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In About Reach Cambridge, Experience Britain, Fun

A day at Leicester Space Centre

The day after a fun-filled trip to Ely and its stunning cathedral on Saturday, on Sunday our students hit the road again and this time they allowed me to come along for the ride. Our destination was the National Space Centre in Leicester. The space centre did not disappoint, providing both the history of the…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Experience Britain, Fun

A day at Leicester Space Centre

The day after a fun-filled trip to Ely and its stunning cathedral on Saturday, on Sunday our students hit the road again and this time they allowed me to come along for the ride. Our destination was the National Space Centre in Leicester. The space centre did not disappoint, providing both the history of the…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Experience Britain, Fun

A day at Leicester Space Centre

The day after a fun-filled trip to Ely and its stunning cathedral on Saturday, on Sunday our students hit the road again and this time they allowed me to come along for the ride. Our destination was the National Space Centre in Leicester. The space centre did not disappoint, providing both the history of the…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Community Outreach, Fun

Charity Football Tournament

On another sweltering Monday afternoon, the annual charity 5-a-side football tournament took place on Downing Paddock.  Featuring squads of 7 players with a mix of boys and girls, a round robin competition drew a large crowd of fellow Reach students looking to support their friends and also the Sabre Trust.  5 teams entered consisting of…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Fun, Program Highlights, Reach Students

The Reach Cambridge World Fair

Every summer Reach Cambridge holds a World Fair, where students can showcase the best of their country and learn about the places their new friends call home. Read all about it from the perspective of one of our students and her supervisor. The World Fair: A student perspective Perhaps the most escalated showcase of national…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Cambridge, Extracurriculars, Fun

Photography Group

The photography group met up yesterday afternoon for the first time this summer. We aimed to get a bird’s-eye view of Cambridge, so we headed towards the car park on the roof of one of the biggest shopping centres in town. We posed against Cambridge’s timeless skyline, with King’s College Chapel and the tower of…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Experience Britain, Fun, Reach Students

London: Take One!

Last Sunday we took advantage of a beautiful day and journeyed to London. Half of the group explored Tate Modern and took in Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, while the other half enjoyed a morning at Greenwich, followed by a river cruise down the Thames to Southbank in the afternoon. Greenwich and Southbank Group: Greenwich…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Extracurriculars, Fun, Reach Students

Ceilidh Night – A Scottish Tradition

When most Reach Cambridge students were told that the evening activity would be a Ceilidh, they responded with silence and a look of puzzlement. By the end of the evening they were laughing, dancing with their partners and counting ’1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8…’ as they flew around the room. There are some things in life that can’t be…
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In Cambridge, Experience Britain, Extracurriculars, Fun, Program Highlights

A perfect day for punting

One of the highlights every summer for Reach students—and any visitor to Cambridge for that matter—is the chance to punt on the Cam River.  Frequently confused with a gondola, a punt is a flat bottomed boat that is propelled by a pole, rather than an oar, and thus can be great fun for novices to try…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Experience Britain, Extracurriculars, Fun

Anglesey Abbey – An escape from the city

A few miles outside of Cambridge lies Anglesey Abbey. Originally built as a priory in the twelfth century, it has since been converted by the Fairhavens (a wealthy American family in the early twentieth century) into a stunning country house bordered by pretty gardens. The estate provided the students with a welcome retreat from the…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Experience Britain, Extracurriculars, Fun

Shakespeare Experience!

The first weekend of Reach Summer School is here and everyone is excited about our trips to Brighton on Saturday, and London on Sunday!  However here’s a little trailer about what Reach is planning around William Shakespeare.  Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and…
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In About Reach Cambridge, Community Outreach, Fun, Reach Students

Reach Cambridge students to work with the Sabre Trust

Education is a huge part of Reach Cambridge summer school. Of course, there are plenty of opportunities to take part in a range of fun activities, as well as excursions to lots of exciting places! But education is really important to us, and that’s one of the reasons why, over the last five years, we…
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