When students are spending every day in the classroom learning about a subject which may not be of particular interest to them, things can get a little boring. Once a student is bored at school, it’s near impossible for them to take in any useful information without drifting off into a daydream. You tell them off for it, but you know how they feel because you’ve been there yourself.
The thing a lot of schools don’t realise is that there are times when the best thing you can give students is a break. And not like a lunchtime break, or like a summer holiday, but an educational break. Giving your students some time out of the classroom to learn about a subject in a more exciting environment where they can see and discover things first-hand will help to make the subject a lot more interesting.
School trips do not have to be local, although that does seem to be the preference for many schools. It is important to think about the potential of each place you can visit, and taking a trip abroad could be the most exciting thing students ever do with their school. Plus, they have loads of great advantages. For example, school trips to Italy can provide locations for history and classics students to explore the times they are learning about, such as the Colosseum in Rome, as well as galleries for art students to explore, venues for music students to take to the stage in and much, much more.
Trips abroad are also great for language students. For example, a student learning Italian might be able to pick up a lot of phrases in the classroom, but school trips to Italy will allow students to put their skills into practice in real life and pick up new phrases and words along the way.
