Trips, Visits & Speakers
We believe that participation in a range of educational trips and visits is important for students. Not only does it enhance classroom learning, it offers an opportunity to develop friendships and enjoy new experiences. Often some of the best memories are made during fieldwork, at the Titanic Museum or on the Y8 Residential in Cultra!
Students in all year groups will have as many opportunities as possible each year to access a range of trips, visits and workshops delivered by external speakers. This helps to enrich the curriculum and add greater relevance to some parts of courses.
Some of our trips and visits have become fixtures on our annual calendar: the annual ski trip to Italy; language exchange trips to Germany and Spain and the GCSE Business Studies trip to Disneyland Paris to name a few. The single most important one, however, is the 1 night Y8 Residential Trip to the Ulster Folk Park at Cultra in the week before the October half term break as it creates such important opportunities for our new Y8 students to build friendships and learn new skills. Activities include an orienteering quiz, a Victorian school lesson and a courtroom Drama as well as an Art competition and the Barn Dance.
Below is a sample of the range of activities which took place in 2019-20:
Autumn Term:
Y11-14 Assertive Mentoring Day
Y14 Visits to QUB and UU Open Days
Y8 Translink Safety Bus
Y9 Price Waterhouse Cooper ICT Workshop
Y8 Residential to Cultra
Y12 QUB Chemistry at Work Sessions
Y10 History Trip to Titanic Museum
Y9 TAMHI Workshop
Y11-14 Art Trip to Ulster Museum
Y12 HE Trip to Cookery School
Y10 Geography Field Trip to Giant’s Causeway
Y13 Biology Fieldwork at Mount Stewart
Y13-14 Film Studies Workshop – Royal Conservatoire Scotland
Y13 Habitat for Humanity Workshops
All Years – Attendance Reward Trip to Christmas Market, Belfast
Spring Term:
Y8 Robotics Workshop – Sentinus
Y12 Business Studies Trip to Disneyland Paris
Y11-14 Art Trip to the Ulster Museum
Y11 Ski Trip
Y14 Amazing Brains Workshop
Y9 ICT Workshops
Y13 Geography Field Trip to Iceland
Y10 History Trip to the Somme Centre
Y10 Languages and Employability Workshop – NICILT
Y11 Business Studies Marketing Workshop
Y11 Tree of Knowledge Workshop
Y11-12 Geography Field Trip to Colin Glen
Y13-14 Business Studies Trip to Titanic Museum
Y12 Horticulture Trip to CAFRE
Y8-10 Attendance Reward Cinema Trip
Summer Term:
Y13-14 Business Studies Trip to Norbrook Laboratories
Y10 Shout Out Workshop
Y8 Geography Field Trip to Belvoir Forest
Y11 Business Studies Trip to Tayto
Y11 Horticulture Trip to Mount Stewart
Y11 Horticulture Trip to CAFRE
Y11 Food & Nutrition Trip to CAFRE
Y10 LLW Trip to Stormont
Y10 PE Inspiration Day
All Years – Attendance Reward Trip to Barry’s & Portrush