Educational Visits

Every young person should experience the world beyond the classroom as an essential part of learning and personal development, whatever their age, ability or circumstances.

Learning beyond the classroom is the use of places other than the classroom for teaching and learning. It is about getting children and young people out and about, providing them with challenging, exciting and different experiences to help them learn.

It is about raising achievement through an organised, powerful approach to learning in which direct experience is of prime importance. This is not only about what we learn but importantly how and where we learn. It is not an end in itself but rather a vehicle to develop the capacity to learn. Good quality learning beyond the classroom adds much value to classroom learning.

Educational Visits 2024-2025

April:

• Y4 Yorkshire Sculpture Park

March:

• Whole school Wonder Dome
• Y6 Souter Lighthouse
• Y5 visit to York Mosque 

February:

• Y2 visit to Leeds Synagogue
• EYFS visit to the Greengrocer

January:

• Y3 Bedale Library
• Y1 visit by Aquatic Finatic
• Y5 & Y6 visit to Sunderland Empire- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat

November:

• Y6 Crucial Crew
• Y3 Beamish
• Y4 Bedale Library
• EYFS Fire Station visit

October:

• EYFS visit to Allotments
• Y3 Old Bedale
• Y5 visit to Reeth

September:

• Y2 Fountains Abbey
• Y6 Nature Walk (Bedale)
• Y4 visit to the Ice House (Bedale)

Y4 Yorkshire Sculpture park

Wonder Dome Day

We have had an amazing day full of fun activities including carrying out research and creating a poster on the iPads and painting our own versions of 'A Starry Night'. We were all fascinated when inside the dome and learned lots of interesting facts!   Some year groups created moon dioramas to explain the phases of the moon, made wooden stars to decorate parts of school and making paper rockets with straws to launch them. We’ve had a brilliant day of space-focused learning. 

Y6 Souter Lighthouse

We have had such a wonderful day at the coast. With the beautiful sunshine we were able to take in the views from afar and up close, observing the process of erosion along the shore and around the Souter Lighthouse area.

Y5 visit to York Mosque

Yesterday, Year 5 visited a mosque in York to support their learning in RE. We were welcomed in and shown around different important areas including the prayer hall. As well as being shown a Qur’an, we also experienced the special sections marked on the carpet for prayer spaces.

Y2 visit to Leeds Synagogue

What an amazing day Year 2 have had on our trip to the synagogue in Leeds. We learnt lots about the important features of the Jewish religion and saw some very special items. During the afternoon we went for a nature walk around Roundhay Park! We followed the sculpture trail to see the different animals who might live in the woods. We are so proud of the children today for their excellent behaviour, they have been amazing! The synagogue leader even said that they are a credit to our school. Well done everyone!

 

     

EYFS Greengrocer visit

Year One had a lovely time visiting The Greengrocer Bedale this afternoon! There were lots of different types of fruit to choose from! The children were so well behaved and we are proud of them. We also visited the Coop and looked at the fruit and vegetables. Later, in DT we are going to be taste testing the fruit and then making smoothies!

 

              

Y3 Bedale Library visit

Year Three loved visiting Bedale Library this morning. They can’t wait to read and share the amazing books they chose!  

Y1 visit by Aquatic Finatic

Year 1 absolutely loved our visit from Aquatic Finatic last week! The children were so excited to learn about the different animals and were so lucky to hold so many wonderful animals including snakes, chickens, a ferret, guinea pigs and we saw an owl and a hedgehog ! What a fantastic experience! 

Y5 & Y6 visit to Sunderland Empire- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat

A wonderfully behaved group of year 5 and 6 experienced a trip to Sunderland's Empire Theatre to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. It was a really enjoyable and fun musical for all, additionally, Mrs Turnbull received an email from a Senior Leader of a different school, who was enjoying the show herself, to commend on our children's behaviour and conduct - we are very proud.

Year 6 visit to Crucial Crew

Year 6 visited Carlton Lodge for this year's Crucial Crew workshop. As well as being wonderfully behaved, they learnt a lot of vital safety information. 

Year 3 visit to Beamish

The children were so well behaved and they all had a fantastic time! Well done Year 3. 

 

                    

Year 4 visit to Bedale Library

On Monday, Year 4 enjoyed a visit to our local Bedale library where we were able to join in with some fun activities, such as a book hunt as well as choosing our own stories to borrow!  We then got to share these stories with our loved ones  during our reading workshop in the afternoon.

EYFS visit to the local Fire Station

This time to Bedale Fire Station! The children loved meeting Dave the watch manager and listening to how firefighters help people in the community. He demonstrated how some of the equipment worked and we even got to sit in the fire engine and listen to the sirens! We discussed how to stay safe on ‘Bonfire Night’ and had the chance to ask lots of questions! The children were absolutely blown away with this afternoon’s learning.

 

                      

Year 5 visit to Reeth

What a fantastic day Year 5 have had carrying out their field study in Reeth! The sun has been shining down on us and everyone has had a lovely time.

Y3 Old Bedale

Year 3 loved exploring  the oldest and newest parts of Bedale. They enjoyed observing the different noise levels , traffic, litter damage to buildings and green spaces. They also created a tally for the different types of buildings they could see! The children walked beautifully and we are very proud of how well they represented our school.  Well done, Year 3!

 

                               

EYFS visit to the Allotments

The Early Years children were very keen to draw maps of the journey when we got back to school!

 

           

Fountains Abbey

What a fantastic day Year 2 had at Fountains Abbey today. They behaved so well, listened carefully, and have hopefully come home with lots of new facts and information to tell you. We will carry on our learning about Fountains Abbey in our History lessons this half term. Can your child remember how many baths a year a Monk had? 

Local Area Art Walk

Year 6 walked around our local area to find the right spot to engage in pencil sketching. We have been developing our use of B and H graded pencils and now understanding terms like proportion and perspective.

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