Trips Summary
Below is a summary of the main trips and events we usually offer throughout the year. Please note that not all trips are run every year, and are subject to change. For more information about trips or off-site activities, please email Mrs Greatrex on trips@piggottschool.org
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Trip / Event |
Time of Year |
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KS3 Carol Service |
Late Nov or early Dec |
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Y7 Warwick Castle Sleepover |
Activities Day (July) |
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Y8 Normandy PGL Trip |
Activities Day (July) |
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Y8 Rotary Club Technology Tournament |
December |
| Y9 Holland Trip | Activities Day (July) |
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Y9 Tirabad (GCSE PE) Trip |
January |
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Y9 Kew Gardens (Art & Photography GCSE) |
Activities Day (July) |
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Y9 London Zoo |
Activities Day (Oct) |
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Y9 Thorpe Park |
Activities Day (July) |
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Y9/10 Tall Ships Youth Challenge |
June/July |
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Y9 Leadership events (leaders helping at Primary Sports Days, swimming galas, Leadership Day at Robert Piggott Jnr School) |
Various events throughout the year |
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Y10 Ski Trip – Austria |
Easter holidays |
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Y10 Dinton Activity Centre |
Activities Day (July) |
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Y10 French Exchange |
Feb / March |
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Y10 Spanish Exchange |
March |
| Y10/11 China Exchange | Oct half-term – every 2yrs. Chinese return following July |
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Y10/11 German Exchange |
Autumn Term – every 2yrs |
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Y11/12 Iceland |
Oct half-term – every 2yrs |
| Y12/13 Ski Trip – USA |
February half term |
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6th Form French Exchange |
Feb / March |
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Y12 Safe Drive Stay Alive event |
October |
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Y12 University Visits |
February |
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Y12 Spanish Conversation Exchange (Reading) |
Fortnightly |
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Y12 Slapton Ley |
January |
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A-Level Revision Conferences ( Media, Psychology, English, Theatre Studies, Business, Science) |
Various events |
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ISSP Events (masterclasses, workshops, STEM Day, Languages at Work Day) |
Various events |
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Y12 Battlefields |
Activities Day (July) |
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Y12 Auschwitz Project |
Spring Term |
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Drama / English Lit trips |
Various events |
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The Wheeler Programme - ISSP |
5-year programme |
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Maths trips (Taking Maths Further, Maths Feast, Team Maths Challenge, Girls’ Maths Conference) |
Various events |
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Computing trips (National Museum of Computing, Digigirlz, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Firebrand) |
Various events |
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Berkshire Maestros massed choir events (e.g. Royal Albert Hall) |
Various events |
In-school events throughout the year
- Jazz Day
- Spring Concert
- Christmas Rock Concert
- Art Exhibitions
- DT Exhibition
- School Production
- Globe Players performances
- external speakers / performances
- Year 11 Celebration Ball
- Year 13 Celebration Evening
- TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language certified course – Years 12 and 13)
- Year 5 Languages Day (for local Year 5 Primary students)
- Year 6 Chinese Mandarin Taster Day (by invitation only)