Maps, charts and globes for Year 4 at the PPMMCC

Year 4 visited the Prince Philip Maritime Museum Collections Centre on Tuesday, to learn about maps, charts and globes. This is the storage and conservation facility for the National Maritime Museum and is a state-of-the-art facility containing well over a million artefacts. We looked at a 600-year-old vellum chart, a 400-year-old globe and the first […]

UKS2 at the Unicorn Theatre

Year 5 and 6 headed off to the theatre today to see Pinocchio on stage. It was a phenomenal show which we all enjoyed- some of us even got to speak cat to Marmalade, or were nearly gobbled by a dog fish. Afterwards to went to the river for an alfresco lunch with a brilliant […]

Year 6 at the Golden Hinde

We had a great day visiting the Golden Hinde to supplement our history learning. Having learned about Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake it was interesting to learn more about his special task and what life was like aboard one of his vessels. We experienced what being a sailor/pirate on the Golden Hinde during […]

Year 5 trip to the Grant Museum

Year 5 went on a trip to the Grant Museum of Zoology to refresh our learning about Darwin and evolution. There were so many specimens all packed into one room that wherever we looked, there was always something new to see! From enormous African elephant skulls to snake skeletons to micro-organism slide specimens, we saw […]

Year 4 visit Creekside Discovery Centre

Year 4 had a fantastic trip to Creekside Discovery Centre last Tuesday, on a glorious, sunny day. We spent some time in the classroom, learning about the history of Deptford Creek and showing off our Geography knowledge (cue a VERY proud teacher) before donning our waders and waterproofs and getting into the creek itself. We […]

Year 3 trip to Creekside

On Tuesday, Year 3 went to the Creekside Discovery Centre to explore the River Ravensbourne. When we arrived, we went into the classroom and reviewed our previous learning about rivers. We also learnt about how the Thames is a tidal river, which also makes the Ravensbourne River a tidal river because its a tributary of […]

Year 1 School Trip – Horniman Museum

Greatest way to start a week? School trip to the Horniman Museum! Year One enjoyed a day looking in the different galleries and talking about animals, continents and hair! After looking at different types of animals, we moved on to looking at objects from around the world. There was a gallery all about hair and […]

Seeds, Plants and People- year 2 at The Horniman Museum

Year 2 had a fantastic trip to The Horniman Museum today and attended a Seeds, Plants and People workshop. We learned the many ways that seeds are dispersed in order for new plants to grow, avoiding overcrowding and harsh competition. We also considered how much people depend on plants and realised that we can not […]

Year 5 Tate Trip

On Thursday, Year 5 took a trip to the Tate Modern, where we were able to view some of the artwork that we studied last term. Some pieces of art were far larger than we imagined they would be and much more detailed, such as The Darkward Trail. Some of us were dizzy seeing the […]

Years 3& 4 visit the Tate Modern

We had a fantastic trip to the Tate Modern today. The children were so excited to see the Gerard Richter, Bridget Riley and Jackson Pollock artworks that we’ve been discussing in class and had some fantastic discussions about nature of art and our differing experiences of, and reactions to it.