Sunday 20th October 2019 – Day 1

The Gold Care Award trip 2019 had started! 

Everyone gathered at the train station at 1:00pm, excited to begin the journey. We boarded our train at 1:30pm and we were off on our way to Stafford (the first stop), which was  where we had a bite to eat. Soon we were on our second train to Liverpool! As soon as we arrived, we took a calm walk through the city centre towards our accommodation. After we sorted out rooms we set off to start out sightseeing adventures. 

First, we took a walk to one of the cathedrals. Although it was rather windy and cold, the experience was still great. The design of the cathedral was quite historic and it had some interesting features like the organ and there were also many more. Next we went to the Catholic Cathedral where we noticed a different style of architecture. This one was round, bright and extremely modern compared to the Anglican Cathedral. When we went inside, we saw how different it was in layout as well as atmosphere. 

After this we walked around Liverpool to find something to eat. We then ventured around Liverpool to where the Beatles started off but quickly had to leave due to the time of night. We returned to the Hostel and Mr Harris took a group of students onto the ferris wheel and we had an amazing view of the night sky. Then we went back to the hostel and got ready for bed, however, not without a few games of cards!

Monday 21st October 2019 – Day 2 

The day began at 7:45 when we all woke up and prepared ourselves for the second day in Liverpool. Everyone met in the cafeteria, where we all had a delicious breakfast whilst playing cards. We brought down our bags and grabbed our lunch. By 10:00 we were on our way to explore the first museum! 

First, we travelled on foot to the Slavery Museum. As soon as we arrived, everyone parted ways to go take a look around. There were numerous floors dedicated to a range of different sections, for example the Titanic and Slavery. We saw many different things, from life size human figures to video clips. In my opinion, the video about the Titanic was the most interesting because it showed us the whole journey, right up to it’s tragic end.   Furthermore, there were fact phones dotted around where you could listen to someone talking about their point of view at certain points in history. Once we had all looked around, we met back at the entrance and went out to the docks. There were many shops and cafés! Once again, we all split up and did some shopping. The sweet shop caught our eyes first! After venturing around, everyone met up at the tables and shared lunch together that we had packed earlier on in the day. 

Afterwards, we started walking to the Museum of Liverpool. Again, we explored and took in the facts about the history of Liverpool. There was an amazing life size train on the second floor, which we could sit in and see the view looking down at the ground floor. This was my favourite museum because of the unusual and creative layout of the place. In addition to that, there was even a karaoke booth where you could sing along to the Beatles songs. The Beatles of course were loved and appreciated, especially by the residents of Liverpool as that was where the famous group originated and performed many of their songs. You could learn about John Lennon, his wife and their history together. I think it’s most definitely worth a trip there because it was so cool to learn all this stuff through a physical walkthrough, which not everyone would get the opportunity to experience.  

After a long day of walking about and enhancing our knowledge of British and Liverpudlian history, we came back to our accommodation and grabbed our bags. Everyone had a final group chat about our experience and showed our gratitude to the members of staff who made us feel so welcome before  we began our journey back to Wolverhampton. We took our final walk through the city centre and hopped on our train. In no time we were finally back home!

“It was a pleasure to lead this trip for the Gold Care Award winners in recognition of their huge contribution to the academy and I hope they enjoyed their time exploring one of our most culturally significant cities” – Mr Harris.

By Ashpriya & Charlotte 

Year 10