Enrichment

During the school life of a child at Irlam Endowed Primary School, we believe that it is our responsibility to help develop their interests and talents, enabling each child to develop independence, resilience and confidence in their own abilities. We believe it is our role to show and develop each child’s interests in the local and wider area. Through our enrichment offer, we enable children to build a respect and understanding of their own locality including the people within it. 

 

 

 

Residentials 

Year 4 Bushcraft Residential
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Our Year 4 residential is the first time that many of our children have been away from their parents over night. We understand this can be a worrying time for parents/carers so we make sure that our social media accounts are kept up-to-date during the trip. 

Nestled in the Hawardian Hills of North Yorkshire, Castle Howard is the perfect location for a Bushcraft Residential. The site is home to a range of large veteran chestnuts, as well as a pine and spruce plantation. 

On the site, there is a wide range of activities, such as fire lighting, shelter building, camouflage and concealment, target sports, Scenario SOS and many more. All activities are designed to enhance social and personal development whilst also having fun and learning new skills. 

Children stay in yurts in the heart of the woodlands with a cosy campfire. Mealtimes, group sessions and other camp activities take place under a safari-style bell tent. The camps have porta-loos and are monitored 24/7 by experienced instructors. 

Lledr Hall is Salford City Council’s residential adventure activity centre located in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park with the mountains, rivers and lakes on its doorstep. It is the perfect location for going off and having adventures in the great outdoors. 

The programme is tailored to meet the needs of each year group ensuring the maximum benefit for each and every individual. A key focus of this residential is to build children's confidence, independence and team work, as well as to show children how to safely push themselves out of their comfort zones. 

Activities are well-led and carefully managed by trained staff and there is a range of adventurous activities on offer. All activities are designed for children to experience a level of success according to their ability.  This success demonstrates firsthand the benefits that come from working with others to achieve shared goals.

The activity centre is based within a historic building which offers comfortable accomodation, warm showers and hearty food at the end of a long day exploring the sourrounding area. 

Our annual residential to the Chateau du Broutel in Northern France is steeped in cultural and historical learning. 

Throughout the week, children have the opportunity to put their language skills to the test when visiting a range of different locations. We visit a local market where children use their language skills to buy souvenirs; we buy postcards and send these home via the local post office. 

We visit a local beach and take part in spotting the local seals who live there, as well as visiting a local goat farm to see how goats cheese is made. The children enjoy having the opportunity to feed the goats and have a go at milking a couple. 

At the Chateau, there is plenty to do, from campfire and team building activities to trying some traditional French cuisine of frogs legs and snails. 

To link with our history learning, we visit the caves at Naours which is steeped in history as being one of the many locations in the area to house British and Commonwealth soldiers during the First World War. This is a unique experience and something which contextualises what life was like for soldiers during the Great War. 

On the way home, we visit a local war memorial which commemorates those soldiers and military personnel who lost their lives during the wars. We believe this is an important part of our trip as we want to pay our respects to those who did not survive both world wars.