There were high-flyers and synchronised swimmers, when students from Smithdon High School celebrated the end of term circus-style.

Our Year 8 cohort enjoyed a trip to the historic Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth to see the Circus, which featured a wide range of international artistes such as aerialists and acrobats, as well as the show’s famous synchronised swimmers, ‘Water Spectacle’, and Giant Fountains, and comedy from comedians Jack Jay and Ben Langley.

It was the first time the trip had taken place – although our school, which is a member of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, has a long tradition of exposing students to the performing arts.

“Trips like this are part of a performing arts plan, where students have the opportunity to see a show each year that they are at Smithdon, from the local pantomime in Year 7, to where Years 9 to 11 are invited to West End shows in London, and theatre trips locally in Norwich,” said Assistant Headteacher Alysha Moat, who accompanied the students to the Hippodrome, along with Pastoral Manager Sally Collins.

“It is important to come together as a year group to attend exciting trips and see things that we would not normally see.”