Y8 Tile Barn

Residential Trip

Please note that all of the details provided below are SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  The illustrations are taken from previous years’ trips and cannot be guaranteed.   

Audience:Year 8 (Priority will be given to students who applied but missed out on the Year 7 Finding Your Feet 2025 trip)
Trip Organiser:Mr G Marshall – James (Teacher of History)
Approx Cost Per Pupil:£265 – £275
Estimate Deposit:£80 (Upon application)
Pupil Premium Criteria: May apply for this trip
Limited Places:60 (Missed opportunity criteria may apply)
Usual Month of Departure:May (Dates will be confirmed in the Trip Bulletin)
Opens for Applications:Tuesday 4 November
Usual Days:Friday – Sunday
Usual Duration:3 days /2 nights
Usual Departure Time:Morning
Usual Departure Meeting Point:Front of school
Usual Return Time:Late afternoon
Usual Return Meeting Point:Front of school
Term Time or Holiday:Term Time/ Weekend
Usual Method(s) of Transport:Coach 
Accommodation:Tile Barn, Brockenhurst

Final details will be provided upon confirmation that your child has been allocated a place.  

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • 3 days relationship-building & personal develpoment experience
  • 4 adventure activities led by the Tile Barn instructors 
  • 4 fun activities led by the Teachers
  • Sleep in The Enda Ryan Poppy Pods or Bunkouse
  • Use of the roundhouse located in the centre of the village
  • Fully accessible shower/toilet block, campfire, drying room
  • Healthy and nutritious meals

Activities may include (will be confirmed in the parents meeting): Low Ropes, Climbing, Jacobs Ladder, Fire Lighting, Archery, Water Rockets, Gutter Run.

IMPORTANT: Planned activities will be run by qualified staff, however parents/guardians should accept that, by their nature, adventure activities may involve some level of risk which cannot be fully eliminated.