Trips & Workshops
Challah bread-making workshop
After our brilliant first visit to the Manchester Jewish Museum (see post here), we returned for a challah bread-making workshop. Challah is blessed and eaten on the Sabbath when the family come together. The girls really enjoyed making this bread and it was amazing how the same ingredients produced such different loaves! You could add ... Read more
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Rock and River water activity course
The girls took part in a three-week course at Rock and River Outdoor Pursuit Centre in Mawdesley this month. It’s quite a trek for us but definitely worth it. This course was all water-based and each session was three hours long. Parents can stay in the grounds (and watch if they wish) or drop off ... Read more
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Sports and exercise | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Bolton Solar Farm
We spent a really interesting hour at Bolton’ solar farm on Salford Road this week. I saw a family tour advertised on Facebook and so we signed up for free. The tour was hosted by their education officer. She went through the science of how solar panels work and explained why that particular site was ... Read more
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Environmental Management iGCSE | Geography | Physics | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Manchester Jewish Museum
To accompany the course we followed on National Oak Academy about Judaism, we spent a morning at the Manchester Jewish Museum to bring to life what we’d learned. This museum was opened in July 2021 after a £6 million redevelopment which included a new gallery, café, shop and learning studio/kitchen as well as complete restoration ... Read more
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History | Religious Studies | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Anglo-Saxon Experience at Tatton Park
Last week we went to an Anglo-Saxon day at Tatton Park. We learnt how to make a shield wall, learnt where a lot of sayings come from and how to hunt and cook. I had a lot of fun going back to the basics. It was by the farm so, while we were having our ... Read more
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Anglo Saxons | History | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Thackray Medical Museum
Last Monday, Mummy and I went to the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds. We were taking part in the All Change Workshop which was about growing up and puberty. It was run by Hannah and Rachel and it was their first time running the workshop. It was linked with their current exhibition on periods through ... Read more
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Biology | Physics | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Farm visit to see lambs
This week’s forest school session was a little different. We went to a sheep farm to meet this year’s new additions and to learn about what farmers need to do over the lambing season. Sally, the owner of Higher Plainsteads Farm, was our host and she was great with the children. She offers free farm ... Read more
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Forest School | Natural World | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Feeding time at the Zoo
We love experiences for presents rather than “stuff” and so the girls got animal feeding vouchers at Cumbria Safari Zoo (formerly South Lakes Safari Zoo) for Christmas. We bought them in the Christmas sale in mid-November and got 50% off their usual price. We’ll be doing the same in 2022! The experience included entry into ... Read more
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An introduction to orienteering at Dove Stones
We’re fortunate to live within easy reach of a lot of beautiful walks, and one of our favourites is Dove Stone Reservoir in Greenfield. It was somewhere we spent a lot of time when the girls were very small, but since lockdown we’ve given it a wide berth as the majority of Greater Manchester discovered ... Read more
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Stockport Air Raid Shelters
A visit to the Stockport Air Raid Shelters is a standard school trip for a lot of local schools so we thought we’d go along and check it out for ourselves. At just £5 per adult and accompanying children going free, it really is a bargain trip out. The girls’ knowledge to date of WW2 ... Read more
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