Educational Visits
Educational Visits and Visitors / Experiences
At Gravel Hill, educational visits and visitors enrich our curriculum and bring learning to life. These experiences help pupils make meaningful connections with the world around them, deepen subject understanding, and develop curiosity, confidence and cultural awareness.
Early Years Foundation Stage
Nursery- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Visits from the Fire Engine, Ambulance Service and Police
- Wiggly Wild Show – hands‑on animal experience
- Stay and Play sessions for Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter
Reception
- Teddy Bear’s Picnic
- Visits from the Fire Service, Ambulance Service and Police
- Wiggly Wild Show
- Stay and Play sessions for Christmas, Chinese New Year and Easter
Key Stage 1
Year 1
- Local walk to Danson Park (Geography)
- Life in the Past – a talk led by a parent guest speaker
- Exotic Animal Workshop (Science)
- Family Golden Time – Christmas Crafts
- Family Golden Time – Rocket Making
Year 2
- Visit to Buckingham Palace (linked to Guided Reading text)
- Bexley Multi‑Skills Competition
- Visit to Crayford Mosque (RE)
- Family Golden Time – History of the School
- Family Golden Time – Painting Clay Tiles
Lower Key Stage 2
Year 3
- Christingle at Christchurch
- Visit to Bexley Central Library
- CRiBS Easter Production (RE)
- Visit to Lessness Abbey – Stone Age Experience
- Family Golden Time – Easter Crafts
- Family Golden Time – Music Making
Year 4
- Christingle at Christchurch
- Visit to Bexley Central Library
- CRiBS Easter Production (RE)
- River Walk at Creekside, Deptford
- Family Golden Time – Easter Crafts
- Family Golden Time – Buggy Making
Upper Key Stage 2
Year 5
- Christingle at Christchurch
- Visit to Bexley Central Library
- CRiBS Easter Production (RE)
- Orienteering at Danson Park (PE)
- Visit to the Tower of London (History)
- Family Golden Time – Coding
Year 6
- Christingle at Christchurch
- Visit to Bexley Central Library
- CRiBS Easter Production (RE)
- Visit to Chislehurst Caves – World War II experience
- PGL or Home School Journey
- Family Golden Time – Enterprise Day
Whole‑School Experiences
- Inflatable Planetarium – immersive space experience for KS1 and KS2
- Living Eggs Hatching Project – whole‑school experience supporting Science and early life cycles
