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Year 5 visit to the Ragged Museum
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 4:28pm
Year 5 have been busy learning all about the Victorian era during History, including how Victorian people have helped to shape Britain. We ventured to the Ragged School Museum in London to explore what life was like for Victorian people in the 1800s - investigating historical artefacts and taking part in a traditional school lesson. It was fascinating to experience life as a Victorian child at school with big differences in teaching, learning and discipline.
Year 4 visit to Hampton Court Palace
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 1:03pm
Year 4 visited Hampton Court Palace as enrichment for our learning about the Tudors in History. We had a wonderfully historical day exploring King Henry VIII's apartments and an actual Tudor kitchen. We also took part in an interactive workshop where we enjoyed acting out different roles at the palace!
Year 5 visit to St John's Church
Date: 19th Nov 2024 @ 12:19am
Year 5 walked to St John's Church in Stanmore to learn more about the Christmas story. We were greeted by Reverend Wendy Wall, the Assistant Curate of St John's Church, who kindly shared a presentation with us about the Christmas story. We read lines from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament of the Bible and placed figurines in the nativity scene as the Christmas story was being told. It was a lovely visit which supported our R.E. learning about Christianity.
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 4:49pm
Year 3 participated in a fantastic immersive History workshop related to our topic about the Stone Age. We enjoyed a range of exciting activities including archery, animal bone investigations and cave paintings. We also had a go at crafting weapons and tools as well as investigating and handling artefacts. Everyone had a great day experiencing life during this key period in history!
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 4:14pm
This half term Year 2 are learning all about Africa! We kick started the topic with a celebratory African Day, taking part in a range of creative activities such as making an exotic fruit salad, creating African art and learning to sing a song in Swahili!
Year 2 visit to Woodland Forest School
Date: 26th Oct 2024 @ 3:08pm
Year 2 visited the Woodland Forest School in Stanmore to learn more about minibeast habitats and the plants and animals that live there. We enjoyed a variety of activities including den making, making spiders out of conkers and hunting for minibeasts!
Year 3 visit to London Transport Museum
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 6:58pm
Year 3 have visited the London Transport Museum to explore the development of transportation from omnibuses to Underground trains. This was great enrichment for our learning in Geography about the United Kingdom, including the human and physical features of London. In the 'Coding the Capital' workshop, we enjoyed using the coding blocks to program a train along a track, making it go faster, slower and even reverse!
Year 5 visit to Buckingham Palace
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 2:26pm
Year 5 visited the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace to experience a day filled with history, magnificence and immersive learning!
We were captivated by the stunning architecture and the rich stories behind each room. We particularly enjoyed exploring the White Drawing Room and the Picture Gallery. The audio tour enabled us to explore each room and learn about the royal family’s traditions and ceremonies.
Year 6 visit to Imperial War Museum
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 3:51pm
Year 6 visited the Imperial War Museum to kickstart our History topic on World War II. The museum offers a rich collection of exhibits focused on the history of conflict, from World War I to the present day. We created our very own souvenir booklets using research skills and also had the opportunity to try on soldiers' uniform and enter an air raid shelter - an educational and engaging day for all!
Date: 18th Sep 2024 @ 12:20am
Some children in Year 6 are visiting the local Forest School every week. As well as learning useful forest skills such as whittling and making animal and bird feeders, we are looking forward to building shelters and camp fires!
This is a great opportunity for us to to bring essential outdoor skills back to Whitchurch to enhance and enrich our own eco garden, which will soon become the Whitchurch Forest School. Watch this space!
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 4:48pm
Everyone at Whitchurch enjoyed a super Sports Day featuring a range of team activities including the egg and spoon race! Thanks to all our families for coming along to cheer on your children!
Date: 22nd Jul 2024 @ 9:54am
Year 6 put on a fantastic performance of 'Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies' for our families. We put our creative skills to the test preparing scenery, props and costumes, along with super acting, dancing and singing!
Year 6 STEM Day at the RAF Museum
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 9:04pm
A range of children from Year 6 participated in a thoroughly enjoyable STEM day (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) at the RAF Museum in Hendon.
In the first session we really enjoyed learning more about coding using a Sphere BOLT. Later on we learnt how to design bridges to carry essential goods during a disaster. This was tricky, but 3 out of 4 teams produced bridges that could carry the load. Eventually, we went on a museum hunt to search for answers to questions about the museum. These interactive workshops really helped us to engage with STEM themes.
Date: 8th Jun 2024 @ 12:37pm
Whitchurch took part in a fantastic STEM Week to celebrate the wonders of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in the world around us. Each year group explored a different theme relating to STEM (transport, paleontology, space, health, construction, robitics and crime), engaging in excirting activities, workshops and research projects. We also enjoyed a dress up day and exhibition for families at the end of the week!
Year 5 visit to Woodrow High House
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 10:54am
Year 5 experienced an action packed residential visit to Woodrow High House in Amersham. We enjoyed a range of activities on offer including archery, an assault courses, team building exercises and eating marshmallows around the campfire!
Reception visit to Hertfordshire Zoo
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:31pm
Reception have been learning all about animals this half term. We had a thoroughly wild day at Hertfordshire Zoo exploring a range of animals including lions, tigers, meerkats and penguins!
Date: 16th May 2024 @ 12:25am
Year 5 enjoyed a visit to Kew Gardens to sketch some of the beautiful flowers and participate in a Plants Scientist workshop. We visited the iconic Palm House to experience the tropical climate and also observed plants from arid parts of the world in the Princess of Wales Conservatory. During the workshop we took part in practical activities relating to the life cycle of plants, methods or reproduction and seed dispersal. It was an enjoyable day full of observation and exploration!
Year 2 visit to the Florence Nightingale Museum
Date: 25th Mar 2024 @ 2:03pm
Year 2 visited the Florence Nightingale Museum in London, within the grounds of St Thomas's Hospital, to support our topic about inspirational women. During our visit we learnt how Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole made remarkable changes to the healthcare system.
Year 6 visit to Essex Outdoors Danbury
Date: 25th Mar 2024 @ 2:20pm
Year 6 enjoyed a residential visit to Essex Outdoors in Danbury. We had the best time! We took part in a wide range of activities including the vertical challenge, bridge build, zip wire, leap of faith, archery, caving, obstacle course and aerial treking. It was a great opportunity to develop our teamwork skills and resilience!
Year 5 visit to The British Museum
Date: 12th Mar 2024 @ 10:22am
Year 5 visited The British Museum to delve into Ancient Greece as enrichment for our topic. During our visit we had the opportunity to use Samsung Galaxy tablets to support our learning about the Parthenon (an ancient Greek temple). We also enjoyed searching for information about myths and legends, gods and goddesses, pottery and everyday life in various galleries. It was an engaging visit which helped to bring our learning about Ancient Greece to life!
Date: 11th Mar 2024 @ 1:32pm
World Book Day on Thursday was a great success! Children came to school dressed for the occasion as their favourite book characters and enjoyed an action packed day of activities to celebrate our love of reading, including a sponsored readathon, reading buddies, book exchange and class book corner competition!
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:28pm
In Science Year 3 are learning all about plants. As part of our topic 'Diving into Nature' we visited Canons Park to identify different types of plants we are learning about. We considered how plants thrive in different locations and whether their requirements for growth - including sunlight, water, air and nutrients - are met. It was great to visit our local park to experience nature!
Year 4 visit to The Science Museum
Date: 1st Mar 2024 @ 2:12pm
Year 4 visited The Science Museum to learn all about Energy and Inventions.
During our visit to the Energy Hall we learnt all about steam power in line with our Science topic 'Electricity' and observed how steam engines were designed and improved over time. We also explored the legendary attic workshop of engineer James Watt and were fascinated with his inventions!
We also visited Secret Life of the Home exhibition where we learnt how our homes have changed over time and enjoyed a hands-on experience of the hidden workings of everyday household objects.
Finally, we explored the making of the Modern World Gallery where we learnt about objects and iconic items invented up to 250 years ago and how they have shaped our society. It was a brilliant day enjoyed by all!
Year 5 visit to The Science Museum
Date: 5th Mar 2024 @ 10:46am
As enrichment in Science, Year 5 attended a workshop called 'Flash, Bang, Wallop!' which was jam-packed with thrilling experiments and demonstrations designed to help us find out about fire and explosions. We explored the Earth and Space gallery to learn about Man's historical journey to space and explored the new Technicians and Engineers galleries - exhibiting the various careers and skills required in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) related professions and shining a spotlight on female engineers. We also discovered how computing skills such as coding and special effects are used in the manufacturing industry and post-production in the media industry. The day sparked our enthusiasm for Science and aspirations for the future!
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 1:20pm
Year 3 have enjoyed a special Roman Day as enrichment for our topic about The Romans.
We had a fantastic time making and decorating our own shields and swords/daggers all morning. In the afternoon we had a session about Roman Numerals and also also enjoyed making Roman inspired mosaics. It was a great experience and lots of fun dressing up as Romans for the day!
