In the first week of the summer holidays two teams of RGS and Tormead students departed for Vietnam. Landing in Hanoi they had a few days to acclimatise to the heat, the chaotic roads and communicating with the locals. Teams then undertook the physical challenge of hiking in temperatures in the high 30s and over…
Fourth and Fifth Form GCSE Drama students attended a devising workshop with students from Tormead School. The session was run by an innovative theatre company called The Paper Birds who devise work inspired by social or broadly political issues and use unusual and original techniques to create exciting, thought-provoking plays. The students learnt how to…
Third and Fourth Form German students travelled to Berlin. The first day saw a walking tour of the historic city centre, followed by a graffiti workshop on a remaining section of the Berlin Wall. Day two comprised a relaxed cruise along the river Spree, followed by a sombre visit to the Holocaust Memorial, and visits…
A summer full of trips and excursions began with the annual Fourth Form engineering trip. The multi-stop trip took in RAF Cosford, where students enjoyed furthering their knowledge of aeronautical engineering with displays of planes and equipment showing the changing of engineering throughout history; Ironbridge: the world’s first iron bridge; a stop at Jodrell Bank…
