Trips and Visits

Our curriculum has been created to inspire children to be themselves, explore and excel. All children will commit to make a positive impact to help create a responsible world that values, embraces and celebrates diversity. Learning does not just take place in the classroom, and one essential way that this is achieved is through our curriculum enrichment, which is achieved primarily through three ways:

Trips and visits to local sites of interest and learning.
Visitors and Experts to Ranvilles Junior School.
Theme days and Assemblies.

Please click below to explore the range of Curriculum Enrichment Activities that children enjoy at Ranvilles Junior School.

Please note: section currently being updated.

Year 3 Trips

Butser Ancient Farm

Autumn term

What was it like to live in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? Our children embark on a journey through time to this world-leading destination for experimental archaeology and education, bringing the past to life through hands on, immersive, practical activities that are accessible for all. This trip brings our history topic to life and creates context for other curriculum subjects.

Year 4 Trips

Marwell Zoo

Spring term

Linking to our Geography Rainforests topic, our Year 4 children will travel to Marwell Zoo where they will explore the wonders of the natural world. We will explore the Tropical House at Marwell, where children can experience face-to-face encounters with a diversity of wildlife and exotic creatures while exploring the rainforest biome. Furthermore, children will investigate animal habitats and their specific adaptations that help us to classify the animals in science.

Surveying the River Wallington

Summer term

In our Geography topic, we will investigate the enquiry question What are rivers and how are they used? Well, the best way to begin answering this is by visiting a river! Year 4 visit our nearby River Wallington, where they visit the river at different places, exploring the meanders and river channel before reaching the river’s mouth at Fareham Creek. Through the visit, our children explore the features of a river and how humans interact and use the river for different purposes, including features of coastal protection.

Year 5 Trips

Weald & Downland Museum

Spring term

Year 5 travel to the Weald & Downland Museum to explore what life was like in Tudor England. Through exploring the different museum buildings, our children participate in craft presentations to develop their knowledge and understanding of Tudor life, whilst also exploring artefacts from the Tudor period to enrich their learning fully.

Winchester Science Centre

Summer term

Our trip to the Winchester Science Centre enhances children’s knowledge and understanding of a number of science units: it consolidates the Forces, Earth & Space knowledge from the spring term, whilst developing the children’s knowledge of the Imbalanced Forces for the summer term. The highlight is the Planetarium Experience – something that really brings the children’s understanding to life.

Year 6 Trips

Marchants Hill PGL Residential

Spring term

Our residential to Marchants Hill is an excellent opportunity for our children to embed the Ranvilles STARS: to be secure and happy individuals, to be talented contributors, to be ambitious learners, to be responsible teammates and to be successful communicators. All children will have the opportunity to challenge themselves in a different environment and to thrive in new circumstances by discovering new passions and strengths.

Fareham Town Centre

Summer term

Our summer trip to Fareham town centre will give the opportunity for all children to carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry in their locality. In school, children will develop an enquiry question before organising their data collection methods. Children will map the route before then completing their enquiry in person. Once back at school, children will analyse and present the data in a meaningful context as responsible citizens within their local community.