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
Location | Department | Year Group(s) | Date |
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UK | Geography | Year 11 | 6-8 October 2023 |
Portugal | Rugby | Years 8 & 9 | 14-18 October 2023 |
Barcelona | Geography | Upper Sixth | 14-18 October 2023 |
Spain | Hockey | Year 8 & 9 | 15-19 October 2022 |
Germany | Business & Economics | Sixth form | 16-18 October 2023 |
Spain | MFL | Years 10 & 11 | 16-20 October 2023 |
Sicily | Classics | Years 11 - Upper Sixth | 17-21 October 2023 |
France | MFL | Sixth form | 23-27 October 2023 |
UK | Film Studies | Sixth form | 10-12 November 2023 |
Italy | Ski Championships | Years 8 - Upper Sixth | 15-21 December 2023 |
UK | Classics | Sixth form | 12-14 February 2024 |
France | Skiing | Year 9 & 10 | 23-30 March 2024 |
Iceland | Geography | Year 10 | 23-28 March 2024 |
UK | Art & Photography | Sixth form | 25-29 March 2024 |
Spain | Classics | Year 10 | 1-5 April 2024 |
Italy | Classics | Year 8 | 27-31 May 2024 |
France | MFL | Years 9 & 10 | 23-28 May 2024 |
UK | Field Week | Year 6 | 1-4 July 2024 |
India | Overseas partnerships | Lower sixth | July 2024 |
Morocco | Sixth form expedition | Lower sixth | 10-23 July 2024 |
Edinburgh Fringe | Drama | Years 10-12 | 3-12 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