CURRICULUM-RELATED DAY TRIPS
JOURNEYS @BSB Students’ experience at the British School of Bucharest is significantly enhanced through ‘BSB Journeys’ as students learn best when they are involved in what they are learning. These journeys represent an essential component of a student's education, allowing for broader experiential learning. Through ‘BSB Journeys’, students discover places and people, build bridges with new cultures, and acquire new life skills.
We run many trips of this type throughout the year for all students. There is no additional cost for these, and permission has been granted within the Registration File, though parents are notified of each upcoming trip. In addition to the educational trips that enrich the students’ experiences at the British School of Bucharest, Secondary students take responsibility for their own learning. They participate in out-of-class activities and events, including symposiums and a Work Experience Programme that helps students develop a portfolio of out-of-class learning experiences.
RESIDENTIAL TRIPS The Year 2 pupils experience a sleepover on BSB’s campus, a perfect transition process to the following year’s trips. Starting in Year 3, the Primary students can join overnight trips to various Romanian destinations. These trips enhance classroom learning and provide a more hands-on, real-life learning experience.
INTERNATIONAL TRIPS Secondary students can partake in local trips in Romania and overseas. The School often runs several trips relating to subjects taught, such as Geography, Business Studies and Drama trips to various locations and international festivals. The cost of residential and international trips is not included in the fees. Information about these trips will be provided via email for registering using School Buddy System.
THE ARCTIC CHALLENGE A SUSTAINABILITY EXPERIENCE This Academic Year, in early February, the British School of Bucharest will offer a parent-student experience in the Arctic alongside students enrolled in the Project Zephyr CCA Programme, who will be testing their vehicles on a race track carved into an ice lake in Lapland. To open up the experience to more people, students from outside the Innovation Hub will be invited for a one-two day test drive on the ice track. Allowing them to see the available opportunities should they choose Project Zephyr as a CCA. The Arctic Challenge is a unique experience created by Foamblock. The event will be held at Lapland’s Ice Driving’s outstanding facilities in Arjeplog, the European capital of winter test driving. Lapland Ice Driving (LID) provides infrastructure and logistics support.
LAPLAND ICE DRIVING PARENTS’ EXPERIENCE Parents can enjoy an extraordinary ice driving experience in the winter capital of automotive testing – Arjpelong, in Swedish Lapland. The exquisite location provides 14 racetracks, five 1:1 scale F1 tracks and nearly 3,000 acres of usable space.
PROJECT ZEPHYR by FOAMBLOCK
Lapland Ice Driving is the world’s largest driving centre.
The first step to participating in the Arctic Challenge is building Project Zephyr, which provides a complete immersive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) experience.
You can choose from a fleet of exceptional cars specially prepared for extreme conditions. Available personal in-car tuition by highly qualified instructors using unrivalled and proven techniques, reaching up to 200Km/h in total safety for for ultimate pleasure.
BSB Students aged 12+ can join Project Zephyr - the programme created by Foamblock - and build their electric cars using mostly recyclable materials. Students receive a complete kit - all the hardware components and materials as well as a self-learning algorithm to help them learn more about themselves during this experience. Aside from engineering, students also learn more about business, law, marketing, teamwork, leadership, and new addition this year, finance. The entire project (including logistics) aims to be 100% carbon-neutral.
They can participate in the Arctic Challenge, where the aim is to achieve top points in 4 challenges: Endurance, Speed, Drift, and Carbon sustainability. Find more information about the Arctic Challenge: www.thearcticchallenge.com
You can book tailor-made services directly, ensuring a totally unique experience: www.lapland-ice-driving.com When not racing, parents and students can participate in unique Arctic activities such as snowmobile riding, ice fishing, arctic exploration, dog sledding, and of course, weather permitting, hunting the elusive aurora borealis - the northern lights.
Foamblock is a company focused on raising the level of education available to young people by challenging them to be curious and delivering products that help students discover more about the sciences and the wider world, but more importantly, about themselves. Find more information: www.foamblock.eu