A trip has been arranged to take Year 7 students to London on Thursday 22nd May, returning to school on Friday 23rd. The trip is intended to enhance elements of both the Year 7 History and English curriculum, which covers an introduction to Shakespeare’s London as well as our study of the Shakespearean comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

Itinerary

Thursday 22nd May

• 9.35am – travel to London from Manchester Piccadilly train station (parents are expected to drop off their child at the train station at 9am)
• 11.41am – arrive at London Euston
• 12.30pm – Tower of London, lunch and self-guided tour
• 4.30pm – boat to Bankside
• 5pm – evening meal
• 6.30pm – Much Ado About Nothing performance at Southwark Cathedral
• 8.30pm – travel to YHA London Thameside

Friday 23rd May

• 9am – tube travel to Westminster
• 10am – visit to Parliament
• 12.30pm – visit to Shakespeare’s Globe, tour and Much Ado About Nothing workshop
• 2pm – lunch on the Southbank
• 4.13pm – travel from Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
• 6.20pm – arrive in Manchester