This week, the Secret Teacher talks school trips and says education is ‘more than just learning in a classroom’.

Our staff room received some good news this week – all classes have been booked on a school trip for near the end of the school year.

Both locations are firm favourites of the staff who have taken children there over the years: family farm parks. As long as we get the weather, we will have a lovely day of meeting and feeding farm animals, tractor rides, play parks, trampolines.

Honestly, I can’t wait. These days are celebrations of being near the end of the school year and serve as something to look forward to as energy starts to drop and the days stagnate towards the end of the summer term.

Our reaction to the news of trips does depend on the location of the trip. Say the words: “Camera Obscura” to staff who have been in my school a few years and you will see their eyes widen and their bodies stiffen as their minds flashback to a whole-school trip to Edinburgh and the mayhem of walking an entire school down the royal mile.

Although I’m sure these school trip days will be a huge highlight of the school year for staff........

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