National Marine Aquarium | | | 06 June 2023 |
Cuffley Active Learning Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Tower Bridge | | | 06 June 2023 |
Visions in Education | | | 06 June 2023 |
PGL Osmington Bay | | | 06 June 2023 |
Moors Valley Country Park and Forest | | | 06 June 2023 |
Oxford Castle and Prison | | | 06 June 2023 |
Bowles Outdoor Centre | | Fantastic for team building and resilience | 06 June 2023 |
Discover the World Ltd | | | 06 June 2023 |
Walton Hall & Gardens | | | 06 June 2023 |
YHA Edale Activity Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
PGL Osmington Bay | | | 06 June 2023 |
Molesey Boat Club | | | 06 June 2023 |
Thinktank Birmingham science museum | | Particularly strong on STEM | 06 June 2023 |
London Eye | | | 06 June 2023 |
The London Dungeon | | | 06 June 2023 |
Black Country Living Museum | | | 06 June 2023 |
Drusillas Park | | | 06 June 2023 |
Hardwick Park Visitor Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Acorn Venture Urban Farm | | The mobile farm didn't bring as many animals as we had expected. | 06 June 2023 |
Kew Gardens | | Excellent trip- really competent facilitator. | 06 June 2023 |
RHS Garden Wisley | | | 06 June 2023 |
NWT Hickling Broad | | Staff are very well organised so that the day runs as smoothly as possible and they are brilliant with the children- very knowledgeable! | 06 June 2023 |
Standon Bowers Outdoor Education Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Butser Ancient Farm | | | 06 June 2023 |
NST Travel Group | | | 06 June 2023 |
Green Light Trust | | Mental health and wellbeing | 06 June 2023 |
Boyd Campsite and Activity Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Suffolk Leisure Park | | An excellent trip with very accomodating staff | 06 June 2023 |
HYMB - Herts Young Mariners Base | | | 06 June 2023 |
Rayburn Tours Ltd | | | 06 June 2023 |
Whitlingham Adventure | | | 06 June 2023 |
The Bushcraft Company - Boughton Woods | | | 06 June 2023 |
Colchester Zoo | | Very good fun and educational. There was chances for interaction with some of the animals too. | 06 June 2023 |
Xplore! | | | 06 June 2023 |
Gwersyll yr Urdd Glan-llyn | | | 06 June 2023 |
PGL Marchants Hill | | | 06 June 2023 |
Adventure Bude | | | 06 June 2023 |
Cannon Hall Farm | | | 06 June 2023 |
Scout Adventures Gilwell Park | | | 06 June 2023 |
Schools Into Europe | | | 06 June 2023 |
The Beacon Activity Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Absolute Travel and Tours | | | 06 June 2023 |
Bletchley Leisure Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Whitlingham Adventure | | Reward, team building, working together etc. | 06 June 2023 |
Land and Wave | | Land and Wave instructors are among the most professional I have worked with. The activities are incredibly well run and the site is idyllic. | 06 June 2023 |
PGL Liddington | | | 06 June 2023 |
Gulliver's Valley Theme Park Resort | | | 06 June 2023 |
Durham University Botanic Garden | | | 06 June 2023 |
Grace Darling Museum | | | 06 June 2023 |
Bamburgh Castle | | | 06 June 2023 |
Nell Bank Charitable Trust | | The centre is fantastic. It has a huge range of activities and is mostly outdoors. It has a great residential area for overnight trips. The staff are knowledgeable and engaging. The range of topics is brilliant. | 06 June 2023 |
Science Museum | | | 06 June 2023 |
Hilltop Outdoor Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Hilltop Outdoor Centre | | | 06 June 2023 |
Wilderness Expertise | | | 06 June 2023 |
Manor Adventure Norfolk Lakes | | | 06 June 2023 |
National Roman Legion Museum | | | 06 June 2023 |
YHA Swanage | | | 06 June 2023 |
Holkham Enterprises | | | 06 June 2023 |
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo | | | 06 June 2023 |
Field Studies Council - Nettlecombe Court | | | 06 June 2023 |
PGL Osmington Bay | | | 06 June 2023 |
Bedlam Paintball | | | 05 June 2023 |
Banham Zoo | | | 05 June 2023 |
High Adventure Outdoor Education Centre Limited | | | 05 June 2023 |
Rand Farm Park | | | 05 June 2023 |
Wellington College | | | 05 June 2023 |
Whitlingham Adventure | | Very Supportive staff and the pupils had a great time with many improving their confidence levels | 05 June 2023 |
Kingswood Dukeshouse Wood | | | 05 June 2023 |
Grittleton House | | Excellent range of activities for outdoor and adventure education. | 05 June 2023 |
Abernethy | | HWB | 05 June 2023 |
Field Studies Council - Epping Forest | | Good small group course - would recommend to any A level students who haven't managed to attend their own schools fieldwork | 05 June 2023 |
The Hardelot Centre | | The pupils practised their French every day. | 05 June 2023 |
Manor Adventure - Chateau du Broutel | | | 05 June 2023 |
PGL Bawdsey Manor | | | 05 June 2023 |
Cuffley Active Learning Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |
Paxton House | | | 05 June 2023 |
LEGOLAND Windsor | | | 05 June 2023 |
BXM Expeditions | | Duke of Edinburgh | 05 June 2023 |
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter | | This was an adventurous trip to celebrate the completion of SATs which linked to our English topic (Harry Potter) in the Spring term. | 05 June 2023 |
Cuffley Active Learning Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |
Cuffley Active Learning Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |
Hilltop Outdoor Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |
Science Museum | | | 05 June 2023 |
Tall Ships Youth Trust | | A great trip resulting in strong personal development amongst the students group. | 05 June 2023 |
PGL Winmarleigh Hall | | | 05 June 2023 |
Lichfield Cathedral | | | 05 June 2023 |
Kingswood Chateau de Chantereine | | Positive points:
• The location of the chateau is ideal, in terms of distance from Calais and near a beautiful beach
• The building and grounds are very attractive and provide a generous green space on which the children could play in the evenings
• The area is safe and quiet
• The trip to the cow farm was excellent and I would definitely go back to this
• Amiens is a wonderful city to visit with lots to see, including the zoo. I would like to repeat this but with a better idea of what we are doing (*see below)
• The chocolate making experience was great and we would do that again.
• The animateur was fabulous with the children
• The trip to the planetarium on the way home was great and definitely worth doing again.
Negative points/to improve:
• The accommodation inside was not of a very high standard. In the boys’ rooms, much of the wallpaper was peeling off etc. In mine and the girls’ room, we had problems with ants invading the rooms through cracks in the windows and going into their beds. Three of the teachers had to sleep in dorms meant for students, so of a similar standard. I was informed that the accommodation for teachers is going to be improved over the winter, so this is something I would like to see in place before any further trips.
• The animateur was not trained at all: he had arrived a few weeks earlier, but had not been trained. Everywhere we went, we got lost and he had no knowledge of the places/activities. We did manage and he worked it out in the end, but it felt disorganised.
• We arrived at the boulangerie at 3.30pm to be told that we were meant to arrive at 1.30pm, and the baker could not accommodate us at that time – so we missed out on that activity. This was not the fault of the animateur, but of the Voyager itinerary.
• When we arrived at the zoo, they said they were not expecting us, and it transpires that I should have been sent a voucher. That took a while to sort out.
• *In Amiens, we didn’t have time to see the floating gardens – we had a quick 20 minutes picnic lunch on the far edge of the park instead. We had to keep stopping/buying drinks in cafes too in order to use the toilets: toilet stops hadn’t been factored into the day so then we lost time elsewhere.
• The market in Le Treport was very disappointing. I understand that Dieppe has a better market for a more authentic experience.
• It would be useful for the trip leader to do a pre-trip recce in order to better organise the daytime activities and choose the most suitable. The days could have been better organised though it is hard to know this until you have tried out the activities/been to the places.
• There was no permanent management on site for Voyager and I feel that this should be improved for future trips.
| 05 June 2023 |
Cuffley Active Learning Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |
SEA LIFE Brighton | | Whilst the sealife centre itself was lovely and the staff were very helpful the education room was very poor. It was in a state of disrepair. wires coming out of the walls, rodent traps and old equipment laying around. | 05 June 2023 |
Bluestone | | | 05 June 2023 |
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery | | | 05 June 2023 |
The Mill Adventure Base | | | 05 June 2023 |
Outspark Ltd | | | 05 June 2023 |
Simply Cycling | | | 05 June 2023 |
PGL Marchants Hill | | | 05 June 2023 |
East Barnby Outdoor Education Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre | | | 05 June 2023 |