Newsletter King’s College Alicante
PRIMARY
JANUARY 2014 / SECOND TERM
Eco-Warriors
Message from the Head of Primary In the next few weeks we will be holding meetings for parents to learn about our plans for residential visits in Years 4, 5 and 6. It therefore seems a good idea to look at just why we take children out of school for overnight visits. As I started writing this article I did a quick count of how many visits I have been involved with as a teacher and head teacher. I gave up counting when I got past the number thirty! Hundreds of children took part and all enjoyed experiences that built on their learning and enriched their personal development in many ways. Well-planned educational visits provide our children with valuable experiences which enhance their learning at school. Indeed such visits are an essential element of good primary practice. They provide stimulus and support to work being covered as part of the school curriculum. They allow the children to use skills and test out knowledge that they have learned at school. These trips, however, are not just about taking learning from the classroom into a different environment, useful as that is. Residential visits challenge children to learn about
themselves, to work as a team, to build confidence and develop independence. They are lots of fun too! At King’s we are fortunate that we have a member of staff who is responsible for co-ordinating all Primary School visits. Sñr. Fernando Bellot ensures that our visits are safe, well planned, and relevant to classroom learning and give an extra dimension to our children’s school year. I do hope that you will join us at our forthcoming meetings to find out what will be on offer for your children this school year. . Best wishes
Mr. P.B. Sloan Head of Primary