Trips & Activities
Annual Trips
ActivitY Days
Years 7, 8 and 9 Activity Days 2026
Following on from the success of Activity Days in 2025, we are pleased to announce this year’s Activity Days will be held on the Monday 20th July and Tuesday 21st July 2026. Year Group residential trips will run until Wednesday 22nd July 2026.
These offer a broad and balanced range of activities from which you and your child can choose. We are sure that our Activity Days will give your child the opportunity to work with staff and peers in an enriched, more relaxed and practical environment.
The activities are divided into 3 main categories:
Residential Trips 20th, 21st and 22nd July– There is a 2-night off site residential trip for each year group. These cost approximately £300 last year.
Offsite activities 20th and 21st July – These are mixed year, day trips. Examples are a day at the New Forest Aqua Park, Ski & Snowboard Centre, Natural History Museum and the theatre. Costs range from between £35 and £120.
Onsite activities 20th and 21st July – These take place onsite during school hours. There will be mixed year group activities within Sport, STEM, Performing Arts and Humanities. These are low cost or free of charge.
Pupils will need to sign up to go on either a Residential Trip or an onsite/ offsite activity for both the Monday and Tuesday. Details on how to book these activities are sent to parents via email during the Autumn (Residential) and Spring (Activity Days) Terms.
Please note the two documents at the bottom of this page; the Introduction to MyEvolve, which is the online/App management system we use for you to book and pay for these activities, and the Travel Insurance Synopsis, which summarises the level of insurance cover provided by Hampshire County Council for pupils on school trips and activities.
Activity Days are an excellent way for our pupils to develop exceptional character and as such, full attendance is both essential and mandatory.
Onsite activities
Afternoon Tea
This will be an action packed day for food lovers. The day will be divided into 3 sessions and at the end of the day you will take home 4 tea-time products: Scones, Jam, Lemon Curd and a Decorated Cake. You should be prepared to work hard, learn lots of new skills and take home some lovely goodies to impress your family and friends.
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £18
Design Tech Workshop (2 days)
Design and make products, using laser cutters and machines and have a chance to get involved with the motorised buggies. Not available to anyone who enrolled in this activity in previous years.
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £5
Football tournament
Become legendary as Kings’ football champions! We would like to hold a competitive tournament; come ready for a fun day
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Show-up, Make-up, Glam- up workshop
An exciting day where you will transform and create your make-up by experimenting with colours, textures and styles. You’ll also design and make your very own glam tote bag to take home. Spaces are limited, so secure your spot now and get ready to slay glam like never before!
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £15
Puppetry Workshop
In this workshop students will work with a variety of puppets, from shadow puppets to life size group puppets. Students will get the chance to make puppets as well as rehearse with puppets and perform their pieces by the end of the day.
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Song Composition workshop
Pupils will spend the day using BandLab and/or the recording studio to compose their own songs in a style of their choice. They will be learning about components (for example, chord progressions, bass lines and memorable melodies), structural elements (such as introductions, verses, choruses and bridge passages) and having a go at developing their music editing and production skills. Pupils will be able to use instruments as well as use software. They would be encouraged to share and celebrate their songs towards the end of the day, with the aim of producing and mastering a group album as a final product.
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
The Humanities Hunger Games.
The Humanities Hunger Games.
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Foreign Film Club
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
The Traitors
This Activities Day, take a step into the dark side of trust, betrayal, paranoia, and assassination.
Do you have the skills to identify the snake hiding in plain sight?
Are you devious enough to disguise your villainy with virtue?
Inspired by the hit TV series ‘Traitors’, be prepared for the ultimate game of cloak and dagger as Faithful’s and Traitors go head to head in a battle of wits, puzzles, and murder.
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Angry Birds
An interactive workshop on the science of catapults. Using computer simulations, ping-pong testing, and designing and making catapults using recycled materials.
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Chess
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Card Making Workshop
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £28
Robots and Microbits
Monday only
FREE
Flower Arranging Workshop
Monday only
Cost £20
Curate a Kings’ School Computing Museum
Tuesday only
FREE
Photography
Tuesday only
FREE
OFFSITE ACTIVITIES
Bushcraft
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £15
DAY TRIP TO NEW FOREST WATERPARK
Measuring in at an impressive 4,000sq meters, this floating, inflatable Aqua Park has 2 trampolines, monkey bars, flippers, slides, hurdles, springboard, rockers, rollers, an overhang climbing wall, a swing, a giant iceberg and much more! Come along for a day of watery-wipe-out fun.
PUPILS MUST BE ABLE TO SWIM 50m UNAIDED
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £55
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM VISIT
An exciting trip to The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology.
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £30
WINCHESTER TREASURE HUNT
An adventure walk around Winchester solving the The Mystery of the Bishop’s Golden Tankard.
Monday & Tuesday
FREE
Calshot Activities
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £66
London Dungeons
Monday & Tuesday
Cost £30
Hawk Conservancy
A wildlife day out discovering birds of prey set within 22 acres of stunning countryside. The Hawk Conservancy Trust is an award-winning visitor attraction.
Monday only
Cost £40
SKIING & SNOWBOARDING DAY
Whether you’re a beginner or pro, we’ve got it covered.
Here you’ll find a huge 160m Main Slope as well as the UKs largest indoor lesson slope. Both ski and snowboarding slopes are over 30m wide and maintained with the perfect snow – perfect for all your indoor skiing and snowboarding needs!
Tuesday only
Cost £60
DAY TRIP TO THE WAVE, BRISTOL
The Wave is an inland surfing destination born out of a passion for technology, nature, and human health. At its heart is an unbelievable surfing lake, with perfect wave, set in an incredible green space. Price includes included coach travel, equipment hire (surf board, wet suit etc) and 2 x 1.5 Hour surf Lessons (30 minutes on the beach instructions and 1 hour in the water)
PUPILS MUST BE ABLE TO SWIM 50m UNAIDED
Tuesday only
Cost £90
A day on the Southbank
Tuesday only
Cost £55
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
An opportunity to spend the day at Kew Gardens, officially known as the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. A UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Richmond, London it is one of the most extensive and important botanical gardens in the world, housing a vast collection of living plants and serving as a sanctuary for biodiversity. Kew Gardens features iconic attractions, including the Great Palm House, and offers visitors a stunning escape from the city with its beautiful landscapes and diverse plant collections.
Tuesday only
£35
Working together to build our school community: an opportunity to support our families so that all pupils can enjoy life enhancing experiences.
Activities days are an excellent way for our pupils to develop Exceptional Character, and these exciting, sometimes life changing activities are a very important part of our school curriculum.
Each year we are approached by some parents who wish to make a voluntary contribution to help the children from low income families have the opportunity to participate in a range of activities. This year we wanted to formalise this process – making it easier to make a voluntary contribution to help more activities become accessible to every pupil. If you would like to make a donation to support our school community in this way, this can be done by visiting our online school shop.
If you would like to help in this way, please visit our school shop Parent Pay School Shop Activities Week donations where you can see the full list of activities and costs ranging from £1 to £350. Once you have selected your activity, you will be able to make payment by card. When filling in the details, please put ‘donation’ in the ‘child’s name’ box. All donations will be acknowledged, but will remain anonymous.
We are proud to be part of a school community where we recognise that everyone makes an essential contribution to the life of the school. We want to thank all our parents for the support you give us each day as we work together to provide your children with their best possible learning experiences. From positive words of encouragement to our pupils and staff, through to financial contributions, we really value each family for the time, energy and commitment you put into working together with us to build our school community as well as your children’s individual successes.