School Trips Overview

The school offers many one-day trips throughout Key Stages 3 and 4. These cover a variety of different activities from geography and history field trips costing in the region of £15 per event, to London theatre trips in the range of £25 to £35 (plus travel costs for some). In Key Stage 5, study days and conferences relevant to the topic under study are available to students and usually cost in the region of £30 with additional travel expenses. In addition, more expensive residential trips are available some years.

At the foot of the page is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in the different Key Stages. However, please note that all proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change. The residential trips listed below have taken place in the past and the school hopes to offer them again although it cannot be assumed that they will take place. New for 2023/24 is a Year 10 MFL Trip to Madrid.

For those trips where there are more applicants than places we employ a ballot system and we do try to give priority to those students who have been disappointed not to secure a place on previous trips.

Previous Residential Trips

Years 8–13 Music Tour to Europe – a week-long tour, Leysin, Switzerland (July 2023)

Year 7 Bushcraft Trip – two-day, one-night team-building trip offered to whole year group, Penshurst (June 2023)

Year 9 History Trip to the Ypres Salient – two-day, one-night trip offered to whole year group (Nov/Dec 2022)

Year 10 Ski Trip – a week's ski trip, offered to whole year group, to Sauze d'Oulx, Italy (Easter 2023)

Year 10 MFL Trip to Paris – three-night trip for French GCSE students (June 2023)

Year 10 History Trip to Berlin – three-night trip for History GCSE students (July 2023)

Years 10 and 11 Geography Trip to Iceland – four-night trip for Geography GCSE students

Year 12 Geography Residential Field Trip – three-night field trip to Juniper Hall, Surrey, for Geography A Level students (June 2023)

Below is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in Years 7–9. However, please note that not all trips will run every year and some listed below will not continue due to changing circumstances/other opportunities that arise. All proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change.

Year group	Trip/visit	Type of trip and focus	Date	Approx cost (£)
7	Arena Pursuits, Flimwell	Transition/teambuilding and leadership skills	Sept	57 (2024)
7	Library Page Turner event	Library event	March	tbc
7–9	Lodge Hill music trip	Three-day residential trip for students with any level of interest in music (singers and musicians)	March	175 (2024)
7–11	Rugby trip to Twickenham Stadium	Stadium visit plus training at the Hazelwood Centre, offered to TWGSB rugby players	March	58 (2023)
7	London theatre trip	All Round Excellence Week	July	34 (2023)
7–10	Reward trip	All Round Excellence Week: reward trip for those students earning the highest no. of house points during the year	July	Zero cost (reward trip paid for by school)
8 & 9	Glyndebourne opera trip	Professional opera production	Nov	24 (2024)
8	Lille Christmas market day trip	Cultural trip for French language development	Dec	120 (2024)
8	Wembley Tour	Sports development	Feb	33 (2023)
8	Coastal geography field trip	Curriculum linked	May/June/July	20 (2023)
8, 9 & 10	PE trip to Wimbledon	Balloted trip	July	147 (2023)
9	Overnight history trip, Ypres, Belgium	Curriculum linked	Nov	235 (2024)
9	Theatre trip …TBC	Curriculum linked	March	tbc
9	D of E Bronze training/ practice expedition weekends	Duke of Edinburgh Bronze weekend expeditions	March onwards	Total DofE Bronze Award cost 240 (2022/23)
9	Go Ape, Bedgebury	ARE Week: End-of-year challenge activity and group problem solving/independent thinking	July	45 (2023)
9	Art gallery trip	ARE Week: gallery visit for students starting GCSE art in the September	July	tbc

Below is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in Years 10 and 11. However, please note that not all trips will run every year and some listed below will not continue due to changing circumstances/other opportunities that arise. All proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change.

Year group	Trip/visit and venue	Type of trip and focus	Date	Approx cost (£)
10	D of E Bronze training/ practice expedition weekends	Duke of Edinburgh Bronze weekend expeditions	Sept	Total DofE Bronze Award cost 240 (2022/23)
10	Whitechapel history trip, London	History GCSE	Sept	31 (2023)
10 & 11	Local art gallery trip	Art GCSE	Oct	Zero cost
10 & 11	Theatre studies trip	Drama GCSE	Dec	36 (2022)
10 & 11	Art gallery trip to Tate Modern	Art GCSE	Feb	tbc
10 & 11	RE/Philosophy trip to Neasdon Temple	RE/Philosophy GCSE	Feb	tbc
7–11	Rugby trip to Twickenham Stadium	Stadium visit plus training at the Hazelwood Centre, offered to TWGSB rugby players	March	58 (2023)
10	Greenwich geography field trip	Geography GCSE	March	20 (2023)
10	Ski trip, Italy	PE-led trip, offered to whole year group	March/April	1650 (2024)
10 & 12	Madrid residential trip	Spanish GCSE and A Level cultural and language development	April	940 (2024)
10	Paris residential trip	French GCSE cultural and language development	June	850 (2024)
10	Berlin residential history trip	History GCSE	July	710 (2023)
7–10	Reward trip	All Round Excellence Week: reward trip for those students earning the highest no. of house points during the year	July	Zero cost (reward trip paid for by school)
8, 9 & 10	PE trip to Wimbledon	Balloted trip	July	147 (2023)
11	Geography field trip, Pett Level	Geography GCSE	Oct	15 (2023)
11	Science live GCSE study groups TBC	tbc	Dec	tbc
11, 12 & 13	Apprenticeship Fair	Small group: careers/apprenticeships	March	Zero cost
10 & 11	Iceland geography field trip	Geography GCSE	July	approx 1300 (2024)

Below is a representation of the trips and visits we are typically able to offer our students in Years 12 and 13. However, please note that not all trips will run every year and some listed below will not continue due to changing circumstances/other opportunities that arise. All proposed trips, dates and costs are subject to change.

Year group	Trip/visit and venue	Type of trip and focus	Month	Approx cost (£)
12	Team-building trip to Bewl Water Outdoor Centre	Teambuilding, leadership (whole cohort)	Sept	50 (2023)
13	Wakehurst Place biology trip	Biology A Level	Sept	42 (2023)
13	'Study of Warfare' history residential trip to France and Belgium	History A Level	Oct	424 (2023)
12 & 13	National Portrait Gallery art trip	Art A Level	Nov	12.50 + travel (2023)
13	French trip to British Film Institute	French A Level	Nov	25 + travel (2023)
	Classics theatre trip to London	Classical Civilisation A Level	Nov	18 + travel (2023)
10 & 12	Theatre trip 'Witness for the Prosecution'	Drama/Theatre GCSE and A Level	Jan	35 (2024)
12	Student media conference at the Southbank	Media A Level	Jan	55 (2024)
12 & 13	Spanish theatre trip	Spanish A Level	Feb	35 (2024)
12	Cambridge/Oxford trip	Careers and University (small group of Oxbridge potentials)	Feb	45 (2024)
11, 12 & 13	Apprenticeship Fair	Small group: careers/apprenticeships	March	Zero cost
12	History trip to Maritime Museum	History A Level	March	21 (2024)
12	UCAS Fair	Careers and University (whole cohort)	March	23 (2024)
10 to 13	Mixed group Can Sat club trip	Club trip	March	tbc
10 & 12	Madrid residential trip	Spanish GCSE and A Level cultural and language development	April	940 (2024)
13	PE exam lecture/revision day at Lingfield College	PE A Level	April	zero cost
10 &12	Paris residential trip	French GCSE and A Level cultural and language development	June	850 (2024)
12	Juniper Hall geography residential	Geography A Level	Jun	475 (2024)
12	PE trip to Brighton University	PE A Level	Jun	49 (2023)
12	EPQ research trip to University Library tbc	EPQ students	June/July	22 (2022)
12	Bewl Aquapark (whole cohort)	ARE Week	July	36 (2023)

For any queries regarding trips and visits, please contact Mrs P Fedrick, Educational Visits Coordinator

psfedrick@twgsboys.kent.sch.uk