Top School Trips -Issue 7

www.teachwire.net/school-trips | 19 1 Head into Tornado Springs Set in a 1950s American town, Tornado Springs boasts eight exciting rides and attractions. The Storm Chaser rollercoaster is sure to have your class in a spin, while the exhilarating Cyclonator will challenge even the bravest students. Grab your driving licence at Al’s Auto Academy or tame the wild rivers on Buffalo Falls. There’s something for everyone in Tornado Springs! 2 Book a workshop Enjoy a curriculum-based workshop in a unique classroom! Paultons Park’s Learning Lab is fully themed, with bubbling test tubes and smoking pipes, and is sure to engage every pupil. Workshop highlights include Rollercoaster Forces, where children learn all about the forces on rides with the help of experiments using ‘K’Nex coasters’. In Ride Programming, children take on the role of engineers to program the park’s mini sky swinger rides. 3 Come face to face with dinosaurs! Step into a Jurassic world where dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes greet you at every turn. Lost Kingdom is home to three rollercoasters, including the mighty Flight of the Pterosaur, which gives riders a bird’s-eye view of the land as they swoop over the kingdom. Take a jeep tour of the park’s prehistoric creatures and even come face to face with a T-rex in a meet-and-eat show! 6 THINGS TO DO AT... Paultons Park With over 70 rides and attractions, beautiful gardens, and a host of birds and animals, there’s plenty here to keep any class entertained… www.paultonspark.co.uk T: 023 8081 4442 E: education@paultons.co.uk // PAULTONS PARK Paultons Park operates a ‘no visit, no charge’ policy and invoices after the trip takes place. GOOD TO KNOW 6 Enjoy the variety Whether you are finding out about penguins at the daily keeper talk-and-feed or capturing spooks in Ghostly Manor, there is so much variety for school groups. Paultons Park has a range of options, whether for a learning trip, a reward trip or a mixture of the two. Teachers will also enjoy the complimentary adult ratios, free pre-visits, zero deposit and the park’s ‘no visit, no charge’ guarantee! PARTNER CONT ENT 4 Venture forth with Vikings Launching in May 2026, Valgard: Realm of the Vikings is a brand-new £12 million themed world that includes two major new rides, headlined by Drakon – a twisting, inverting coaster designed for the most fearless pupils. Your class will also love trying the UK’s first epic Wild Swing ride while being fully immersed in this exciting land. 5 Picnic in beautiful surroundings Lunch is a key part of any visit, so the park boasts several undercover seating areas for hungry pupils. The main seating area can accommodate 450. On colder days heat lamps are available, and the site is conveniently located next to toilets and a free water bottle refill station. If the weather is nice, there is nothing better than eating under the park’s cedar trees within the beautiful gardens.