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Matrix ‘Far From Home’ - Turing 2023-24

Sweden, Italy, Peru

We are delighted to announce that, for the third year running, Matrix Academy Trust has had another successful Turing bid.

The Turing Scheme is the UK government’s programme to provide funding for international opportunities in education and training across the world. It supports Global Britain by providing an opportunity for UK organisations from the higher education, further education, vocational education and training and schools sectors to offer young people  life-changing experiences.

This year, pupils in Year 8 from across Matrix schools will be visiting Sweden. Year 10 will be exploring ancient history in Italy. Year 12 students will be travelling around the world to Peru.

We chose ‘Far From Home’ as the name of our 2023-24 Turing project because we are committed to promoting an international outlook with our pupils. For our young people to be successful, we need to do whatever we can to broaden their horizons - and one way of doing this is to take them ‘far from home’. We will be making sure the pupils who are selected to go on these visits will be those that will benefit most from them.

More information about these opportunities will be shared in September.

Read our report on last year’s Matrix visit to Japan here: https://matrixacademytrust.co.uk/japan/

Find out more about the Turing scheme here: https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk

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Imperial War Museum London 

29 Year 10 students were selected by their History teachers as a reward for their positive attitude to learning to attend the Imperial War Museum in London/Holocaust Galleries.

Students were able to explore and examine a wide range of sources to further their understanding of the topic area.

Students represented the academy to a high standard. Students were also able to observe some of the landmarks of London e.g Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Victoria and Albert Museum, Westminster Cathedral and the grounds of Buckingham Palace.


A quote from one of our Year 10's.

"I know that we have covered this in class, but it feels so much different outside the classroom

It feels so real being at the museum" quote from one of our students today.


Contact Info

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Lichfield Road
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West Midlands
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T: 01902 558 222

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