At Parkfield we believe that some great learning opportunities take place outside of the classroom. These may include trips, visitors, local visits or just using our school grounds. The overview below details the many opportunities we provide for children at Parkfield.
We are continually updating this page. That's why there may be a few gaps!
Trip down to the post box
Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Learning outside boundaries.
Exploring the outdoor classrooms.
Looking at the features of a church at All Saints and Martyrs in Langley, Middleton.
Wild area
Den building (MAD Day)
Chicks in school.
Easter egg hunt around the school.
Zoolab visit
Chinese New Year
Trip to the farm
Trip to Aldi to buy flowers.
Planting in the poly tunnel and outside.
Wild area focused learning
Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Knowsley Safari Park Outreach Workshop
Easter Experience at All Saints and Martyr's
Visiting a Jewish Synagogue
Enchanted Woodland Lyme Park
Bird watching in the 'forest school' area
Den building (MAD Day)
Measuring dinosaurs
Ranger Rob
Tree circumference measuring
Making tree boggarts
Making natural art/crowns
Teddy Bears Picnic in Alkrington Woods
Dippy the Dinosaur at Rochdale
M6 Theatre Company
Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Visit a Mosque
Knowsley Safari Park Outreach Workshop
Choir Music Festival
Green Fingers at Tatton Park
History of Middleton (Walkaround the local community)
Planting seeds in the polytunnel
Forest school-messy maths
Den building (MAD Day)
Dippy the Dinosaur at Rochdale
M6 Theatre Company
Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Horrible Histories at The Palace Theatre
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Easter Experience at All Saints and Martyr's
Choir Music Festival
Build a Roman Fort / Colosseum
Den building (MAD Day)
Touchstones Greek Workshop
How far can you throw your shadow? Exploring / plotting changes throughout the day.
Swimming
Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Horrible Histories at The Palace Theatre
Building a large scale electricity circuit using natural resources. Explore processes in surface flooding, evaporation and drainage systems.
Swimming
Alkrington Woods
Choir Music Festival
Use of poly-tunnel linked to plant life / growth
Den building (MAD Day)
Ribchester Roman Museum
Overnight Camping experience in the school grounds
Robinwood Residential
Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Evolution Workshop
Holocaust Art Workshop
Easter Experience at All Saints and Martyr's
Ordsall Hall (Tudors)
Visit a Hindu Mandir
Choir Music Festival
Brass Band
Planting trees in the school grounds
Den building (MAD Day)
Comparing the size of planets (scaled)
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Pantomime - Middleton Arena
Evolution Workshop
Choir Music Festival
Visit Manchester Cathedral and look at the building and art
Den building (MAD Day)
Investigating heart rates
Blackpool Residential
First Aid Training
UCLAN - Extracting DNA Workshop
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