Extra Curricular Activities

We firmly believe that children learn best when they are excited about their learning and so we ensure that they have visits or visitors to support their learning at least once each term. Some of the visits may be further afield (please see below) and others may be closer to home such as QMC Science Centre or the War Memorial Park.

However, wherever they go, the focus of the visit will be to inspire the children and extend their learning. In Year 6, children take part in a residential visit to Runways End Outdoor Centre, and this always proves to be the highlight of their final school year. The children are also fortunate to have a wide variety of visitors in school including a Roman soldier, ex World War II evacuees, chefs, authors, artists and members of a symphony orchestra to name just a few.

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
FS		Trip location: Season Walk to War Memorial Park Topic link: Understanding the world		Trip location: Season Walk to War Memorial Park Topic link: Understanding the world		Trip location: Andover, Finkley Down Farm Topic link: Science, animal habitats
Year 1					Trip location: Basingstoke Town Topic link: Geography	Trip location: Basingstoke, War Memorial Park Topic link: Geography
Year 2		Trip location: Southampton, Sea City Museum Topic link: History, sinking of the Titanic				Trip location: Living Rainforest, Newbury Topic link: Survival, plants
Year 3			Trip location: Basingstoke Town Topic link History, local area history			Trip location: Cholderton Farm, Wiltshire Topic link: Geography and Science of food
Year 4					Trip location: Ufton Court residential, 2-night stay Topic link: PE, outdoor and adventurous
Year 5	Trip location: Selborne, Gilbert White Centre Topic link: Geography focus on river studies				Trip location: Hampton Court Palace, London Topic link: History and revolutions topic.
Year 6	Trip location: Runways End, Aldershot. Residential, 2-night stay. Topic link: PE, outdoor and adventurous				Trip location: Vue Cinema, Basingstoke Topic link: Topic / special post-SATs reward	Trip location: Local visits to secondary schools. Topic link: PSHE, transition

School Clubs

Each term, for six weeks, a few dedicated volunteers run a variety of clubs for pupils in the school. The clubs are allocated and designed for particular year groups and require a small additional cost.

Recent clubs have included Samba drumming, knitting, science, gardening and art, but we are always willing to consider any realistic ideas.

We also offer clubs from outside agencies such as girls football, singing and bootcamp.

Sporting Activities

We offer sporting teams such as rugby, football and netball which are led by the teachers. Pupils are able to regularly take part in a number of games against other schools and train together to develop their sporting skills.

Children also have opportunities throughout the year to take part in a range of other sporting competitions including kwik cricket and tag rugby.

Music

Children from year 3 to 6 can begin learning an instrument in our school. The lessons take place within the school day and have an additional cost associated with them.

Mr Paul Timms teaches Keyboard and Violin on a Friday.

Mr Adrian Maycock teaches guitar on a Wednesday.

If you would like your child to start learning an instrument in school, please contact the teacher through the school office.

Fairfields Primary School