On Wednesday 1st July, 15 Year 7 pupils and 4 staff enjoyed a fabulous trip to London for the day. The purpose of the trip was to visit the summer science exhibition at The Royal Society, building on some of the STEM work we have been doing in school. After a 5:15am meet at Newcastle Central Station we boarded the 5:56 train to London Kings Cross. On arrival, we caught the Tube to Picadilly Circus with just a short walk to the exhibition. After spending the morning being wowed by the exhibits (including the future of robotics by the Oxford Robotics Institute, laser driven radiotherapy to make cancer treatment more efficient by LhARA and watching Cardiff Uni demonstrate how lightning behaves using Tesla coils amongst many other things), we then spent the rest of the day exploring parts of London. A walk to Trafalgar Square and then along Whitehall, past Downing Street to parliament square for lunch. Then across Westminster Bridge to see the London Eye and do some souvenir shopping. Next, a walk back through St James’s Park to Buckingham Palace, before walking up The Mall and a deserved ice cream stop! Finally it was back to Picadilly Circus to get a Tube to Kings Cross, McDonalds for 19 people and board our 4pm train back to Newcastle. Sadly the wifi didn’t work on the train to watch the England game, but we returned safely after a really enjoyable, but tiring day. A big well done to the children, whose behaviour was exemplary and a huge thank you to Mrs Lowden and Mrs Sykes for organising the trip and Mrs Robson and Mr Souter for accompanying the group.