Residential Visits

At Corbridge Middle School we are proud of the longstanding tradition of residential visits on offer and believe them to be important in enriching our curriculum. We believe that all students should be able to participate in a variety of off-site learning and we pride ourselves on the wide range of activities our residential visits offer, which is an enriching experience for all.

Residential visits are one of the things our pupils look forward to and this is demonstrated by the high uptake of places in each visit. We believe that residential visits are crucial in supporting our school ethos in ensuring we develop successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. There is a vast range of evidence to support the benefits of outdoor educational experiences, however, our key objectives in offering residential visits are:

• building personal confidence
• developing social skills
• team building
• factual-based learning
• learning/developing a specific skill

	Y5	Y6	Y7	Y8
Venue	Winmarleigh Hall, Lancashire (PGL)	Shropshire	Voss, Norway	London
Time of Year	Spring (Feb/March)	May	February	July
Nature of Visit	High quality outdoor activities. Instruction from highly trained  instructors.	Pupils visit a range of attractions and venues each day (such as Cadbury’s World, Chester Zoo, Water World as well as several museums) and spend each evening at Cloverley Hall.	To learn and develop and a new skill – to ski.  They learn about cultural diversity through activities which enable pupils to identify similarities and differences between the UK and Norway.	This visit is designed to offer some factual-based learning with visits to Shakespeare’s Globe, theatre workshops as well as attending theatre performances as well as supporting and enriching the English curriculum.
Curriculum Links	PSHE (KS2): Health & Wellbeing, Relationships, Living in the Wider World PE (KS2): Take part in adventurous activity challenges both individually and part of a team Science (Y5): Living Things & their Habitats	PSHE (KS2): Health & Wellbeing, Relationships, Living in the Wider World History (KS3) – Industrial Revolution PE (KS2) – Swimming	PE (KS3): Outdoor and adventurous activities PSHE (KS3): Relationships & Living in the Wider World Geography (KS3): Locational & place knowledge; Human & physical geography	PSHE (KS3) - Health & Wellbeing, Relationships, Living in the Wider World

Pupils who choose not to go
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Generally speaking, those who choose not to go on the Y5, Y6 or Y8 visit is a relatively small number of the year group.  Over the past few years, lots of preparation has gone into creating an alternative curriculum for those still in school so that they too can experience similar experiences, such as team building and outdoor pursuits.