Trips and Visits

Adventure Day The Year 3 boys had a wonderful time at the Anderton Centre: paddleboarding, crate climb stacking and orienteering! The boys all thoroughly enjoyed the day in the beautiful sunshine, and proved how well they could work in team.

Quarry Bank Mill The Year 6 boys visited Quarry Bank Mill to learn all about life as apprentices in this historic mill. They discovered the various jobs and the harsh working conditions they would have experienced, watched the machines in action and even carried out some of the jobs themselves. CapCom Go! Some of the school’s most able scientists from Years 4, 5 and 6 enjoyed an immersive science and history experience at the World Museum in Liverpool. ‘CapCom Go!’ was staged in the planetarium and allowed the boys to learn more about the race to put man on the moon. Boys also enjoyed looking around the museum in the afternoon.

Ordsall Hall A trip to Orsdall Hall in Salford brought history to life for Year 5. They experienced life as a resident at this Tudor house, helped prepare a wedding feast, and learned about the roles and responsibilities of farmers, servants, lords, ladies and even entertainers at the wedding party. They also learned about traditional Tudor food and drink, knights and squires and Tudor hygiene. Cuerden Valley Year 6 was blessed with a beautiful day for fieldwork at Cuerden Valley Park. The boys spent the day down at the River Lostock carrying out various activities including water sampling, measuring the speed of the water flow and observing river processes in action. They were also able to calculate the Biotic Index of the river, concluding that the water is very clean and sustains a great variety of plant and animal/insect life.

Tatton Park Year 4 took a trip to Tatton Park to explore what life was like in Anglo-Saxon/Viking Britain. The boys took part in different activities, including weaving, tactics on the battlefield, and deer tracking and hunting.

Patterdale The Patterdale trips proved as popular as ever with the boys and gave them the invaluable experience of taking their learning outside of the classroom. This year, the programme has been developed this year to give greater focus to sustainability: the instructors wowed the boys with information and activities all about local ecosystems and the dangers posed to marine wildlife through human pollution. The boys thoroughly enjoyed all the adventurous activities: scenic walks, kayaking, paddleboarding and canoeing on Ullswater, learning survival skills in the forest, gorge walking and so much more! Exploring York During October half term, a group of Year 6 boys travelled to York for three days to learn all about the cultural heritage of the city, and the country as a whole. Whilst there we got a glimpse of Viking living at the Jorvik Centre, discovered all about British Industrial and Engineering achievements at the National Railway Museum and enjoyed (or endured) a spooky Halloween walk.