Calendar of Activities 1999/00
RESIDENTIAL WEEKENDS and ACTIVITIES
Pixies Holt/Dartmoor Training Centre
1st - 3rd October Moorland
Activities etc. All years
28-30 January Caving/Walking etc. All years
16-18 June Moorland Activities inc. Horseriding
All years
(Cost - from about £30 + any hire fee for caving
kit or horseriding)
Ten Tors
14 - 16 January Pixies Holt Weekend [For those
without previous experience] Yrs 9/10/11
March - May Walks and two camps
12-14 May Ten Tors Event
(Total Cost is likely to be about £80)
Exmoor Challenge
March- May Training Walks Yrs 7/8/9
6 May Exmoor Challenge
(Cost about £10 - free to those who have paid
for Ten Tors)
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Ongoing for Year 10. Camps and other activities
are part of the Award programme.
Outdoor Activities
24 - 26 September North Wales Mountains, walking
and camping Yrs 9/10/11
(cost £30)
23 - 25 June Canoeing Weekend, River Wye (cost
£30) Yrs 9/10/11
(Some details still to be confirmed for
these activities)
History
10 - 11 September Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale (GCSE)
Yr 11
LONGER RESIDENTIAL VISITS (MAINLY IN HOLIDAYS)
German Exchange
18-27 February Half term - Already arranged
French Exchange
Easter Dates to be confirmed. Cost about £70
Years 7-11
Art
Easter Paris art visit Years 10 and 11
Year 7 & 8 Activities
11 - 14 July Cost - from free up to about £110*
Years 7 & 8
DAY ACTIVITIES
Art/Ceramics London Visits
Various times (depending on exhibitions) Both Year
11 and Year 10 will have one visit for each subject. Cost £16
- £18
Canoeing
September /October After School each Tuesday, Haven
Banks: Years 8,9,10,11
May/June /July cost £4.00. (All Years in the summer
term)
October - March Various kayak trips down local rivers:
cost about £5.00 including wet suit hire.
If Competent
Caving
Autumn and Spring terms. Various caving days, mainly in the Mendips:
cost about £6.00 including hire
of kit. All Years
Climbing
Autumn and Spring terms after school on Friday afternoons, at Bristol Climbing Wall.Dates still to be arranged.Cost about £10.00.
Recreational
There will be several trips for activities such as
ice skating, Alton Towers etc. Some will be open to a particular
year group and others to all. They are not in school time.
Careers*
There are many visits to Colleges, workplaces and
careers exhibitions, particularly in Year 11 but also in the summer
term for Year 10.
Drama*
Termly Theatre Visits to Stratford and other theatres
Yrs 10 & 11
Dartmoor/Ten Tors
17 October Sponsored Walk for interested pupils and
families
9 April OATS Walk across Dartmoor (Cost £6 )
Yrs 9,10, 11
[Others with Parents]
Curriculum Activities (Physical Education, Science,History,
Geography)*
There are many sporting competitions and fixtures
both after school and in school time. No charge is normally made.
There are local day visits for science, geography
and history both for GCSE and for the Lower School. A contribution
is normally requested.
Many other day and after school visits are arranged
when opportunities arise
Note: the items marked* take place during the
school day and a charge may not be made. However, although they are normally
subsidised by the school we could not afford their full cost and
if the contribution requested is not made we may not be able to
run them.