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Introduction

Lockerbie Academy prides itself on the number of excursions

on offer to all pupils at all stages.

The aim of this booklet is to allow you to see what is on offer

across the different year groups and across the different subject

areas, on a regular basis. Other trips will pop up on an ad-hoc

basis but contained within are those of a regular occurrence.

Included for each trip is a brief description, its educational aims

and curricular links, as well as costs involved. It is hoped that

you will find this useful in budgeting for your child should you

wish them to take advantage of any of these opportunities.

It is our firm belief that no child should be denied the chance of

a school excursion due to financial constraints and the school’s

new Finance Committee will endeavour to keep all trips open to

all pupils.

Each trip adheres to the regional policies relevant to Health and

Safety and trip leaders are experienced teachers, well versed

with procedures.

The benefits for children taking part in a school trip are obvious.

It allows them to develop into confident individuals, successful

learners, responsible citizens and effective contributors – the

key principles of Curriculum for Excellence. A trip can be a

memorable, life changing event for a young person developing

them personally, socially and emotionally.

I hope you find this booklet useful.

Helen Wright

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Lockerbie Academy Excursions

Battlefields Trip

Cost: £440 (approx)

Year Group: S3 and above

Aim: The Battlefields trip is

an annual trip that travels to

the WW1 Battlefield sites in

France and Belgium. We

study WW1 in S3 and S4 and

the trip usually has a real

impact on students who study

History in these years.

Recently, especially as we

come up to and enter into the

centenary years the trip has

been taking students outside of History. We target

students from S4 - S6. We always try to visit the graves of

student relatives and we get these added into the itinerary.

The aims of the trip are to reinforce learning in the classroom

and a more general aim of fostering an awareness of this

particular time in British history and the impact it had on the

people of Britain. We encourage a respect for the efforts of the

men and women who fought in the war, we recognise that these

were our soldiers from our communities. We allow students to

form their own views on the morality of going to war and on the

demands made of those who fought in the war by their country

and superiors.

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Biology Trip – Blencathra, Keswick Cost: £175 approx. Year Group: Advanced Higher Aim: Early Sept for 3 days. The field Centre is at the foot of Blencathra near Keswick. This

is a fantastic location for field work. It is well equipped with

modern classrooms and facilities and a comfortable place to

stay.

The practical work includes an introduction to ecological

sampling, a whole day on Drigg beach for belt transect

sampling session and a freshwater stream study. The students

have the opportunity to experience a high level of field study

which will assist them with their personal investigations for the

course as well as the first-hand experience of putting the theory

they have been learning into practice. They will have use

contemporary high quality equipment used in ecological

surveys. The centre is also equipped to teach about renewable

energy and the students can see the working and advantages

of a biomass boiler.

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Bowness on Windermere Cost: £15 Year Group: Seniors Aim: To gather primary data on how well the impacts of tourism

are managed in and around the town by carrying out various

fieldwork techniques such as environmental quality surveys,

traffic counts, footpath erosion surveys and an interview with

the Lake District National Park Authority. Pupils also go on a

short cruise on Lake Windermere. This data is collated and then

used to help complete the Higher assignment which is

externally assessed.

Pupils will need to bring a packed lunch. Uniform is not

required. The coach departs Lockerbie at 8.30 am and returns

to school by 5pm.

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Comenius Cost: Year Group: Seniors Aim: Since 1995 Lockerbie Academy students have participated in an International Student Conference with pupils from: Mattlidens Gymnasium in Esbo, Finland; Kopernicus High School in Warsaw, Poland; St Olav Videregaende, Stavanger Norway and Istituto Magistrale Statale ‘E de Amicis’ Cuneo, Italy.

The Conference usually takes place each September with each school taking turns to host. In 2015 Lockerbie Academy hosted and this year, 2016 it is the turn of Mattlidens Gymnasium in Esbo, Finland. The cycle continues to Norway, Italy and then Poland before the rota begins again with Lockerbie.

All young people who participate in the hosting programme enjoy developing their knowledge and understanding by experiencing new cultures and by viewing issues from a European perspective. It is an excellent opportunity to enhance employability and life skills through travelling to a new destination, staying with a host family and sharing with other teenagers their aims and ambitions. Many friendships have been made and hopefully more will be formed in the future.

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Climate Change skills course Cost: £10 for all 3 trips Year Group: S2/3 Aim: S2/3 as part of the course - mostly within class time. Practical experience and hands on experiments related to challenges of climate changes and the implications.

Whitelee Wind Farm

Eskrigg Nature reserve

Stevenscroft Power Station

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Cream of Galloway

Cost: £18 (includes, transport, work shop, access to the play facilities and free ice-cream) Year Group: S2/S3 Geography pupils Aim: This long running trip is very popular with pupils and is a great opportunity to visit an organic farm and see farming methods which demonstrate sustainability and a response to climate change. Pupils are shown how the farm has changed over this century as a response to markets and changing economic times. Pupils learn about examples of ‘green technology’. Pupils also invent and make their own ice cream and

packaging, learn about fair trade and visit the factory. Pupils of

course get a chance to use the outdoor play facilities.

Pupils need to bring a packed lunch and the trip is within normal

school hours.

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Drama Trip

Cost: The cost has been paid by the School Inclusion Fund for the previous two years.

Year Group: Higher Drama students

Aim: Each year all Higher pupils go to see a performance which they then write about in their final exam. The production will vary each year as will timings although it is usually before February.

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Dynamic Earth

Cost: £15

Year Group: S1

Aim: Enhance pupil's learning in curriculum areas such as plate tectonics, glaciation, oceans and rainforests. Pupils also take part in an interactive workshop which explores earthquakes and volcanoes, ran by the staff at Dynamic Earth. At the National Museum of Scotland pupils will explore the history of Scotland through science, nature, art, technology and fashion. This trip is open to all first year but numbers are limited to approx. 60. School uniform must be worn and pupils need to bring a packed lunch. Pupils return to Lockerbie by 5pm.

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Glasgow Trip - Geography

Cost: £11 (includes, transport, People’s Palace and Transport Museum) Year Group: S3 Geography pupils Aim: This trip departs at 8.30. This trip will greatly assist pupils

with the course work of National 4/5 Geography. The pupils will

learn about how land is used in an urban area; Pupils begin in

the People’s Palace and learn about the social/housing history

of the city. Pupils walk through Glasgow Green en route to the

Merchant City where they eat lunch in George Square. Free

time is given in Buchan Street precinct. On return to our coach,

we travel to the Transport Museum. From here pupils are given

an opportunity to view developments on the River Clyde at first

hand.

Pupils need wear their school uniform, sensible footwear and

jacket as we are outdoors for much of this trip. In addition pupils

will need to bring a packed lunch. Return to school is by 5.30

pm approx.

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Grasmere in the Lake District Cost: £12 Year Group: S4/5 Aim: To gather primary data in the village of Grasmere which

will be used to help create an investigation on the impacts of

tourism on the village in order to fulfil the requirements of the

Added Value Unit and the externally assessed assignment at

National 5. Pupils will carry out a range of fieldwork tasks such

as measuring the extent of footpath erosion, land use surveys,

traffic and pedestrian counts and questionnaires. Pupils carry

out their fieldwork in the village itself and on a footpath out of

the village up to Easedale Tarn.

Pupils will be required to bring a packed lunch. The bus departs

at 9am and the coach returns to Lockerbie by 5pm.

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Junior RE London Trip

Cost: This trip is approximately £280-£300. This includes everything needed for the trip.

Year Group: S1/2

Aim: This trip has been running for over 6 years now and has proven to be extremely popular and successful.

Accommodation is in central London for handiness to our sites, and it is on a full board basis while we are there.

The trip is an experience of Multi-cultural Britain. The aim is to look at the different places of worship for 4 of the main world religious faiths; Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam and Christianity.

We visit a Hindu Mandir and take part in their arti ceremony. This temple is an amazing highlight as the pupils will never have seen anywhere like this or taken part in a Hindu service before.

We visit a Sikh Gurdwara in Nottinghill, after our visit the Sikh community prepare a langar meal just for us.

We also have a guided tour around London Central Mosque, one of the Oldest Mosques in Britain, hearing and witnessing the call to prayer in Central London is quite an experience!

We also visit St Pauls Cathedral getting a guided tour continuing our theme of Worship. This visit takes in everything from the Queen’s seat to Wellington & Nelsons tomb to the Whispering gallery and the highlight the climbing of the dome, to get an amazing daytime panoramic view of London.

These are the Religious sites that we visit that cover RMPS BGE outcomes, and help promote citizenship and tolerance in Lockerbie Academy pupils having their eyes opened to the World at large.

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We also visit Parliament, as a Humanities subject we study the different reasons & motivations people have in their lives especially as to how they decide right and wrong. Having looked at the religious motivations that some people have, we then look at how/why people turn to Politics for answers and this is the theme of our Parliament visit.

The trip also visits the Natural History Museum. This is where we look at where things come from. This is a question that we look at frequently in RMPS and we study religious truth versus scientific truth. This is part of RMPS in later years, so again this is relevant to our trip and the pupils’ education.

We also take in a London show which is linked to our courses. Over the years we have seen War Horse as we study the morality behind War in RMPS. We have also been to The Lion King as in S2 we study the Environment and this year the extremely successful Wicked, as part of our courses are looking at where does evil come from, and how does society tackle this, the show also has themes of prejudice that we look at in S2.

The 2 obviously tourist parts of the trip are our night flight on the London Eye, and our walking tour of Central London to take in the sights and sounds of this busy Capital City.

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London Trip – senior school Cost: £280 (approx.) Year Group: S4-S6 Aim: A cross curricular 3 day excursion to London has been offered by the English Faculty since 2006 and is open to any pupil in S4 – S6 at the time of travel. 40 places are available and the group is accompanied by 4 members of staff. The cost of the trip includes:

Train travel to and from London

2 nights B&B accommodation at a central hotel

2 evening meals

A flight on the London Eye

A visit to Westminster & tour of Parliament – often our local MP David Mundell meets us for this part of the trip

A Globe workshop, tour and evening performance of a Shakespeare play

A visit to the Tate Modern art gallery

A West End show

Visits to the Natural History Museum, the V&A and the Science Museum

Ms. Helen Wright – trip leader

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Malawi

Cost: £2,200 (approx.)

Year Group: Seniors

Aim: A fantastic opportunity is being offered to senior pupils at Lockerbie Academy with an interest in our partnership with Thawale Primary School in Malawi.

The next trip is planned for July/Aug 2017 with the following itinerary through The Responsible Safari Company:

www.responsiblesafaricompany.com

An idea of the itinerary as follows.

Days Day Date Location Lodge MP RM

Day Fri 30-Jun Depart UK Air Travel

Day 1 Sat 01-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 2 Sun 02-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 3 Mon 03-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 4 Tue 04-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 5 Wed 05-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 6 Thu 06-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 7 Fri 07-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 8 Sat 08-Jul Cape Maclear, Lake Malawi

Gecko Lounge BB Twins

Day 9 Sun 09-Jul Cape Maclear, Lake Malawi

Gecko Lounge BB Twins

Day 10 Mon 10-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 11 Tue 11-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 12 Wed 12-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 13 Thu 13-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 14 Fri 14-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 15 Sat 15-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 16 Sun 16-Jul Mulanje Likhubula Lodge FB Dorms

Day 17 Mon 17-Jul Liwonde National Park Mvuu Camp FB Chalets

Day 18 Tue 18-Jul Liwonde National Park Mvuu Camp FB Chalets

Day 19 Wed 19-Jul Blantyre Grace Bandawe BB Twins

Day 20 Thu 20-Jul Blantyre Tour Ends

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Arrival & Departure from Blantyre, Malawi

Includes : Return international flights (inc.UK travel), accommodation, private vehicle hire & driver, all fuel, RSC guide & project support, all meals where stated, Mulanje hiking experience, safari Liwonde National Park, Lake Malawi trip, all taxes & bank fees.

It is anticipated that individuals who are interested in this trip will undertake a variety of fundraising activities and sponsored events to reach their total cost.

While this is a lot of money to raise, pupils should look upon it as a personal challenge from the outset as this trip will be one of enormous impact.

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Paris Trip

Cost: £380 (approx.)

Year Group: S3

Aim: In light of the success of

last year’s trip the ML Faculty

would like to run a second trip

to Paris. We intend to take a

group of up to 40 S2 into S3

pupils (S3 at the time of travel)

with 4 accompanying adults.

We will be staying in Paris and

surrounding areas. The group

will be staying in Chateau de

Grande Romaine, located just

outside Paris. Pupils will visit a

real life French market, visit

Paris’ landmarks, including the

Louvres Museum, the Eiffel

Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and spend a day in Disneyland.

The dates of the trip take in the St Andrew’s Day Holiday on

Friday 28 November 2014 and the new in-service day.

The trip complements the ML Faculty S2/3 course. This will add

a new dimension to learning French by extending it beyond the

classroom. It will also enable pupils to gain first-hand

experience of French life and culture. The trip also links to Art

and History and we visit the Louvres Museum and make a stop

at the Vimy Memorial en route.

All pupils studying French in S2 into S3 can participate. We

have a hardship fund in place and we regularly apply for an

Educational Travel Grant.

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Senior RMPS Poland Trip

Cost: £600 (approx.)

Year Group: Senior RMPS students

Aim: This trip has been running every other year for the past 6

years and has proven to be an amazing trip. All pupils who

have gone have found it very worthwhile. It is a 5 day trip to

Krakow, Poland.

Accommodation is in The Galicia Hotel.

This trip is focused on the Holocaust and Jewish life in

post war Poland.

Day One of the trip focuses on a walking tour of the old

Jewish district visiting Synagogues and Museums that

depict Jewish life before the War. We also visit the Cloth

Hall in the Main Market Square.

Day Two is a full day guided walking tour around the city of

Krakow with a local Polish guide. We also have a guided

tour around Schindlers Factory, which is the original

factory where Oscar Schindler sheltered over 1000 Jews

until the end of the War. We get to see the original ghetto

and remains of the Ghetto Wall. The night time activity is

visiting the Main Market Square and seeing the street

entertainment and shopping.

Day Three we visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine, walking over

100 metres below the ground, this is a fabulous visit and

fully guided. After this we visit the Plaszow Concentration

Camp site. This is the site of the camp which was under

Amon Goeth, and is depicted in the film Schindlers List.

After this visit we have a meeting with a Holocaust

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Survivor, this for many pupils is the highlight of the trip and

has proven to be a very emotional experience.

Day Four we visit the sites of Auschwitz and Birkenau.

This takes the entire day as we visit this site for 6 hours.

This is a hard but very worthwhile experience. The night

time activity is attending a Jewish Musical Concert of

Klezmerz Music.

Day Five travelling home.

The total price of the trip includes everything except

lunches.

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School Show Jumping

Cost: £3 per trip

Year Group: All students

Aim: At Blackdyke, Longtown. Junior and senior teams jump

heights of 75 and 90 cm. Usually run three times a year. Cost to

parents is £3 per trip. Own ponies must be supplied and

transported and own INSURANCE is a MUST. If already in

pony club this will already apply.

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S1/2 Ski Trip

Cost: £800 (approx.)

Year Group: S1-S2

Aim: The school offers all S1 and S2 pupils the opportunity to

go to Italy on a biennial ski trip during February or March.

This is an excellent social and cultural experience allowing for

pupils to be more responsible as well as learning about a

different country. The main purpose of the trip is to give pupils

the chance to either learn to ski or to improve their skiing during

6 days of ski lessons with a fully qualified instructor.

We travel to the

Aosta Valley in

Northern Italy and

the ski resort of

Pila. Travel is by

bus, 23 hours there

and back with the

Dover to Calais

ferry crossing in

between. The

duration of the trip

is 9 days in total.

Accommodation is usually in a 3 star hotel on full board basis,

sharing 2,3 or 4 bedrooms, all en-suite.

When they are not skiing there are a variety of activities

organised for them to enjoy. These include: swimming, pizza

night, disco, shopping and bowling.

The trip costs approx. £800 with payments spread out over a

year. This covers travel, accommodation, food, ski passes, ski

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hire and ski lessons. Due to the nature of the trip, clothing is

very specific. Each pupil requires a ski helmet, ski jacket and

trousers. You have the option to hire these at an additional cost

of approx. £45.

All pupils gain a lot from this experience with most returning

home wanting to ski again. The memories of the trip will be

remembered for a very long time

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S6 Team Building Day Cost: No cost to pupils Year Group: S6 Aim: Compulsory trip for all senior pupils. Beginning of June. Essential team building skills for responsibilities in S6 and

beyond

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Theatre Trip Cost: £16 (approx.) Year Group: S1 Aim: It has become an annual event now in December to offer S1 pupils the chance to see a children’s classic or a traditional pantomime either in a theatre in Edinburgh or Glasgow. This will be an evening performance and usually costs around £16. 40 places are normally available and 4 members of staff accompany the group. In past years we have seen excellent performances of ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Peter Pan’, ‘James and the Giant Peach’ to name but a few. This is an excellent opportunity for pupils to experience the joys of a live show and instil a life-long love of the theatre. Ms. Helen Wright – trip leader.

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Ullswater Outdoor Centre Cost: £125 Year Group: S1 Aim: The Ullswater Outdoor Centre trip involves all of S1 and

most of their register teachers/tutors spending 3 days at the

Outdoor Centre undertaking opportunities such as raft building,

rock climbing, canoeing and orienteering. All of the activities

are centred on team building and the year group finding out

more about their own strength’s and abilities. The experience is

of great benefit to all the pupils and will help them to bond

together as a group, as well as develop their self-confidence,

increase awareness of others and develop communication skills

while developing respect & responsibility for themselves, others

and the natural environment. It will also give them an

opportunity to build positive relationships with the staff who will

guide and support them throughout their journey at Lockerbie

Academy.

Mr. Michael Downie – trip leader.

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USA Space School Cost: £2000 Year Group: S4-S6 Regional Physicists Aim: STEM Scotland is devoted to the educational study of Science, Technology, Engineering & Math by Scotland students ages 13 to 19. In this special event, pupils will come together to experience a 5-day engineering mission to land a rover on the surface of Mars. They will analyze rock samples with a Reflectance Spectrometer, loft a rock sample into Martian orbit, and return it back to Earth in a rocket of their own design. All the time, working within a NASA budget; knowing that funds or supplies for your projects may be decreased at any time due to budget cuts, safety regulations, or any other experience representative of the real NASA world. Skills required: Teamwork, Problem Solving, Fiscal Responsibility, Communication, Adaption to Unexpected Problems, The Drive to be Successful, and most important, the ability to have fun through science! Limitations: This event is limited to a grand total of 60 pupils due to its extreme specialisation. We highly stress the importance of getting registered with deposits as soon as possible to ensure your place is secure. If this trip is successful it is hoped that it can be run on a biennial basis across the Region.

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USA Trip Cost: £1495 Year Group: Seniors Aim: The key points about the USA Trip are outlined in the School Prospectus. It is biennial and has cost £1495 for the last 2 trips. We visit New York City and Washington DC. We have coach tours in each city and also a walking tour of the key government building in DC. We visit the Lockerbie Memorial in Arlington Cemetery Va. and Gettysburg Military Park Pa.. We also attend a Broadway show; travel on the Staten Island ferry; have meals in various locations including Bubba Gumps in NYC; take a view of NYC from the Top of the Rock at the Rockefeller Centre; visit the Newseum in DC among other things..... The trip is billed as a 'Citizenship Trip' and we cover a number of different areas of the curriculum, but notably Modern Studies, History and Geography.