Over the last couple of years, pupils may have missed out on various school trips, whether that be day trips or small breaks where they stay away overnight. As Covid restrictions are starting to ease, many schools are able to resume these sorts of trip again and give the students the opportunity to experience what it is like staying away from home, but how much educational value to these trips have? This often depends on where they go and what they are doing but sometimes the educational value is not the main reason they go. Often these sorts of trips teach fantastic life skills. It helps children to learn how to be independent, how to be organised and how to stand on their own two feet. It allows them to grow and to learn how to interact with others and also to build confidence. Many people believe that these skills have many more benefits than the educational skills they may get. If you work in a school and feel that it is lacking in what it offers, why not do some research for some local places that you could take the children out to. If you want to do a residential, it doesn’t have to be miles away, somewhere local can be just as fun and often less hassle.