On Monday this week ten of our Year 9 students went to visit Cambridge University for the day. We spent the morning at Gonville & Caius College where we were given a tour of the college, learnt about the history of Cambridge University, visited the College Library and had lunch in the College dining hall.

We saw Professor Stephen Hawking’s old office from when he was a teacher at Cambridge and we also saw a memorial stone to his legacy. Miss Anderson enjoyed the stained glass window dedicated to the creator of the Venn Diagram – John Venn, who was a fellow at the college. We also got to visit the graduation gate, which all Cambridge students get to walk through on graduation day – I am excited for more pictures of students at this gate in the future in their own graduation robes.

In the afternoon we got to visit Pembroke College and walk around the grounds, we walked around the city and got an ice cream (it was very hot!) and then on the way home we also stopped off and visited Homerton College. Students had a fantastic day and were feeling inspired about the prospect of University.

Miss Anderson