Year 12 Reward Trip, April 2022
On Friday 8th April, 33 students (including myself) from Year 12 attended the Reward Trip at Broadway Plaza, Birmingham. The trip is held once every term and is organised to recognise students for their outstanding punctuality and attendance, and behaviour as shown through their merits; this was my first such trip. In the morning, at 10:15, we started off with a session of mini-golf at Mr Mulligan’s which lasted around 2 hours. Fortunately, the place was quite empty which allowed us to take our time whilst putting on each of the two 12-hole courses. Although I was dreadful at playing as it was my first time, it turned out to be quite competitive; however leading to the end, we gave up on scoring and just played for fun. After the mini-golf session ended, we were given an hour to walk around the Plaza and eat lunch. As I had never been to Broadway Plaza before, I decided to have some fun by playing in the arcade at ‘Hollywood Bowl’ with some friends, which was arguably one of the best parts of the trip! We played various games such as the claw grab, Mario Cart Racing (and obviously I won) and ball grab; we won a very unimpressive 22 tickets. Finally, it was time to sit down, relax and watch the newly released film ‘Morbius’. This was my first cinema experience and I enjoyed it! The visual effects were great and it was better than watching the film at home; however, there were some dull aspects to the storyline as well as a confusing fighting scene at the end. Overall, it was a fun day out and a refreshing and rewarding break from the normal school timetable. It is definitely worth working towards and attending, especially if you go with friends.
Tallaal Sadiq
