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As restrictions lift, school trips are back on the agenda. So how can you make such enrichment opportunities a reality again for your pupils? Jane Hughes and Sarah Everson look at the options


here’s something about the shared experience of a school trip that stays with us forever. Unique and apart from the everyday classroom experience, trips


provide the possibility to communicate and bond with peers in different and freer ways, to make new friends and explore new places. Whether pupils get to try new things or experience life-changing moments, school trips are educationally enriching in the broadest and most encompassing sense. A combination of Covid and stretched finances


has put these opportunities on the back burner for two years, during which time educational


inequality has increased and children’s mental health – in particular that of pupils from low- income homes or with special educational needs – has worsened. School trips are a valuable way to help redress these issues, yet while restrictions have eased, the cost of transport, entry fees and accommodation can be a barrier for some schools and pupils. Some schools have allocated pupil premium


resources to help with trips. But why not get your pupils and community involved in fundraising for your trip programme, as detailed overleaf. We also look at grant funding and opportunities to do things for free.


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