Super St Lucia Learning Getaway for RAPS Adventurers
Children at Ramsgate Arts Primary packed their bags for an imaginary journey around the island of St Lucia.
As part of their topic People and Places, Year 3 boys and girls accompanied Freshwater Theatre on a trip to explore the Caribbean paradise.
Together they climbed the tapered Piton mountains, helped out at a banana plantation, visited a rainforest and looked around a traditional school.
The educational adventure clearly made a major impact on the children. Here is what they thought about their experiences.
Karina aged seven said: “I loved pretending to be a tour guide in the rainforest. We saw water spiders,” while Avi, eight, added: “I was a fisherman and I had to catch fish for my family.”
Agnes, eight, explained: “My favourite bit was doing the limbo and all the music.” Dalia, eight, said: “I thought that it was really fun and I liked being on the bus, it was so bumpy,” and Vincent, eight, summed it up well: “I loved exploring and all of the different jobs we got to do.”
Teacher Claire O’Flaherty said: “The children were captivated throughout and really enjoyed all of the
activities. It was wonderful to see them so immersed in their learning and they were talking about this experience for days.”
Head of School Nick Budge believes in giving pupils as many different learning opportunities as possible. He said: “This virtual trip to St Lucia was brilliantly delivered by the theatre group who made the island adventure come alive for them.”
Ramsgate Arts Primary School is part of the Viking Academy Trust with Upton Junior School and Chilton Primary School.
*For more information, contact Head of School Nick Budge on 01843 582847
The wonderful world of reading and storytelling is an important key to unlock a child’s imagination – and Ramsgate Arts Primary hold a series of reading for pleasure sessions throughout the year.
Teachers all dressed up as the Disney classic’s 101 Dalmatians with Mr Budge as their menacing nemesis Cruella de Ville.
sessions pre-recorded for RAPS by authors and illustrators were popular.
One of the most challenging tasks saw pupils tasked earlier with reading stories to their pets and reading in the most unusual places, with the evidence photographed. There were a selection of interesting and thoughtful entries, with pupils Millie and Annie judged the winners.
books and the amazing journeys that stories can take them on - we wanted to make sure our World Book Day was all about reading for pleasure to encourage our girls and boys to get lost in the magical world of reading.
Mr Budge added: “It was a spectacular day as magical as the characters and stories that captivate us all. Loving books and being excited to immerse yourself in a thrilling story is the right of every child, and we nurture it from the youngest of ages.”