Trips
At AGS we have a wide variety of residential trips - some standard 'fixtures' in the school calendar, some more of a 'one-off' nature. All are dependent on having staff willing to organise them and, of course, parents willing to support them!
Regular trips include:
Y8 ski trip (Italy, France or Austria), c£1000, launched at the start of Y7
Y9 Bronze DofE Award (2 expeditions) c£170
Y9 Newquay watersports and adventure week, c£400, launched at the start of Y9
Y10 Winter Adventure trip to Iceland, Finland or similar, launched in Y9
Y10/11 Silver DofE Award (2 expeditions) c£245
Y12/13 Gold DofE Award (2 expeditions) c£345
Y13 ski trip (USA or Canada with city stopover) c£1900, launched at the start of Y12
Y13 major expedition (3 weeks, Africa, Central America or SE Asia), launched at the start of Y12 (with 2 or 3 training weekends)
Subject based trips include:
Geography field trips in Y11/12/13
Biology field trip in Y12
DNA trip in Y12
Netball trip Y10/11
Calshott activity centre PE trip Y12
Psychology & History trip to Poland or similar Y12/13
The intention is to offer a range of trips at different prices to suit all home financial circumstances.
Students are expected to behave as they would in school. They are also expected to be prepared for trips in terms of the necessary skills, resilience and attitude. The school reserves the right to not take students on trips who have demonstrated that they have not met the above requirements, either in school or on previous trips. Where there is over-demand for a trip then staff reserve the right to use the above to create a waiting list.