An early start yesterday morning as our Year 10 students set off at 5:30am for Belgium on the first day of our Battlefields Trip.

Today, they are exploring the Somme region, visiting powerful and poignant sites including: La Boiselle Crater, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, Newfoundland Park Preserved Battlefield, Railway Hollow Cemetery, Vimy Ridge Trenches and Memorial and the Notre Dame de Lorette French National Cemetery

It’s been a moving and memorable first day, bringing history to life and helping our students understand the scale and impact of the First World War.