After arriving very early at school the children in Year 6 were delighted to be on the coach and heading for a day in London.  Our first stop was the Winston Churchill Britain at War Experience.  Everyone piled into an old lift which trundled down to a replica of an underground station where people would shelter from air raids during London's Blitz.  The whole museum was full of interesting artefacts and displays as well as hands on experiences such an Anderson Shelter to sit in and plenty of wartime clothing to dress up in. 

History came alive for the children in Year 4 when they visited Hampton Court Palace. The building looked beautiful in the spring sunlight, but thinks took on a more serious air as we were guided through the cellars and corridors by a palace servant. We were told tales about the King, his queens and the many secrets of the palace.

As well as visiting the royal apartments, Great Hall and Chapel Royal, we had a tour of the palace kitchens. Here we learnt how to roast meat over a huge fire and saw an amazing demonstration of how the Tudors would create fire.

On the 30th March 3S and 3B set off for a day at Butser Ancient Farm. When we got there we all met Gwen and her two dogs, Monty and Moss, the sheep dog. We went in two Celt houses. The second house we went into we sat on some silky animal skin and the teachers sat on a bed, while we sat around the fire and found out more about the Celts.

I really liked the thatch on the Celtic house. When we went outside the house we saw the toilet that the Celts used. When we finished looking at the toilet we went to dig. I found a bone in the soil. We also did some pottery and I made a finger pot. The third activity was making a mosaic.

The AS law and politics group spent a fascinating day exploring legal London on foot.

Our day began with a visit to the Central Criminal Courts of London, more commonly known as the Old Bailey. Situated just off Newgate Street and next to Newgate prison, which is within the western part of the city. We spent most of the morning listening to various cases, which were divided up across the 19 courtrooms. We listened to some thrilling cases, which included an attempted murder in court 12. It was interesting to see the law being put into practice by the judges sitting.

In the afternoon, the highlight of the day was the visit to the Houses of Parliament. We were able to see how the Bills are passed to form the law the judges use today in the courts. We were lucky enough to spot a few familiar public figures, such as the Archbishop of Canterbury, David Davis the former conservative MP, the Ex Lord Chancellor and many more.

As part of the AS Level Geography syllabus students are required to participate in field work. This is an exciting part of the course that develops practical skills in order to gain a better knowledge and understanding of field work techniques and to bring life to areas studied in class.

The Alton Convent group set off on Sunday morning and travelled to Swanage, Dorset, to begin our three day trip. The girls explored a variety of local villages to study how rural areas are managing to rebrand themselves to cope with changing circumstances in work and demographics. It was interesting to visit farms that had diversified and see community initiatives created to attract people back to rural areas. We also spent time studying coastal process, management strategies and conflicts of interest that arise in coastal environments.

On 18th March, Year 6 went to the Curtis Museum in Alton, to see what Alton was like in the past. I was in a group with Mr Lyons. First we went round the museum and a lady briefly told us about the activities we were going to do. First our group wnt upstairs to go 'Through the Keyhole'; we all answered the questions one by one about the people who lived in Alton in 1881 and 1891 using information from the census. Next we went to 'Whose am I', I personally found this the best bit: my person was called Mary-Anne and she was a maid to the Curtis family. After that we went to 'Mapping Changes', and I found out that Alton has got a lot bigger since 1871. We went downstairs to find out about W T Kenward, who was a soldier in the First World War. Finally we had to sort out which pictures whent into the four sections for children, hop pickers, street and occupation. I wnt away having learnt lots of new information about Alton in the past.

For our history lesson with Mrs Riches, we had a lesson on the Aztecs and how Columbus discovered America by mistake. It was a good lesson because we learnt a lot about the Aztecs and how they lived by just talking about them. The thing most of us found interesting was that when the Spanish tried to steal gold from the Aztecs, many of them drowned as they tried to get away, because there were little rivers between the areas of land instead of roads. They drowned as they tried to get across because they were weighed down by the gold in their pockets. We enjoyed the lesson and found some of the facts very interesting.