Trips & Workshops
Tour of Blackburn Birth Centre
When you think you may want to become a midwife, what better way to learn more than go to talk to someone who is a midwife!
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Biology | Science | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Careers – becoming a doctor
What an inspiring fly-on-the-wall documentary which has got Aggie even more motivated about becoming a doctor
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Aviation career day at Flyme, Barnsley
An amazing day at Flyme in Barnsley learning all about being a pilot and flight attendant.
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester | UK Trips - rest of UK
Tour of the Engineering Department Building at the University of Manchester
We've walked past on our way to the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, but this time we actually got to go inside!
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Trips | Careers, life skills and volunteering | Physics | Science | UK Day trips - near Manchester
“Wild” tour with Ben Fogle
We love Ben. He is such an inspirational character and his TV programmes are brilliant. He’s incredibly engaging and a very good storyteller. He is also most agreeable on the eye too! Dom and I went to see his first tour “Tales from the Wilderness” back in 2019 and we wanted to see him again; ... Read more
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Natural World | Theatre and shows
Tour of an Amazon Fulfilment Centre
Team Wint rating 9/10
An amazing insight into how our Amazon parcels go from our online order to our doormat.
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Science | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester | UK Trips - rest of UK
The Junior Duke Award
I found out about The Junior Duke Award on the Facebook page of a local private school. It looked like something my girls would like to do, especially now they’ve both left Guiding. What is the Junior Duke Award? The Mini and Junior Duke Awards are aimed at helping children become more independent and confident ... Read more
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Is the Earth really flat?
Our girls watch a lot of YouTube videos. They are often regaling us with “facts” that a random person in their bedroom has told them – many of which sound like nonsense or, to give them the benefit of the doubt, highly embellished. As the line between reality and make-believe gets increasingly blurred by “fake ... Read more
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Moss planting with The National Trust
We really enjoyed our day of rhododendron destroying last month and wanted to help again, and so this time we went moss planting instead. Thankfully the weather was a lot better this time! We joined a group of another 15 or so volunteers and headed off into the moors above Marsden. Our challenge was to ... Read more
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Careers, life skills and volunteering | Forest School | Natural World
Does the Loch Ness Monster really exist?
Twinkl has released some new CSI Investigations this week so we thought we’d have a go at one after reading so many positive comments about them on the various Twinkl Facebook groups. The girls picked the Loch Ness Monster one as Peggy especially likes to read about mythical beasts. The pack was really self-explanatory with ... Read more
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