School News: Trip Reports

26th February, 2020

A bit of rain and wind rarely stops children having fun on an outing at MKPS! Earlier this week the children went on an Art Expedition to Campbell Park. They found out about the sculptures on their walk and made some art in the outside spaces. Back at the gallery, they experimented with materials, creating colourful flags and making clay and paper creations with the artists in residence.

17th October, 2019

Our Year 2 children had a lovely day at Wicksteed Park this week – all in the name of science of course!

They investigated which forces are used to move the playground equipment and were also tasked with creating a giant marble run using tubes and cardboard….everyone took the research very seriously and enjoyed themselves filling in worksheets on their clipboards as they played with their friends in the playground. The marble run challenge saw all of them helping, having ideas and getting involved to make their marble run a success.

A lovely day for the children to spend time outside learning, experiencing and playing, as well as getting to see the fun side of science!

29th November, 2018

At The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park, Year 6 pupils had the opportunity to practise coding on the BBC Micro to create the snake game. They also used NotePad and Python the do the Turing test, a program designed to generate questions and answers – the purpose being to work out whether the responses were given by a machine or by a human.

They learnt about the evolution of technology by visiting the Colossus, the Tunny and the WITCH main frames.

They were amazed at the size and dimensions of the hard disks of the 1970s and 1980s and the amount of storage space they contained.

1st November, 2018

In October, Year 4 pupils visited Verulamium Museum in St Albans to support their Roman Britain topic. They learnt about everyday life during Roman times, were given a talk about the wonderful mosaics displayed in the museum and had an exciting opportunity to handle real Roman objects.

4th October, 2018

In September our Pre-Reception children enjoyed an exciting day at Woburn Safari Park looking at and learning about the animals and birds, in connection with their topic on The Jungle.

28th September, 2018

Our Year 2 pupils enjoyed a day at Wicksteed Park this week, investigating a range of playground equipment to find out which forces were required to make them move. They discovered that most required either a push or a pull, and that some needed both forces to be used, but at different times.

They learned that a force can move things but can also make them stop. They carried out an investigation with Science Bears and ramps to find out how the height and surface of a ramp or slide can affect the distance an object can travel. They attended a workshop where they built and investigated model playground equipment. They talked about the forces being used and the impact they had on the equipment. They then had opportunities to improve the designs to make them look more interesting and exciting.

They also learned about the history of Wicksteed Park and even got to have a ride on the famous carousel!

25th September, 2018

In September 2018, in connection with their topic on Food and Farming, Year 1 pupils enjoyed a rewarding and informative visit to Thrift Farm, in Mursley. They learned about how animals are farmed for their meat, milk, skin, or eggs and feathers.  They were also able to observe animal behaviour within the groups of mammals and birds.  They rounded off their visit by having fun playing in the adventure playground, including ‘driving’ a tractor.

18th June, 2018

Our Class 3 children had a lovely day last Friday on their first ever school trip to Rookery Farm, meeting and petting the animals and enjoying themselves pretending to drive tractors. After a picnic lunch in the barn they had a wonderful time making full use of the bouncy castles and slides.