Wellington College International Tianjin Year 6 trip to the UK: A visit to Eagle House, London and Portsmouth.

On 28th April, a group of ten Year 6 pupils from Wellington College Tianjin led by their two teachers departed to Eagle House, the Junior school for Wellington College in the UK. This visit is part of the series of annual exchange trips between Wellington UK and its partner school in Tianjin.

Starting in London, the group spent two full days visiting the famous tourist and historical sites – the London Eye, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Cleopatra’s Needle, the Shard, Westminster Abbey, and guard changing at Buckingham Palace were all on the list as well as an obligatory photo under the Wellington Arch!

Saturday was spent in and around Eagle House shadowing their Year 6 students around some of their lessons. Mr Neill Lunnon, deputy head at Eagle House School gave the team a warm welcome and guided their tour of the grounds at Wellington College and Eagle House by telling the history of the place and various people connected with the school. During their stay at Eagle house, our pupils also gave short presentation about life in China and what is it like to go to school at Wellington College in Tianjin.

The year 6 pupils continued their visit with the village of Eton, Windsor Castle and Portsmouth Historic Dockyards, where they saw the famous ships HMS Victory and the Mary Rose.

And in all the visit was a great success and a return is planned next year!