability to convey 3D objects, through use of tone. Consider how to show different textures using materials. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Activity 3: Museum Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Activity 3: Museum Interactive session on life in the early 20 th century. Speaker from the museum to run the session and children to participate. Session involves: washing of clothes, displays to view, dressing up in clothes from the time period. Opportunities for outreach museum workers to contribute, later in unit. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Teaching and learning benefits Awareness of living life in a different era. Engaging the children through interactive participation. Developing confidence to participate. Exposure to items and objects from the time period. Develop social skills. Behaviour – being positive representatives of themselves and the school. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

Additional activity for children Each group to have a sheet with the alphabet on. Throughout the day children to write down things that relate to each letter. For example, shapes or objects they see. Groups to interpret as they wish. Prize for team that finds the most letters. Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero

References Beames, S., Higgins, P. and Nicole, R (2012) Learning outside the classroom: Theory and Guidelines for Practice. Oxon: Routledge. DfES (2006) Learning outside the classroom manifesto. Nottingham: Department for Education and Skills. Hargreaves, D. (1994) Coherence and Manageability: Reflections on the national curriculum and cross-curricular provisions. In: Pollard, A. and Bourne, J. (eds) Teaching and Learning in the Primary School. Oxon: Routledge, pp ). Hayley Gates, Helen Davies, Kirsty Cheshire, Lydia Nero