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There is a wealth of wonderful resources available to us in London, both those that involve a visit to school from such people as talented actors, historians, musicians, artists, authors, poets and performers who come and enthrall the girls and also those which take the children out of the classroom environment to places of educational interest in and around the city. The children's learning is enhanced enormously by "seeing and doing" in a vibrant, lively and different way. These are the experiences that reinforce and bring alive the learning going on in class and that stay with the children for a long time afterwards.
These are some of the trips and visits recently undertaken by our pupils:
- Orchestral fun day at Downe House
- Choir singing at Music for Youth
- Chamber Choir singing at the Mercers' Company Court Service
- Studying the River Thames at Chiswick
- Hampton Court
- Kew Gardens
- London Zoo
- Legoland
- Syon Park Butterfly House
- The Aquatic Experience
- Chiswick House
- The Golden Hinde
- The London Aquarium
- The London Eye
- Cadogan Hall
- Chessington World of Adventures
- Theatre visits to the Lyric, Polka, Hammersmith, Unicorn, Globe, Regent's Park Open Air, Little Angel, Wimbledon and Bloomsbury Theatres
- Visits to the Science, V&A, Childhood, Gunnersbury Park and Theatre Museums
These workshops have taken place recently at Bute House.
- Victorians
- Egyptians
- Romans
- Evacuees
- Indian storytelling
- Shadow puppets
- Bridge Building
- "Kensuke's Kingdom"
- Animal Ark
- Circus Skills
- Mad Science
- Interview Skills
- Origami
- Indian Dance
- Thinking Games
- Caribbean Story telling and teddy bears' picnic
- Aspects of Japanese life
- Astrodome - a presentation about Space and the Planets,
- Mexicolore, all about the Aztecs
- The Royal Ballet Company dance presentation
- Author and poet visits by Phil Bowen, Jeanne Willis, Julia Golding, Mary Hooper, Caroline Lawrence, Floella Benjamin, Jacqueline Wilson, Nigel Hinton and Adeline Yen Mah.
There are three residential trips that take place each year:
- Year 4 go to Little Canada on the Isle of Wight for two nights.
- Year 5 go to York for three nights on a History trip and
- Year 6 go to Skern Lodge Field Studies Centre in North Devon for four nights to study Geography, Science and Environmental Sciences.
There is also an optional Ski trip to France for Year 6 during the Easter holidays.
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