Trip Opportunities at Winchester College
The College is pleased to offer a range of overseas trips for the 2024-25 academic year. The provisional programme is presented here to allow pupils and parents to make informed decisions about which trips might be of greatest interest or best complement courses of study. Additional UK-based day and residential subject-specific, sporting, or cultural visits are advertised on a rolling basis to complement this overseas programme.
We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our operations. This programme has been carefully curated with a focus on providing exceptional educational opportunities, which limit long-haul travel and make use of trains and other public transport where possible. All trips which involve flying have carbon offsetting contributions built into the cost of the trip to further reduce our impact.
If you have any queries regarding the specifics of a trip, or wish to express interest, please email the relevant member of staff listed for each trip. Trip leaders will correspond with parents in due course to offer greater detail and sign pupils up.
2024-2025 Trips
Below you will find a list of trips for 2024/2025. For these trips, there will be no consent form to fill in.
Please do be on the look out for communications from the individual trip leaders for sign up details.
This section will be updated with more trips in due course.
VI Bk2 Trip to Berlin - 17 – 20 October 2024
Name of trip leader:
Elisabeth Ruggles
Email of trip leader:
er@wincoll.ac.uk with mr2@wincoll.ac.uk copied in please.
County/countries visited:
Germany
Region/s visited:
Berlin
Provisional dates:
17 – 20 October 2024
Estimated cost per pupil:
£860
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
VIBk1
Any requirements for participation:
A-level German
Brief outline of the trip:
The German departments of Winchester College and St. Swithun’s school are jointly running a trip to Berlin during the above dates. Experiencing one of the key capital cities in post-war European history is of great educational value to any student and supports their general understanding of European politics and culture today.
For those studying German there is the obvious benefit of using the language abroad, as well as the contact with the foreign culture by visiting places of cultural, historical and political interest, which relate directly to the AQA syllabus and lead to further individual study.
Our provisional itinerary includes:
- Visit to the GDR Museum and the Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears).
- Guided Tour at the National Gallery
- Visit to the German Bundestag
- Guided Street Art Tour
- Visit to the Holocaust Memorial
- An evening at the improvisational theatre Gorillas
- Dinner at the Berlin TV Tower
VBK and VIBK SPANISH TRIP TO MADRID - 18 to 25 October 2024
Name of trip leader:
Sara Moreno
Email of trip leader:
sem@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
Spain
Region/s visited:
Madrid
Provisional dates:
18th to 25th October
Estimated cost per pupil:
£1100 (as a maximum)
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
VBk, VI:2, and VI:1.
Any requirements for participation:
Students must be studying Spanish.
Brief outline of the trip:
Linguistic and cultural visit to Madrid homestay; Private language classes; Cultural visits; Timed to support all pupils with their speaking component of the exam.
VBk German Exchange to Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria - 19 – 25 October 2024
Name of trip leader:
Mandy Ramsbottom
Email of trip leader:
mr2@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
Germany
Region/s visited:
Bavaria
Provisional dates:
18 – 25 October 2024
Estimated cost per pupil:
£870
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
VBk
Any requirements for participation:
German GCSE
Brief outline of the trip:
Our partner school is the Karlsgymnasium, a grammar school in beautiful Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria.
Wykehamists stay with German families and spend some time in school with their exchange partners and some on excursions. They will visit such places as Munich, Salzburg and Berchtesgaden. As our pupils stay with host families, they will have the opportunity to speak German most of the time and to experience German life. Their vocabulary and fluency will improve at an important time early in Vth book.
VI Bk2 Germantown Friends USA Exchange - 15 -23 February 2025
Name of trip leader:
William Guast
Email of trip leader:
weg@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
USA
Region/s visited:
North-East
Provisional dates:
15-23/2/25
Estimated cost per pupil:
£1600
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
4th year
Any requirements for participation:
An intention to make applications to US universities
Brief outline of the trip:
Exchange visit to an American high school and a chance to visit Columbia, Princeton, and Penn.
Sri Lanka Cricket Tour (U18 and U15 squads) - 15 -23 February 2025
Name of trip leader:
James Burridge
Email of trip leader:
JMB@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
Sri Lanka
Region/s visited:
Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern
Provisional dates:
15th -23rd February
Estimated cost per pupil:
£2750
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
1-5
Any requirements for participation:
A Team Cricketer
Brief outline of the trip:
An U18 squad and an U15 squad will play 6-7 matches (mostly 50 overs with some T20s) as we tour from Colombo to Galle, via Rambukkana.
There are two additional training days and venues include playing at the Galle Test Ground.
Excursions include a trip to the Foundation of Goodness (Hikkaduwa), an Elephant Orphanage and Wadu River Cruise and visit to a Turtle Hatchery. Teams will also visit the Galle Dutch Fort when playing in Galle.
History and Art History Trip to Venice, 30 March – 4 April 2025
Name of trip leader:
Nicholas Townson
Email of trip leader:
nat@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
Italy
Region/s visited:
Venice and Padua
Provisional dates:
30 March to 4 April 2025
Estimated cost per pupil:
£850
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
VI Book
Any requirements for participation:
Those studying History and Art History
Brief outline of the trip:
The itinerary offers a wide-ranging survey of Venetian art and architecture, with a particular emphasis on the Renaissance. As such, it provides an opportunity to see art and architecture linked to the A-level History and Art History courses. While the focus is on Renaissance churches and palaces, the itinerary also includes visits to places associated with other aspects of Venetian history, such as the Guggenheim collection, Ca’ Rezzonico and the Torcello mosaics.
MP History Trip to Berlin - 23 - 26 May 2025
Name of trip leader:
James Hallinan
Email of trip leader:
jfh@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
Germany
Region/s visited:
Berlin
Provisional dates:
23rd - 26th May 2025
Estimated cost per pupil:
£950
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
Middle Part
Any requirements for participation:
Studying history
Brief outline of the trip:
This four day tour will include sites relating to our History IGCSE course, particularly the Cold War, but also aspects of Imperial, Weimar and Nazi Germany. We will be using a tour operator – Anglia Battlefield Tours – who will provide a guide and help to organise our itinerary.
Our provisional itinerary includes:
- A walking tour of central Berlin, including a visit to the Reichstag building and dome, Brandenburg Gate, Soviet War Memorial, Topography of Terror museum and Bebelplatz.
- A trip out to Potsdam to see the Neues Palais and Sanssouci
- A tour of Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- The Olympic Stadium
- The Wansee Conference House
- Checkpoint Charlie Museum
- The DDR Museum
- Berlin Wall Documentation Centre
- Stasi Prison and Museum
USA Soccer Tour - 15-25 August 2025
Name of trip leader:
Mark Burley
Email of trip leader:
msb@wincoll.ac.uk
County/countries visited:
USA
Region/s visited:
N. East – New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia
Provisional dates:
15-25 Aug 2025
Estimated cost per pupil:
£2250-2500
Year groups invited (year group in 2024-25 academic year):
VI & some limited Vbk
Any requirements for participation:
Potential Soccer XI player
Brief outline of the trip:
To train and play against US schools / in tournaments as part of our pre-season training. Combine cultural trips with US Universities visits as well as visiting partner school.
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