Trips
Details of any planned trips for 2011/12 and links to their associated letters/information will be published below:
History trip - Year 9
The History Department are planning a trip for Year 9 students on Wednesday 14th March 2012. They will be visiting the Army Museum in Chelsea to learn how warfare & weapons changed between the First and Second World Wars - follow this link for more details
Art trip - Year 10 & 11
Wednesday 8th February 2012 - DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES WE REGRET THAT THIS TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Rewards trip - Years 7 - 11
Monday 19th December, at the start of the Xmas Holidays, as a reward for pupils who enjoyed an excellent Autumn term with regards to their attendance and punctuality as well as their exemplary attitude and conduct in school, we arranged trips to go ice skating, to see Shrek the Musical in London or to Snozone in Milton Keynes. Follow this link for details of timings and arrangements for the day.
Art trip - Year 10 & 11
Wednesday 14th December 2011
A visit is being arranged to the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for GCSE Art students in Yr10 & 11 - more details
Geography trip - Year 9
The Year 9 Geography trip to Thetford Forest took place on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th November, 2011. The purpose of the trip was to learn about the forest environment and to collect data to enable pupils to complete an assessed project back in school. The assessment will involve planning a development of the Devil’s Punchbowl site. .
History trip - Year 9 & 10
Thursday 20th & Friday 21st October
The History staff organised a trip to the Battlefields of the Somme including a visit to the Menin Gate at Ypres and some of the Commonwealth Cemeteries in the area. Follow this link for more details
Core trip - Year 7
Year 7 trip to Harz Mountains, Germany - Sunday 3rd July to Saturday 9th July 2011
Read about our last year's trip here.
- more details
Aimhigher Visit - Coddenham Dig
Fifteen Year 9 and 10 Aimhigher students took part in a “Higher Education Field Academy” in May – this involved two days “digging” in Coddenham under the supervision of professional archaeologists, and a day at Cambridge University.
The Academy was led by Cambridge academic and “ Timeteam” presenter Carenza Lewis.
Wahida Mezabin and Sky Welham wrote this account of their adventures…
Westbourne Aim Higher students took part in a three day trip. This involved a two day excavation in Coddenham. We enjoyed digging our test pits and meeting students from other schools round Ipswich.
On our third day we went by train and also took a taxi to the University of Cambridge. It took approximately one and a half hours to get there. We were shown round part of the university and taught about all the different courses you could take. They gave us information about the qualifications we would need to go there. They gave us a free meal because of all the hard work we did on the two days dig! Later on in the day, we learnt about the artefacts we had found, and teams were given awards e.g. for the best pit record.
All the students who took part were given packs to complete a written assignment, which we had to produce by the end of the month. This work will be marked by university teachers, and we will receive certificates for our reports. We really enjoyed our time and hope to go on more events like this.
PE Trip - Year 7, 8 & 9
Proposed Watersports Trip from 1st - 8th June 2012
