Trips & Visits - Aiglon College

Travel and engaging with the world are crucial for personal growth, offering unique experiences that go beyond the classroom.

Aiglon provides a range of excursions across different locations that aim to challenge students through exciting adventures, foster mutual respect, and cultivate a sense of responsibility. The comprehensive programme offers academic, cultural, ecological, and adventurous experiences throughout the year.

Trip Programme Overview

Kenya & Tanzania Cultural Exchange Experience

Athens and Aegina

ADT

Trip Descriptions

Cultural Learning Experience

Aiglon has a long tradition of Cultural Learning Experiences trips (CLEs). All students participate in a CLE before the Autumn half-term break.

These experiences last three days and aim to familiarise students with Switzerland's position in Europe.

For students in Years 5-9, the Swiss experiences include visits to Geneva or Bern (alternating years), Neuchatel, Zurich, and Lugano.

For students in Years 10-13, the European experiences include trips to Turin, Lyon, Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, Naples, Amsterdam, and Budapest.

Discovery Trips

The Aiglon Discovery Trips (ADTs) for students in Years 7-9 aim to enhance the academic curriculum and provide opportunities for extended learning.

Year 7 students visit NASA in Huntsville, Alabama, for a 2-week survival, astronaut training, engineering, space flight, and xenobiology course.
Year 8 students travel to Greece for a cultural and historical experience in Athens and then to Corfu for RYA training on a 15m yacht.
Year 9 students journey to Tiklik village in Cambodia to work on sustainable living through ecological education, collaborating with locals to understand and address local and global issues

Experience Trips

Experience trips are supplementary to the core curriculum, although occasionally students may opt for one of these trips instead of a core excursion.

These adventures push students outside their comfort zones and encourage them to embrace the school's values of intellect, physicality, and spirituality in uncharted territories.

The trips can either serve as additional components within the classroom environment or as longer excursions during term breaks.

Academic Trips

Aiglon significantly emphasises the value of a comprehensive curriculum and hands-on learning experiences. That's why they actively support various educational trips for their students.

For instance, the World Languages department organises European trips that allow students to immerse themselves in local cultures and languages fully.

Additionally, there are opportunities for Music, Art, and Drama students to visit London and Paris.

Those interested in science can look forward to exciting outings within the local area. These outings include visits to renowned scientific sites like Cern's Large Hadron Collider. Furthermore, Aiglon participates in the annual BETT conference held in London.

As one of the founding members of Round Square, Aiglon is committed to attending local and global RS Conferences. This allows students to connect with peers from around the world. Together they discuss important topics and collaborate on finding solutions.

Our Approach

Aiglon offers students many opportunities for travel. Each year they participate in trips as part of our core programme. The cost of these trips is covered by the tuition fees, as they are central to the school experience.

The trips will vary based on year group, but opportunities to grow will be available during everyone's time at the school. The trips that are part of the wider experience programme are extras that may take place partly during the school holidays.

Each occasion is designed to offer students a variety of experiences focused around the school's guiding principles of mind, body and spirit.

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