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Students on Science Field Trip 08

Students on Science Field Trip 08

Barnwell Students are offered a plethora of trips throughout the year as support for their education, rewards for their attitude to learning and as ambassadors for the school.

Please see below for a list of forthcoming trips and information.

PGL Weekend at Marchants Hill

On the 3rd of October Year 7 went to Marchants Hill in Surrey. After a terrible journet on the bus we eventually arrived at 9:00pm. Some of the activitites were: Giant swing, Trapeze, Abseiling, Orienteering and many more. We had to share rooms with 5 other people. The weekend was great (and muddy!) Everyone had a fantastic time including all the teachers! A big thank you to all the teachers who came along to help and all the staff at PGL.

Report by Morgan Price & Katherine Whitfield

Science Field Trips

Year 9 Science students braved the Stevenage countryside recently as they headed off into the wilds to study the environment around them.

Year 7 Day Trip to France

The annual Year 7 French day trip took place on Tuesday 1st July. We all assembled on the West campus at the unearthly hour of 4am and drove to Dover . After a very smooth crossing we arrived in France in brilliant sunshine and drove to the lovely walled town of Montreuil –sur –Mer.

Students spent the next part of the day exploring the town with their group leaders and trying out their French. It was fantastic to hear so many using the language to order food and drinks in cafes and to buy baguettes, ice-creams, croissants, postcards and stamps. It has to be said that many of the accompanying staff also gave their school French an airing and to good effect– bravo!

Later on in the day we drove to a hypermarket near Calais for yet more shopping and enjoyed a lovely calm and sunny crossing back to Dover . We arrived back at Barnwell, a tired but happy bunch, at 10pm. It was a really enjoyable day. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the running of the trip, accompanying staff and administration staff - It is no mean feat to take 124 students abroad! I should also like to mention that on three separate occasions’ members of the public complimented our students on their behaviour and positive attitude.

Report by Mrs Latta

Forthcoming Trips

Please note: All times of departure are exact, all times for return are approximate.

Germany 2008

Please open up the following document for a day by day diary of the students in Germany.

• Introduction
• Year 6 Transition
• Year 7
• Buddy System
• The School Day
• School Clubs
• Learning Resource Centre
• School Trips
• Duke of Edinburgh's Award
• 6th Form
• Revision Tools
• Examination Timetable