Trips Out - Learning beyond the walls of the classroom

Here in the History Department, we firmly believe in learning well beyond the walls of our classrooms. We aim to take every pupil on an Educational Visit every year, to really bring to life the topics we study.

Here is an overview of the trips we arrange:

 

Year	Date	Educational Visit
7	February	A walk down to the Resource Centre in Horwich to see the latest exhibition and meet people from Horwich Heritage, our local history society.
9	July	A residential trip to the battlefields of Belgium and Northern France, to pay tribute to the people, including former Rivington pupils, who gave their lives in the First World War.
10	March	A visit to the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds (attached to St James’ Hospital) – a must for the Medicine Through Time course, so we really appreciate what doctors and surgeons from the past were up against.
13	September	Visit to Bolton University to see the work of a University History Department and the facilities available for us to use in their library.

 

Payment for School Trips

We follow the school’s policy on charging pupils for educational activities.  All pupils take part in these visits, regardless of ability to pay.  We ask for voluntary contributions to cover the overall cost of the visit. 

How much does it cost?  What if I can’t afford to pay?

We are asking parents to make a voluntary contribution of £22.50 towards the cost of the two visits. 

If you cannot afford the full contribution, please pay a smaller amount, in complete confidence.  Your child will still be able to go on the visits.

However, if we are unable to meet the costs of the visits through voluntary contributions, they will have to be cancelled. 
(Any money paid would then be refunded).

Student takes part in Bolton Heat of the Great Debate

Sam Slater, Year 12 student took part in the Bolton Heat of the Historical Association Debate.  Sam gave a magnificent speech which centred on the history of Rivington and Blackrod High School and why it mattered to him and the community here. 

 

Unfortunately Sam was pipped at the post by someone who had travelled up from Shropshire, but he gave a wonderful performance that saw him (and the school) congratulated by the Historical Association and members of staff from Bury Grammar School and Bolton School. Sam even managed to get a reference in to, 'Community, Standards and Inclusion.'

To view the podcast, click here.

Me and my community

As part of their work on 'Me and My Community', Year 7 pupils enjoyed a visit to our local history centre, 'Horwich Heritage', where they discovered what life was like in Victorian and Wartime Horwich.  Volunteers Norman Pendlebury and Stuart Whittle took our pupils on a thought-provoking journey into the past allowing them to relive the experiences of many of their own grandparents and great-grandparents during this time.

Burnden Park Disaster

Well done Mrs Grantham’s Year 9 History class who recently interviewed members of their families for a talking history project. Students were asked to record an interesting event in the life of a relative. The results were amazing and diverse. We gathered accounts of the partition of India, heroism and conscientious objectors in World War Two, touching stories of personal courage overcoming illness and other challenges in life. The department was so pleased with the results we wanted to share them. An eye witness verbal account of the Bolton Wanderers Burnden Park football disaster is below for all to see.   Several students have had their accounts filmed in Rivi studios to produce a visual record. We will also upload audio clips of the students onto a national sound map called ‘British Sounds’. This project, run by the British Library, means our students’ work will become part of a national archive. They are making history for others to enjoy!