Many pupils dread Monday mornings, but reception class children at Our Lady & St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Maryport, Cumbria, aren't among them. To them Monday is 'out and about' day and the best part of the week by far.
For the past two years, Foundation Stage teacher Carol Copley has built her entire curriculum planning around weekly trips in a community minibus. The school pays for the petrol; for the children, the day is absolutely free.
'The children in my class love coming to school, mostly because every Monday morning, rain, hail or shine, my reception class, a school governor, a childcare student, and I go out and about,' says Mrs Copley. 'And it's working.'
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