Redwood Trips & Residentials

We enjoy an annual residential to the amazing centre at Peat Rigg, near Pickering. Our children are challenged in lots of different ways, taking part in activities including crate stacking; beck scrambling; map reading skills, orienteering in the dark; bouldering, mountain biking; bush craft; archery; abseiling; caving; and zip lining. 

They thoroughly enjoy themselves and usually choose to attend two years in a row.

We used keys to identify the animals that we discovered while pond-dipping. We discovered lots about how the plants and anmals in these environments are adapted to their habitat.

We also learnt about a range of crops and considered how people have deliberately selected features that they want to create improved plants. We saw how much difference this makes in terms of the land needed for farming.

We looked at how selective breeding  also happens in animals - focusing on traits in sheep and horses.

We also studied soil and the importance of keeping soil healthy (including studying worms and how they are adapted to thrive in the underground environment).

As part of British Science Week, KS2 visited Howsham Mill. Redwood enjoyed lots of explorations into gears, pulleys and levers.  investigated the roles of the driver, the idler and the follower gears and acted these roles out in groups! We also made cogs from clay and sticks. We found out about the effect of pulleys by lifting buckets of water and we carried out an experiment to measure the force needed to lift a load using different length levers. It was a fun-packed and learning-rich day! 

As part of our topic on the Vikings, we visited Jorvik Viking Centre. We took the bus into York and walked through the city. We especially loved the workshop about Viking battle tactics!

Each year, our Year 6 pupils attend Crucial Crew: an event organised by North Yorkshire police and fire service. Among other things, we learn about fire-safety, how to rescue someone in trouble in water, about keeping safe online and about the imapct of smoking and vaping on our bodies.