SCHOOL TRIPS

RANJEEV S.

Reading school has launched a new Power to the 9’s program that offers a wide variety of trips. These trips focus on building character and personal development and are for students in year 9. The school is running 6 trips –

Malawi - In this trip students will develop an understanding of sustainability issues, interact with the local community while exploring the amazing scenery and wildlife.

Madrid - If you are interested in sports then Madrid is the trip for you. You will train like a professional sportsman. You will be staying in the same hotel used by the Spanish national team.

Sweden - This trip is for nature and adventure lovers. It is the perfect combination of teamwork, camping and adventuring. Finland - On this trip, you will learn skills needed to survive in the arctic such as foraging, fishing and cooking.

Kenya - Where you will develop an understanding of how people live in rural parts of Africa. You will also have the chance to go on a safari.

And if travelling abroad is not your thing, you can go on a three-day canoeing expedition down the River Thames. The focus is to learn the skills you need to work well together in a team, planning and organising yourself.

Educational trips give students a great opportunity to learn outside of the classroom. The trips mean that students are immersed in learning from reallife situations and from their own experiences. The trips also help students with their overall character and personality

development. It also guides them towards becoming wellrounded young men. You will also get a chance to learn everyday life skills such as cooking! They will learn about community and team spirit in addition to academic learning at school.

The school also organises trips that are focused on helping students with particular subjects such as the language’s trips or the geography trip. The languages trips are invaluable because you can only truly understand a language when you have been to a country that speaks that language. This is because you are fully immersed in the culture and are spending all your time with locals and speaking or hearing that language all the time.

Although every trip has a different focus, each trip has the same underlying principle: to help students become wellrounded, responsible young men. It will help them become eager and enthusiastic learners, hard-working individuals and high achievers.