School trips
School trips: pick what suits you. Options for beginners, families or groups, in the finest settings there are.
Duration
A few hours – several days
Difficulty
Easy – Moderate
Location
Places worth a school visit, in Romania and abroad
Season
Through the school year
What are school trips?
School trips are programmes put together for pupils, pairing activities that teach with visits to places worth seeing.
They round out what happens in class, through hands-on work and themed visits.
They can be arranged for a class, for a group of pupils or for a school.
Right for
Primary school
Programmes pitched at younger children, with things to learn and things to enjoy.
Lower secondary
Trips to cultural, historic and scientific places.
Upper secondary
Programmes that teach and that help with choosing a path.
Teachers
Programmes put together with the teachers running the trip.
Schools and colleges
Trips for schools, clubs and educational organisations.
Places that teach something
Museums
Visits that teach, and cultural activities.
Historic sites
Fortresses, castles, monuments and historic sites.
Science and technology
Learning centres, exhibitions and things you can try yourself.
Nature and the environment
Reserves, nature parks and activities about looking after them.
Places that keep the old ways
Educational farms, crafts and things done the way they always were.
Types of school trips
Educational
Activities that round out what is taught in class.
Cultural
Museums, art and heritage.
Historical
Getting to know the events and the places that shaped things.
Scientific
Experiments, technology and finding things out.
Nature
Ecology, wildlife and time spent outdoors.
For the fun of it
Time together and time to unwind.
How a school trip works
Planning
Setting what the trip is for, the route and the activities.
Working with the school
Putting the programme together with the teachers.
Getting there
Getting the group to where it is going.
Activities that teach
Visits, workshops and things you do with your hands.
Coming back
The programme closes as it was planned.
At a glance
Age group
Programmes pitched at how old the pupils are and where they are.
Duration
Anything from a day out to a programme of several days.
How big the group is
Arranged for classes, groups of pupils or whole schools.
What it teaches
Activities tied to what the pupils are studying.
Food
A packed lunch
It may be part of a day trip.
A meal laid on
Catering at places picked out beforehand.
Dietary needs
Allergies and restrictions have to be flagged beforehand.
Activities that teach
Hands-on workshops
Activities you take part in, and things you try yourself.
Guided visits
Someone who knows the place shows you round.
Experiments and demonstrations
Scientific and educational activities.
Group activities
Exercises in working together and getting on.
Getting out into nature
Watching, learning about the environment and time outdoors.
Keeping the pupils safe
Supervision
Responsible adults keeping the group together.
Rules of behaviour
Set out before the trip and kept to throughout.
Emergencies
Plans and procedures for anything unexpected.
Medical information
Anything that matters, passed to the organiser beforehand.
What to bring
The right clothing
Suited to the season and to what is planned.
Rucksack
For the things each pupil needs along the way.
Papers
Whatever papers the organiser asks for.
Personal things
What each pupil needs over the course of the programme.
Frequently asked questions about school trips
They can be pitched at primary, lower secondary and upper secondary pupils.
Transport, visits, activities that teach and catering.
Yes — what the trip covers and what the pupils do can be pitched at their level.
The trip is put together with the teachers responsible for the group.
Yes — workshops, experiments and things the pupils take part in.