2018/19

Residential 2019

Turn the Tide on Plastic!

The experience will begin with children watching a clip of Blue Planet to enable them to gain an understanding of how plastic is affecting the world around them, in particular the world’s oceans and the impact it has on the marine life and human communities contained within them. From here, children will discover how plastic is affecting our world and why our use of plastics is affecting their future and the future of our planet. Children will then write persuasive letters, outlining what plastic pollution is and the concerns they have for its future impact on marine communities. Children will gain and insight into how they as individuals and collectively as a worldwide community, can help eradicate these issues and preserve marine life for future generations. After gaining an understanding of plastic pollution, children will create a presentation explaining what plastic pollution is, how it affects the world around them and what can be done to stop it. Finally, children will share these presentation with their peers and the wider community.

Fizz-ical Reactions

The learning experience will begin with the children being given the opportunity to explore and investigate the ‘fizzy nature’ of a bath bomb. They will experience a range of designs, scents and styles, noting how this could impact their own market research and its development into a saleable and appealing product. As the experience progresses, children will study the properties and changes of materials, including the different states (solids, liquids and gasses) and how this is evident within dissolving and mixing. Finally, they will apply their skills and research to design, create and evaluate a unique bath bomb to be sold at the school’s Comic Relief fundraising event. Children will demonstrate their bath bomb products and explain the visual effects and scientific ‘fizz-ical’ reactions.

CSI day!

UKS2 were visited by Pulse CSI who gave us an insight into the world of forensic science! We spent the morning learning how to take fingerprints, collect samples and find evidence! In the afternoon, we walked into a crime scene! We used all the skills we had learned to help solve the crime! 

Galactic Guides

The experience will begin with an out of this world opportunity for the children- a visit from an astrodome! Children will then be introduced to their aim for the learning experience: to produce a guide to the galaxy with information about the position of the planets, how they move in relation to the Sun and what is special about each of the planets in our Solar System? On their journey through space, the children will also explore some other big scientific questions about day and night, the spherical nature of the Earth, Sun and Moon, and the relationship between the Earth and its Moon.

Bienvenido a México

Kicking off with a Mexican-themed afternoon, the children will taste-taste Mexican cuisine, enjoy listening to traditional music from the country and explore the sights and wonders of Mexico. They will learn about the geographical location and identify the major human and physical features, through research and atlas work. Deeper exploration will help children to identify traditional delicacies, cultural trends and celebrations. Once research has been gathered, children will then enhance their Spanish speaking skills, to communicate their findings into sentences and paragraphs. This will then form the basis for their Hot Task: to create an informative travel guide about Mexico.

Poppy Poetry

The learning experience will begin with a poppy craft morning, where parents/carers will be invited to work with the children to create poppies to be displayed at Maidstone Museum. The children will then undertake the cold task: write a First World War inspired poem in the style of influential poets of the time. Throughout the experience, the children will gain a deeper understanding of these poems and the experience that inspired them. With a visit to a trench and engaging accompanying lessons, children will immerse themselves into the life of a soldier in the First World War, developing an understanding and empathy regarding life on the front line. After exploring a range of poetic techniques, children will apply these to create their own World War One poem for their final outcome.