Memorable Experiences


We want every child to love learning and remember their school days with affection and enjoyment. We take every opportunity to enhance the children’s learning with memorable experiences – both within school and on school trips. Below are a selection of memorable experiences which we have completed over the last year. 

Whole School


Every spring, our Year 1 and Year 2 children celebrate Easter with an Easter Bonnet Parade

Enjoying Science with Science Week and STEM Days

Every child in the school completed a ‘Mini-Marathon’ for St Catherine’s Hospice. With banners, balloons and family members cheering them on, it was a fantastic day.

Rainbow Day; celebrating diversity and individuality

Sports Day

Boogie-ing the night away at school discos

Reception


Celebrating Christmas with a traditional Nativity

Exploring pumpkins

Tinkering and woodwork in the outside area

Having a visit from Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Watching caterpillars become butterflies

A farm visit, meeting different animals, spending time in the countryside and even getting a ride on a tractor!

Year 1


Visiting St Alban’s Church in Religion and Worldviews

Visiting Ifield Train Station to see the trains and learn about where they go

Having fun on Space Day!

Performing to family members in their Christmas play

Becoming young farmers by looking after lambs in the school field

Visiting the Millpond

Year 2


Performing a Harvest Assembly to their parents and carers

Hatching eggs in the KS1 shared area – we have had ducklings and chicks emerge in the past

School trip to Littlehampton Beach, including a visit to the RNLI Station

A beach day in their courtyard

  

Year 3


Visiting the Hindu Temple as part of their Religion and Worldviews topic

Violin lessons as part of the One-Term-to-Learn initiative

A trip to the High Street and Crawley Museum 

Ancient Greek Day

Year 4


Becoming soldiers in a Roman Bootcamp

Performing a Christmas Carol Service to friends and family

Discovering what happens to food when it is in the stomach with a messy experiment

Learning about the Vikings by dressing up and completing in Viking workshops

Year 5

A mummification enactment as part of their Egyptians’ topic.

Restart a Heart Workshops

Going back in time for Victorian Day

Year 6


Year 6 Residential, taking part in a wide range of outdoor and adventurous activities.

Taking part in the Crawley Junior Citizen event, completing workshops on a range of subjects including how to stay safe online.

Becoming WW2 evacuees for the day

Dissecting hearts

The Year 6 Final Performance – a celebration of their time at Gossops Green