Broadening the student experience
We recognise that educational visits play a significant part in the development of young people, adding to many aspects of the curriculum and broadening their experiences. All visits are correctly planned, managed and conducted whilst having minimum disruption to learning. All trips and visits uphold the Catholic ethos and values of the school.
We also recognise the value in making use of external experts to support the taught academic and personal development curriculum. We aim to work with partners who can provide meaningful opportunities for our students eg GMP and their collaboration with Alison Cope, an anti-knife crime campaigner, who engaged with all of our current Y9-11 students last term.
Curriculum Teams have planned opportunities for all students in KS3 to be involved in co-curricular learning opportunities whilst at St Antony's, complementing the planned, taught curriculum. These will be diverse in nature, such as speakers or performers coming to school but also visits out of school. KS4 option and core subjects will also offer co-curricular experiences where appropriate.
Educational Trips and Visits
Trips or visits we've had last academic year include:
- Y7 to The Bridgewater Hall for a Halle performance
- Cohorts of students from all year groups to Manchester University
- Yr10 & Yr11 GCSE Art & Design Manchester photography trip
- Yr10 GCSE Art & Design London Trip
- Yr11 Geography fieldtrip to Wales
- CCF (all years) curriculum visits to Portsmouth or more locally to Sale Water park
- Humanities Trip for KS3
- Various rewards trips - eg to the Chillfactore, Playfactore, bowling at the Trafford Centre, to Blackpool
- Y7-Y10 PE visit to Spain for a week of skiing
- Y10 Geography fieldtrip to Manchester and Salford
Planned trips and visits in coming months include:
- French trip in December 2024
- French & History trip March 2025
- Ski trip to Italy in December 2025