Educational Trips and Visits
At UCC we see educational trips and visits as being a core part of our provision. We aim to provide a rich and varied set of experiences for our young people outside of the classroom. We believe that the skills, knowledge and understanding gained during an educational trip can be extremely supportive to our curriculum aims as well as developing our students' character, cultural awareness and all-round life skills. We also aim to give all our students a fair and equitable opportunity to access trips and visits throughout their five years.
Please find below a comprehensive calendar of all the trips that a UCC student may have the opportunity to take part in during their time at UCC. The aim of this document is to enable parents to make fully informed decisions and budget accordingly for the 5 years their child is with us.
NB: These are the ‘perennial’ trips that are likely to go ahead – obviously we cannot predict the one-off specials that come up every year.
Similarly, whilst these are the trips that are most likely to be offered, there is no guarantee that they will be available. We obviously cannot predict staffing or circumstantial changes.
|
YEAR |
MONTH |
TRIP |
LENGTH |
OPEN TO…* |
APPROXIMATE COST |
|
7 |
March |
Hums trip to Lincoln Castle |
1 day |
Whole year |
£18.50 |
|
July |
Reward trip to Drayton Manor |
1 day |
Invited students |
£8 |
|
|
July |
MFL Trip to Boulogne |
2 day |
Limited numbers |
£178 |
|
|
July |
Activity Days (variety of activities on offer) |
1 day |
Various – limited numbers |
£0 to £20 depending on activity selected |
|
8 |
February H/T |
Junior School Ski Trip |
1 week |
Limited numbers |
£945 |
|
March |
Science trip to Think Tank, Birmingham |
1 day |
Whole year |
£27.50 |
|
|
Easter Holidays |
Don Bosco Sporting Exchange |
5 days |
Limited numbers |
Away £200 Home £35 |
|
|
May |
PE Netball Trip |
3 days |
Limited numbers |
£177 |
|
|
July |
Reward trip to Drayton Manor |
1 day |
Invited students |
£8 |
|
|
July |
Performing Arts cultural trip to London |
2 days |
Drama students |
£195 |
|
|
July |
Hums trip to Black Country Museum |
1 day |
Whole year |
£19 |
|
|
July |
Activity Day |
1 day |
Various – limited numbers |
£0 to £20 depending on activity selected |
|
9 |
February H/T |
Junior School Ski Trip |
1 week |
Limited numbers |
£945 |
|
Easter Holidays |
Don Bosco Sporting Exchange |
5 days |
Limited numbers |
Away £200 Home £35 |
|
|
May |
PE Netball Trip |
3 days |
Limited numbers |
£177 |
|
|
July |
Reward trip to Drayton Manor |
1 day |
Invited students |
£8 |
|
|
July |
MFL trip to Paris |
5 days |
Limited numbers |
£515 |
|
|
July |
Performing Arts cultural trip to London |
2 days |
Drama students |
£195 |
|
|
July |
English trip to Stratford |
1 day |
Whole year |
£20 |
|
|
July |
Activity Day |
1 day |
Various – limited numbers |
£0 to £20 depending on activity selected |
|
10 |
November |
GCSE Citizenship trip to Parliament |
1 day |
Subject based |
£10.50 |
|
November |
GCSE Spanish Exchange visitors to UCC |
5 days |
Subject based |
£420 Total |
|
|
February |
GCSE Science Live! |
1 day |
Selected students |
£30 |
|
|
February H/T |
Senior School Ski Trip |
1 week |
Limited numbers |
£1075 |
|
|
March |
GCSE Spanish Exchange to Spain |
6 days |
Subject based |
£420 Total |
|
|
March |
Ace Day trip |
1 day |
Whole year |
£20 |
|
|
April |
MFL trip to Hamburg |
4 days |
Subject based |
£445 |
|
|
Easter Holidays |
Don Bosco Sporting Exchange |
5 days |
Limited numbers |
Away £200 Home £35 |
|
|
May |
PE Netball Trip |
3 days |
Limited numbers |
£177
|
|
|
July |
GCSE Citizenship trip to National Justice Museum |
1 day |
Subject based |
£20 |
|
|
July |
GCSE History trip to Berlin |
3 days |
Subject based |
£600 |
|
11 |
September |
GCSE Geography Field Trip |
1 day |
Subject based |
£12 |
|
September |
GCSE Art trip to Cambridge |
1 day |
Subject based |
£15.50 |
|
|
September |
GCSE History trip to Kenilworth Castle |
1 day |
Subject based |
£8 |
|
|
October |
GCSE DT trip to V & A Museum |
1 day |
Subject based |
£18 |
|
|
November |
GCSE Citizenship Trip to Houses of Parliament |
1 day |
Subject based |
£25 |
|
|
February H/T |
Senior School Ski Trip |
1 week |
Limited numbers |
£1075 |
|
|
Easter Holidays |
Don Bosco Sporting Exchange |
5 days |
Limited numbers |
Away £200 Home £35 |
*Please note that where a trip states ‘limited numbers’ a whole year group will have the opportunity to 'book on' to a trip, however, we will not have capacity to accommodate the whole year. (For example, the Yr7 Boulogne trip is open to all Yr7 students, but the capacity is 88 places.) The number of places available and method of selection will be included in the trip information sheet.
