Learning through experiences outside the classroom is a key element of the overall educational ethos of Emanuel.

School trips are powerful, positive teaching tools that help enhance the social, personal and emotional development of all pupils and teachers. We are very fortunate to be supported by our staff who give their time to run trips and visits during and after school as well as within the holidays, so that there is always something new to see or somewhere new to go.

Every year we run a selection of trips, ranging from afternoon visits to local places of worship to sports tours half way around the world and everywhere in between. Some of these trips are designed to directly support work done in the classroom, for example conferences and lectures in subjects such as Geography, History, Mathematics, Classics and Biology, whilst others, such as visits to partnership schools, aim to develop character traits such as independence, resilience and teamwork and help broaden pupil perspectives. During the last week of the summer term all pupils take part in Field Week. This is an chance for a variety of enrichment opportunities through residential visits and day trips that have an academic, community and joyful focus.

Trips planned for 2022/23

LocationDepartmentYear Group(s)Date
UKGeographyYear 11 6-8 October 2023
PortugalRugbyYears 8 & 914-18 October 2023
BarcelonaGeographyUpper Sixth14-18 October 2023
SpainHockeyYear 8 & 915-19 October 2022
GermanyBusiness & EconomicsSixth form16-18 October 2023
SpainMFLYears 10 & 1116-20 October 2023
SicilyClassicsYears 11 - Upper Sixth17-21 October 2023
FranceMFLSixth form23-27 October 2023
UKFilm StudiesSixth form10-12 November 2023
ItalySki ChampionshipsYears 8 - Upper Sixth15-21 December 2023
UKClassicsSixth form12-14 February 2024
FranceSkiingYear 9 & 1023-30 March 2024
IcelandGeographyYear 1023-28 March 2024
UKArt & PhotographySixth form25-29 March 2024
SpainClassicsYear 101-5 April 2024
ItalyClassicsYear 827-31 May 2024
FranceMFLYears 9 & 1023-28 May 2024
UKField WeekYear 61-4 July 2024
IndiaOverseas partnershipsLower sixthJuly 2024
MoroccoSixth form expeditionLower sixth10-23 July 2024
Edinburgh FringeDramaYears 10-123-12 August 2024

 

 

Pupils participating in canoeing training for their silver DofE award

Regular trips that take place are team-building days at the start of the year for pupils in Years 6, 7 and the Lower Sixth. There are also ‘bushcraft’ overnight adventures for younger pupils towards the end of the school year. Sporting tours happen on rotation and popular venues are Barbados for netball, Spain for hockey and France and Italy for rugby. The rowing club run an annual training camp at Easter on Lake Varese in northern Italy.

Pupils travel much further afield as well. Every summer pupils from the Lower Sixth spend three weeks of their holiday at one of our partnership schools in Tamil Nadu, India where they teach English and enrichment activities. In October 2019, pupils in Year 11 visited The Gambia: a unique opportunity where they learnt about global issues affecting this fascinating country and volunteered alongside young Gambian people.

Find out more about recent trips from our latest news or from our fortnightly newsletter, The Emanuel Edit.

Lower Sixth team-building day, autumn 2019