Department:
Geography
Year Group:
Year 11
Venue Region:
Spain
Town:
Barcelona
Summary:
A fantastic trip for all the students that went and very easy to organise and keep control of. The flexibility to build in whatever you wanted into the trip was excellent. The students were fully occupied all day.
It was a very worthwhile trip as the students got so much out of it - they were talking about it for weeks! I would thoroughly recommend it, It’s already in the calendar for next year.
It was a very worthwhile trip as the students got so much out of it - they were talking about it for weeks! I would thoroughly recommend it, It’s already in the calendar for next year.
Tour Operator:
Barcelona Field Studies Centre
This company are well organised and will help out with everything including hypothesis suggestions and places to visit. We were met from the airport on time with no hassle to transport us to the hotel. Brillaint.
Venue:
Sitges, nr Barcelona
A bustling tourist resort located in the Costa Brava and very popular with the Spanish. Located about 35 miles from Barcelona itself.
Accommodation:
Hotel Victoria
This is a 3 star hotel located just outside of Sitges. Comfortable clean rooms and good 3 course meals for students and staff. Hotel staff were used to school trips and gave us rooms located on one floor. Games room and pool was available for
Benefit:
The trip covered working with our Year 11 and IB Geography students looking at coastal processes being managed in a tourist resort and also an experience day looking at a nearby volcanic landscape and how it had formed. The coastal work was excellent at providing the vital fieldwork techniques needed for coursework, while experiencing a volcanic landscape was aonce in a lifetime experience for some of our students.
Plus points:
Our fieldwork guides were the biggest hit - they had lived in the area for several years and were extremely well informed in the areas of their expertise. This really benefited the students with their knowledge and understanding.
Minus points:
We went in September so the area was a bit quiet in terms of entertainment in the evenings with the students. However, ours were quite happy to suffice with the games room in the end.
Overall:


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