It is the arrival of the new minibus that triggers
the demand for its use
When a school has no minibus, or has one but needs a second, there will be a small group of people who will lead the call for a new vehicle.
Often the leadership of such a group will be taken by the sports department who will, quite reasonably, talk about the problems with arranging away sporting fixtures, trips to local swimming pools, and so on.
But inevitably, once a minibus is leased and brought on site, the number of teachers wanting to use the bus will rise greatly.
The point is that for many of us, thinking about what we don’t have is not a priority unless it affects us deeply. On the other had using what we now have access to, is a much easier concept to consider, and something that can get us excited.
In this way department after department that has never thought about a minibus before, will begin to want to use the newly acquired bus – and as a result, and given the near universal agreement about the enhanced power of education outside the classroom, the nature of schooling changes.
English teachers might well want to visit focal points for local writers and arrange trips to see dramatic performances. Those with a strong drive for expanding creative writing may well want to visit a site that will stimulate the students output. Others will want to reveal what it was that inspired writers who have passed this way before.
Maths has a strong affinity with astronomy and engineering, and considering the application of maths in our built environment by looking at the use of maths in constructions is always worthwhile.
Science likewise has many applications in buildings, along with the museums of science and those locations commemorating the way in which the application of science has changed our view of the world. It is indeed difficult to get a full grip on Darwin without a visit to a well planned zoo, just as it is to grasp the concept of the universe without a trip to a planetarium.
Religious Education will naturally take us to places of worship of different religions – which will probably be the only time in which most people get to visit a place of worship for a religion other than that with which they were brought up.
ICT can take students to control centres for anything from the internal environment of tower blocks to traffic signal operations HQs. Plus there are centres like Bletchley Park – and once again science museums.
History naturally has no shortage of locations to visit, nor do geography and geology.
Music involves going to concerts and going to locations that house instruments from other cultures, as well as locations that composers found inspirational, while a minibus for the art department allows us to take students to see paintings, photographs, constructions and installations, not just by nationally known figures but also by regional and local artists.
And so it goes on. Each department can think up places to visit, and once they start doing this, can find that such visits enhances the education that is delivered.
All it requires is the leasing of that extra minibus in the first place, and the demand will be there.
You can find out more about our minibus range on our website.
Alternatively please call us on 01753 859 944 for further information.
Benchmark Leasing Ltd
11 High Street
Eton
Berkshire
SL4 6AS
www.minibusleasing.co.uk/school-minibus.php
minibus@benchmarkleasing.co.uk
Tel: 01753 859944