Trips Planned for 2016/17 for Year 12/13Sixth Form Students:

Department / Trip Description / Time of Year / Expected Costs / Optional/Compulsory / Payments
Sixth Form (linked to Politics/History – but open to all) / Visit to Gar-Field High School, Washington DC.A cultural exchange visit/and stay with families / 10-20 February 2017 (during Half Term) / @£800 - £850
(includes flights, transport and trips) / Optional / Staged from October to January – Final Payment end Jan
Sixth Form
Visit to Cardiff University Open Day / Day Visit to visit campus, learn about University life, attend talks,speak to University Faculties / March/ April 2017 / Voluntary Contribution if paid in September covers this – if not @ £10 to cover transport / Optional / Payment needed by beginning of March
Sixth Form / Trips out during Enrichment Week to help with community projects / July 2017 / Local day trips – no cost to students
(school mini bus) / Optional / n/a
Art / Trip to Venice - 4/5 nights
Aimed at Art/Photography students / July 2017 / @£500 / Optional / Staged Payments
Last payment June 2017
Business/Media / Trip to Berlin – 5 days 3 nights half board – with 1 o/night journey outbound. For media and business studies students / 4 March 2017 / @£300 / Optional / Staged Payments
First payment needed by second week of September
Law/Applied Law/ Public Services/Politics / Day Trip to London to Visit Supreme Court/Houses of Parliament / December 2016 / @ £25.00 / Recommended / Payment needed by end November
Public Services / PGL Liddington– 1 day / April 2017 / @ £40.00 / Compulsory for students on Public Services Course / Payment needed by Mid March
Creative Writing / One trip per term available/ a visiting writer workshop or writing trip
Trip to British Library / July 2017 / @£10 / Optional but recommended
Optional / Staged payments available.
Contact Miss Neeves for full details.
Drama / “Show Trip” for Year 12 Drama students / Nov/Dec 2016 / @£30 - £40 / Compulsory / Payment needed by end of November
Drama / Trip to Stratford Upon Avon with a workshop for Year 13 Drama Students / February – April 2017 / @ £30 - £40 / Compulsory / Payment needed by end of January/ February
English Literature / Skirrid Hill
For Literature Students – during school day / Early December 2015 / @ £5-£10 for transport costs / Recommended
English Literature / Literature Conference in London for English Students / November 2016 / @ £30.00 / Optional but recommended
English Language / Language Conference in London for English Students / February 2017 / @ £30.00 / Optional but recommended / Payment needed by Mid January
English/Music / Various Theatre Trips during the Year
Available to English, Drama, Music and Media students / @ £30.00 - £40.00 / Recommended but not compulsory
ICT – Computing / Visit to Bletchley Park
For Year 13 students / 12 October 2016 / @£30-£40
(includes transport) / Optional / Payment by end of September.
ICT –Computing / Visit to Disneyland Paris – Conference on Computing for year 12 & 13 students / Feb/March 2017 / @£350 / Optional / Staged payment from October - January
Department / Trip Description / Time of Year / Expected Costs / Optional/Compulsory / Payments
Science - Biology / Ecology day trip for Year 12 A Level Biology Students / 17 July 2017 / @£15 / Optional
Science - Chemistry / Chemistry day trip for Year 12 students – arrangements still to be confirmed / 2016/2017 / tbc / Optional / Further details to follow
Contact Mr Shepperson
Physics Trip / Visit to Cern, Switzerland to see the Large Hadron Collider / July 2017 tbc / @£400 tbc / Optional / Staged payments collected between Feb & June – there is a non-refundable deposit to cover travel costs.
Geography Field Trip / 3 Day Residential trip to Snowdonia for year 12 students as part of their fieldwork / 22-24 March 2017 / @£250.00 / Compulsory for students on Geography course to collect data for A levelresearch project / Staged Payments
Final payment due January
Geography Trip / Year 13 5 day trip to Iceland / 30 October – 3 November 2016 / £825.00 / Optional / Staged payments
Geography Trip / Year 13 – Living Rainforest at Newbury / 21 February 2017 / £15.00 / Optional but recommended
Geography Trip / Year 13 – London residential – new trip hoping to include the Tectonic conference and visit to Docklands. / 24-25 November / £140.00 / Optional but recommended / Staged payments and can be spread over 6 months.
Duke of Edinburgh Award Camps / 5 Day Trip for students taking Gold award. Cost includes training in school, 4 day practice in Brecon Beacons and 5 day qualifying expedition in Dartmoor. / Mid July 2016 / @ £200.00 –
Students can either pay or fundraise for / Compulsory as forms part of the assessment for the Award / Throughout the year
DT / New Designers Trip to London
Day trip for Textiles & Graphics students / July 2017 / @ £25.00 / Optional / By end of June
DT / 1 day trip to Bristol
Aimed at Textiles & Graphics students / Oct/Nov 2016 / @10.00 to cover travel / Compulsory
DT - Engineering / Visits to Local Businesses:
TE Connectivity Swindon
Praxair Swindon / Sep 2016
Feb 2017 / Free
Free / Compulsory
Compulsory
Languages / Cultural/Language skills visit to France for A Level French students (possibly KS4 too). Attending language school every morning with cultural excursions / Nov/Dec 2016 / @ £500 / Optional / Payments from September to December
PE / 2 Day Activity Trip to Pencelli, Wales – aimed at A Level/BTEC and Sport Rep students (price includes activities, accommodation and full board) / Tbc / @£120 / Optional / Staged payments