Trips, visits and extracurricular activities are our forte and we want all students to participate in some of these enriching activities. Some trips are linked to the academic curriculum, such as the John Clare trip to Helpston that runs alongside the study of his poetry in Year 7 English; some develop cultural understanding, tolerance and enlightenment such as the Year 8 trip to a Cathedral, Mosque and Gurdwara to compliment the RS curriculum. Others offer a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit and explore far flung parts of the world that combine volunteering projects with cultural tourism such as previous trips to Sumatra and Nepal. From Oakham to Canada, free trips, day trips and tours of exotic locations, Catmose invests heavily in seeking out as many opportunities as we can. Our staff relish the chance to witness and help our students develop in very different ways to those seen in the classroom, and in Year 11 it is these memories that our students recall as some of their most memorable learning.
Information for each trip including payment details will be included in a letter which you will receive from the College either via your child or via groupcall. The payments made for trips are non refundable unless specified so please ensure that your child is committed to a trip before the deposit and subsequent instalments are made.
UPCOMING TRIPS
2022/23
The following trips are in the planning stage and are listed for advice only; they will proceed subject to approval and viability.
March 2023
YEAR 9 – WW1 Battlefields residential to Belgium & France – Cost £355 for 3 days
YEAR 10/11 – Blood Brothers day trip – Cost £32/£5 FSM students
Oundle Music and Drama Festival – Cost £15/£5 FSM students
YEAR 7/8 – International Netball Festival, Disneyland Paris – Cost £659 for 5 days
YEAR 7/8 – Football tour, Barcelona – Cost £732 for 5 days
Spanish exchange (home hosting)
April 2023
YEAR 10 – Iceland Photography and Art & Design residential – Cost £995
YEAR 10 – Cambridge Art and Design day trip – Cost £22/£5 FSM students
Music Scholars – Royal Concert Hall Nottingham – Cost £25/£5 FSM students
May 2023
YEAR 8 – History Yorkshire residential – Cost £270 for 3 days
Year 8 – Humanities Mosque trip in Leicester
YEAR 9/10 – French exchange (Away hosting) – Cost £400 for both
YEAR 8 – Humanities day trip to the Black Country Museum – Cost £28/£5 FSM students
Spanish exchange (Away hosting) – Cost £485
June 2023
YEAR 7 – Art day trip to Burghley House, Stamford – Cost £14/£5 FSM students
YEAR 7 – Humanities day trip to Bletchley park
July 2023
YEAR 10 – French exchange (home hosting)
YEAR 8 – Maths residential to PGL Winmarleigh Hall – Cost £290 for 3 days
YEAR 10 – Wimbledon Championship – Cost £257 for 2 days
We are also expecting a Spanish exchange this academic year too, but we are yet to determine matching dates with the partner Spanish School.
2023/24
The following trips are in the planning stage and are listed for advice only; they will proceed subject to approval and viability.
September 2023
YEAR 7 – Bushcraft Trip – Cost £62-£66 dependant on numbers/£50 for FSM students
October 2023
YEAR 11 – Geography residential to Sicily – Cost £865/ £600 FSM students (with Harington Year 13 students)
February 2024
YEARS 8/9 – Ski trip to Italy – Cost £1200 for 6 nights
March 2024
YEAR 9 – Belgium Battlefields – Cost £360 for 3 days
April 2024
YEAR 8 – Yorkshire residential – Cost £270 for 3 days
June 2024
YEAR 10 – Norman History residential, Hastings & Normandy – Cost £400 for 3 days
July 2024
Expedition to Nepal Community project – Cost £3,350 for 14 days
2024/25
The following trips are in the planning stage and are listed for advice only; they will proceed subject to approval and viability.
2024
YEAR 11 – History residential to New York & Washington – Cost £1800 for 6 days
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