16th - 18th July 2024

Culture, exploration and learning.
What will you discover?

This year our Discovery Week is for Year 7-10. 
20+ different experiences, carefully curated by our staff.  

Making Your Choice

All selections must be made on Eventbrite website (Details to follow) 
Ensure you book using your child’s name rather than your own. 

• You will book via Eventbrite. Each trip is limited to the numbers in this booklet. 
• The cost will then be added on WEDUC. Failure to pay according to payment schedule will mean the place is given to another pupil. 
• Once you’ve booked on Eventbrite, WE WILL NOT CHANGE bookings. 
• We will not issue returns of money for any trip unless in exceptional circumstances. 

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Discovery Week Options

Click below to read more about each activity. 

Be Yourself

Visit cost: FREE
Total number of places available: 24

Activity 1
Exploring film production and creatively planning your own film

Activity 2
Learning about film editing and applying it to your own creation

Activity 3
Sharing your creative approach and final film

Visit cost: £30
Total number of places available: 40

Activity 1
Exploring the creative arts through a Dance and Drama Carnival themed day

Activity 2
Performing text and bringing Matilda the Musical to life!

Activity 3
A theatre trip to enjoy Grease the musical currently on its 2024 UK Tour

Visit cost: £30
Total number of places available: 40

Activity 1
A visit to the National Video Game Museum to explore how they are made, who makes them and even why they are made

Activity 2
Get your creative juices flowing by creating your own Video Game

Activity 3
Spend the day demonstrating your game design and being the first to test others.

Visit cost: £296
Total number of places available: 40

Activity 1
Visit the Snow Dome, the first real snow indoor skiing venue in the UK for a Ski Day

Activity 2
A trip to the world's most iconic stadium, Wembley, for a tour of the grounds

Activity 3
A trip to Ninja Warrior UK for fun on the assault course and to test your ninja skills while climbing, balancing and swinging across obstacles or bouncing across inflatables.

Equal to Everyone

Visit cost: £10
Total number of places available: 60

Day 1
A carousel of kitchen science using store cupboard ingredients

Day 2
Building and testing model rockets

Day 3
A day of creating special effects with science knowledge

Visit cost: £110
Total number of places available: 100

Day 1
Expedition

Day 2
Expedition

Day 3
Expedition

Visit cost: £150
Total number of places available: 50

Activity 1
Expedition

Activity 2
Expedition

Activity 3
Expedition

Visit cost: £45
Total number of places available: 45

Activity 1
A visit to Twycross Zoo to learn about wild animals and conservation with friends

Activity 2
Focus on fashion with some retail therapy taking place at Merry Hill Shopping Centre

Activity 3
Socialising and crafting day, accompanies by a movie

Visit cost: £150
Total number of places available: 60

Activity 1
Explore the magical world of Harry Potter in Oxford and find famous film locations

Activity 2
Test your Harry Potter knowledge with Harry Potter movies and competitive quiz.

Activity 3
Trip to Harry Potter world to discover the magic of Warners Bros Studio Tour London! Explore authentic sets, props and costumes from the Harry Potter films.

Act Responsibly

Cost: FREE

Total number of places available: 30

Day 1

Learn about psychology through a live action movie

Day 2

Learn about the importance of self care and looking after yourself

Day 3

Become a psychologist and spend the day taking part in a psychology experiment

Visit cost: £75
Total number of places available: 45

Day 1

A trip to Warwick Castle where you can take a tour of the grounds and medieval castle and immerse yourself in a thousand years of jaw dropping history.

Day 2

A trip to Bath to learn all about the Terrible Tudors

Day 3

A trip to the Black Country Living Museum to explore rebuild, replica or recreated shops, houses and industrial workshops

Consideration for Others

Visit cost: FREE
Total number of places available: 30

Activity 1
Relax and enjoy the magic of Walt Disney, through watching a classic Disney film

Activity 2
Learn about and create your own Disney inspired storyline and script

Activity 3
Enhance your Disney story by crafting your own set to help your story come to life.

Visit cost: £55
Total number of places available: 45

Activity 1

Visit to RAF Cosford where students will see aircraft exhibitions and flight-related memorabilia

Activity 2

Visit to Birmingham Sealife Centre with over 60 displays of freshwater and marine life

Activity 3

Visit to Botanical Gardens and its 15 acre site with exotic flora in elegant Victorian glass houses, Bonsai gardens and bird collection

Visit cost: £22
Total number of places available: 20

Day 1

Learn about and explore the art of print making, with the art of transferring images.

Day 2

Learn about and explore the art of print making, with the art of transferring images.

Day 3

Learn about and explore the art of print making, with the art of transferring images.

Own What You Do

Visit cost: £5
Total number of places available: 20

Day 1
Enhancing your craft making skills to make decorative articles by hand using a variety of techniques

Day 2
Enhancing your craft making skills to make decorative articles by hand using a variety of techniques

Day 3
Enhancing your craft making skills to make decorative articles by hand using a variety of techniques

Visit cost: £65
Total number of places available: 24

Day 1

Learning to cook and enjoy a variety of dishes

Day 2

Continuing to enhance cooking skills with a visit to the Boars' Head World Buffet in the afternoon for lunch,

Day 3

A visit to Cadbury World to learn about the manufacturing of chocolate and the Cadbury story.

Visit cost: £150
Total number of places available: 180

This trip operates in 3 groups. Each group will do the days in a different order. More details will follow later in the year, when your child is successfully registered on the trip

Day 1

Pushing your limits with a visit to Cliff Lakes water sports

Day 2

Pushing your limits with a visit to Wolf Mountain rock climbing centre 

Day 3

Pushing your limits with a visit to Drayton Manor theme park with a variety of roller coasters

Never Discriminate

Visit cost: Free
Total number of places available: 100

Day 1

A range of sporting activities such as football, basketball, badminton and more

Day 2

A range of sporting activities such as football, basketball, badminton and more

Day 3

A range of sporting activities such as football, basketball, badminton and more

Visit cost: £10
Total number of places available: 85

Day 1

Learn to play like a pro with a day centred around soccer drills, skill building and competitive matches.

Day 2

Learn to play like a pro with a day centred around soccer drills, skill building and competitive matches.

Day 3

Learn to play like a pro with a day centred around soccer drills, skill building and competitive matches.

Visit cost: £30
Total number of places available: 45

Day 1

Building research skills to complete a WW1 activity using the National Archives.

Day 2

Visit to Birmingham Library to learn about the resources held in the library about WW1

Day 3

Students to deliver presentations based on previous days research on WW1

Visit cost: £90
Total number of places available: 60

Day 1

Take a tour of Villa Park football stadium, one of the oldest and most famous venues in world football

Day 2

Enjoy St George's Park experience, where you can find out what it would be like if you played for England

Day 3

A day of drills, skills and matches.