Lower IV visit Crossley Heath
On Thursday 20th May Lower IV visited Crossley Heath Grammar School as part of their ongoing learning this term about library and thinking skills. 24 children and 3 members of staff had a very pleasant walk in the sunshine to and from Crossley Heath to visit their Learning Resource Centre (LRC).
The LRC at Crossley Heath is an area which combines a library, multi-media, magazines and newspapers, as well as linking their VLE (Virtual Learning Environment), which is a system that pupils can use to complete some of their homework on line and send it direct to their teachers. It even lets children do their photocopying and printing as well as allowing them to buy their pencils, rubbers, rulers when they might have mislaid them at home!
Mrs Taylor, who is responsible for looking after the LRC, very kindly took us through the school and told us some of its very interesting history, as well as explaining how the LRC works. On the way to the LRC, the children enjoyed looking at some fantastic art exhibitions throughout the school, which had been displayed at last week’s art show . The children were provided with tasks to complete, by finding books and magazines in a very big LRC, and asked some very interesting questions.
Charlie and Edward managed to hunt out a copy of the Rugby magazine from the LRC, which particularly made their day. James, Carmen and Hannah had fun trying on some of the old school hats that were part of the uniform many years ago. Dylan and Angus swiftly sorted out the computer catalogue system, whilst you will see many of the other children enjoying reading books and magazines. Mrs Taylor showed Freya and Ruby a fabulous scrap book which contains cuttings and notes from many years ago when the boarders and orphans wrote about their trips and visits to local places.
All of us had a wonderful time and were only disappointed to learn that we couldn’t spend more time at the school.
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