Educational Trips & Visits

Educational Trips & Visits 

Educational Visits at Q3 Academy Langley

The educational visits offered at Q3 Academy Langley supplement the learning of our broad and balanced curriculum, to ensure students can ‘live life to the full’ and ‘seek for that which is good, that which is right and that which is true,’ as part of our Christian ethos.

Our visits:

• Are run by qualified Visit Leaders who are trained in risk management by Sandwell Local Authority guidelines and are OEAP approved.
• Are risk assessed and planned in detail before approval through the EVOLVE+ system;
• Are underpinned by clear learning objectives that allow students to experience and practise the curriculum in action;
• Offer a wide range of enrichment opportunities to ensure students develop a broad range of life skills, knowledge and cultural capital;
• Promote fundamental British Values;
• Are inclusive of all students through careful consideration of costing and access arrangements, to ensure that no child is left behind, including those with SEND;
• Support young people to become responsible citizens who embody our Academy ethos within the community;
• Develop Character and moral virtue.
• Can include sporting fixtures, day trips, overseas trips, residential stays, adventurous activities, joint establishment visits or a combination of these types.

Ethos Week Visits

All KS3 students have the opportunity to experience a visit in the February Ethos Week. Previous Ethos Week visits have taken place at a wide range of venues within the local area including:

• The Rep Theatre, Gas Street Church, Birmingham Central Library, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery;
• Warwick Castle;
• The Black Country Living Museum;
• Dovedale National Park;
• Cannock Chase.

Other trip highlights to date include:

• Overseas residentials to Paris, France and Ypres, Belgium;
• Overseas day trips to Lille Christmas Markets and Boulogne-Sur-Mer;
• A residential at Kingswood;
• A Ski trip to Piancavallo, Italy;
• Science Stem visits;
• The Poetry Slam and Spelling Bee Competitions;
• Theatre trips;
• Sporting tournaments including cricket, aquathon and Sandwell Athletics;
• A tour of the Houses of Parliament;
• London and Wolverhampton Art Gallery visits;
• Workshops at the Europa Languages Centre and University of Birmingham;
• Duke of Edinburgh walks;
• A day trip to RAF Cosford;
• University visits to Oxford and Eton.

Future planned visits include:

• Venice Sports Tour 2024;
• Ski Trip 2025;
• Paris French Language Visit 2024;
• Belgium Battlefields History Trip 2024.