Provisional Guide to Educational Visits 2016
Spring Term 2016
Year 1: Waitrose, Northwood (Geography)
Year 2: River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames (Science: Materials)
Year 3: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (History & English)
Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, Aylesbury (PSHCE)
Year 4: Emmanuel Church, Northwood (Religious Education)
Westway Climbing Centre (Geography & English)
Year 6: Sikh Gurdwara, Hounslow (Religious Education)
Natural History Museum (Geography & Science)
Year 8: Geography Field Trip: River Ching
Mathematics visit to Bank of England
Art visit to Tate Modern
Year 9: Religion, Philosophy & Ethics: Holocaust Memorial Day events (Northwood Synagogue)
MFL (Mandarin) visit to Victoria & Albert Museum
History visit to WWI Battlefields, Ypres
Year 10: Science visit to ‘GCSE Science Live’ event
Year 12: History of Art visit to the Courtauld Institute & National Gallery of Art
History Lecture Day: ‘The Mid-Tudor Crisis’
Geography Field Trip: Cranedale Centre, Yorkshire
Particle Physics Masterclass: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Drama visit to The Globe Theatre
Politics: Parliamentary Select Committee experience
Politics: ‘Young People’s Question Time’
Year 13: History Study Day: ‘Russia & its Rulers’
Drama visit to The Globe Theatre
Politics: Parliamentary Select Committee experience
D of E: Bronze Practice Expedition: Amersham
February half-term 2016
Years 8 & 9: Ski trip to Wilderkaiser Ski Area, Austria
Easter holiday 2016
Year 10: MFL (German) Exchange: Hamburg
Senior School: MFL (French) Exchange: Versailles
D of E: Gold Practice Expedition: Peak District
Summer Term 2016
Reception: Zebra crossing (Physical Development: health & self-care)
Northwood Post Office (Knowledge & Understanding, Communication & Language, Maths)
Chiltern Open Air Museum (Knowledge & Understanding, Communication & Language, Physical Development)
Year 1: Natural History Museum (Science & History)
Clay Lane Environment Centre, Bushey (Science & Geography)
Year 2: Victorian Schools Museum, Hitchin (History: The Victorians)
Year 3: Kew Gardens (Science & Geography)
Verulamium Museum (History)
Year 4: The Golden Hinde (History
Legoland, Windsor (Computing)
Year 5: Hooke Court (Residential week)
Buddhapadipa Temple, Wimbledon (Religious Education)
Year 6: Henry Moore Foundation (Art)
PGL Le Pré Catalan (Opal Coast, France) (Residential)
Theatre trip
Year 7: History visit to Black Country Living Museum
Geography Field Trip: Epping Forest
Year 8: MFL (French) visit to Boulogne
History visit to National Portrait Gallery & Parliament Square
Year 10: Religion, Philosophy & Ethics visit to Jewish Museum, Camden
Classics (Latin) visit to Roman Baths Museum, Bath
Physics visit to Thorpe Park
Year 12: Mathematics visit to Bletchley Park
Biology Field Trip: Merchant Taylors’ School
D of E: Bronze Assessed Expedition: Chesham
Silver Practice Expedition: Peak District
Summer holiday 2016
Sixth Form: Biology visit to the Galapagos
D of E: Gold Assessed Expedition: Morocco
Autumn Term 2016
Year 1: Northwood walk: Rofant Road (Geography & History)
Year 3: Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue (Religious Education)
Year 4: Aldbury Village (Geography)
Northwood walk (Geography)
Harrow Mosque (Religious Education)
Year 5: Hindu Temple, Aldenham (Religious Education)
Year 6: London Zoo (Geography)
RAF Hendon (History)
Year 7: Residential Activity Weekend
Religion, Philosophy & Ethics Interfaith Conference
Year 8: Classics (Latin) visit to British Museum
Religion, Philosophy & Ethics visit to St Paul’s Cathedral & London Buddhist Centre
Year 9: Art visit to Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford
Geography Field Trip: East London (Megacities)
Year 10: ‘Maths in Action’ Lecture Day, Institute of Education
Religion, Philosophy & Ethics: ‘The Problem of Evil’ seminar (Jewish Museum)
Year 11: Careers Convention (Merchant Taylors’ School)
Classics visit to Roman Baths Museum, Bath
Geography Field Trip: Boscombe
History visit to the Old Operating Theatre Museum
Religion, Philosophy & Ethics: Science & Religion Conference (Reading University)
Year 12: History of Art: ‘Ways of Seeing’ Conference, British Museum
‘Chemistry in Action’ Lecture Day, British Museum
‘Power of the Mind’ Psychology Lecture Day
‘Maths in Action’ Lecture Day, Institute of Education
Year 13: Geography: Tectonic Hazards Student Conference
Politics: ‘Washington Confidential’, British Library
‘Psychology 4 Students’ Lecture Day, Kensington Town Hall
Senior School: MFL (German) visit to Christmas Market, Aachen
D of E: Silver Practice Expedition: Isle of Purbeck
October half-term 2016
Senior School: Geography visit to Iceland
U16 Netball tour to Spain
Music Tour
MFL (Spanish) Exchange: Madrid
Hosting MFL Exchange visitors at St Helen’s:
Spring term 2016: Hosting French exchange students
Summer term 2016: Hosting Spanish exchange students
Autumn term 2016: Hosting German exchange students