Trips
The Hemel Hempstead School aims to provide its students with opportunities for personal and educational enrichment through a varied programme of residential and day trips. These trips support the curriculum and try to encompass most departments.
All students benefit from numerous day trips; ranging from Harry Potter World and Warwick Castle in Years 7 and 8 to subject based museum and theatre trips further up the school. We have a rich history of Duke of Edinburgh participation with expeditions to locations such as the Brecon Beacons and the Peak District.
Some of our residential trips are required curriculum based activities such as the Geography Field Trip, most recently to Preston Montford, whilst others are designed to support the curriculum in a broader sense, for example our Physics trip to CERN.
Below is a list of day trips that have run in the last few years. We have included the month and approximate cost to aid parents/carers with making financial plans and provisions.
|
Department Leading Trip |
Year Group | Destination | Date | Predicted No of Students | Required for syllabus | Predicted appox. cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Classics | 11 | British Museum | Sept | 100 | no | £17.50 |
| Careers | 11 | Shendish Careers Fair | Sept | 15 | no | FOC |
| English | 7 | Harry Potter Studio | Sept | 217 | no | £27 |
| Graphics | 10 | Whipsnade Zoo | Oct | 22 | yes | £10 |
| Drama | 13 | V&A/National Archives | Nov | 9 | yes | £20 |
| RE | 8 | Bhaktivendanta Manor | Nov | 217 | no | £21 |
| Geography | 8 | Kew Gardens | Nov | 217 | yes | £22 |
| Music | `12&13 | Barbican Concert | Dec | 10 | no | £30 |
| Music | 9` | Wicked Theatre Trip | Jan | 217 | no | £32.50 |
| History | 13 | Imperial War Museum | Dec | 25 | yes | £20 |
| Dance | 10-13 | Sleeping Beauty-Sadler's Wells | Dec | 25 | no | £38.50 |
| Careers | 11 | Oakland's College | Dec | 30 | no | FOC |
| History | 11 | National Army Museum | Jan | 80 | no | £15 |
| Biology | 12/13 | Whipsnade zoo | Feb | 38 | yes | £10 |
| Classics | 10 | British Museum | Feb | 22 | yes | £20 |
| Sixth Form | 12 | UK University and Apprentice Search | Mar | 120 | no | £8.20 |
| Technology | 8 | Faraday College | Mar | 6 | no | FOC |
| Drama | 11 | Woman In Black | Mar | 50 | yes | £30 |
| Business | 12 | Cadbury World | June | 25 | no | FOC |
| STEM | 7 | Big Bang Fair | June | 60 | no | |
| Drama | 12 | Theatre Trip | June | 15 | yes | £17 |
| History | 7 | Warwick Castle | June | 217 | no | £31.50 |
| Character Week | 9 | Well End Activity Centre | July | 217 | no | £30 |
| Character Week | 7 | Whipsnade Zoo | July | 217 | no | £22.50 |
| Geography | 12 | Brick Lane | July | 15 | yes | £20 |
Below is a list of residential that have run in the last few years. We have included the month and approximate cost to aid parents/carers with making financial plans and provisions.
| Department Leading Trip | Year Group | Destination | Dates | Duration | Predicted No. of students | Required for syllabus | Predicted approx. cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | 11 | Preston Montford - Field Trip | Sept | 3 days | 62 | yes | £210 |
| MFL | 11 | Paris | Sept | 3 days | 35 | no | £510 |
| DofE (silver) | 11-12 | Peak District | Oct | 5 days | 35 | no | £200 |
| Art | 12-13 | St Ives | Nov | 4 days | 22 | no` | £240 |
| Classics and Ancient History | 11 | Greece | Nov | 4 days | 40 | no | £810 |
| History | 13 | Berlin | Nov | 3 days | 20 | no | £700 |
| History | 9 | Ypres | Nov | 2 days | 120 | no | £157 |
| Geography | 12 | Crandale Centre | March | 5 days | 15 | yes | £116 |
| Geography | 10-12 | Iceland | April | 4 days | 40 | no | £1,100 |
| DofE (Gold) | 12-13 | Lake District | April | 6 days | 20 | no | £200 |
| Physics | 12-13 | CERN | June | 3 days | 20 | no | £420` |
| DofE(bronze) | 10 | Chilterns | June/July | 2 days | 80 | no | £35 |
| History | 12 | Krakow & Auschwitz | July | 3 days | 25 | no | £500 |
| History | 10 | Berlin | July | 3 days | 60 | no | £510 |
| PE | 11-13 | Culmington Manor Activity Centre | July | 5 days | 180 | no | £500 |
| DofE Silver | 11-12 | Snowdonia | July | 6 days | 35 | no | £200 |
| DofE Gold | 12-13 | Brecon Beacons | July | 6 days | 20 | no | £200 |
| RE | 11-13 | Rome | July | 4 days | 30 | no | £676 |
| Camps International | 10-13 | Costa Rica | July/August | 4 weeks | 60 | no | £5000(fundraised) |
