Good Eggs!

Platform offers free train tickets for rail-education . The Egg Theatre in Bath offers free theatre for schools. We came together to give schools a fantastic experience without having to shell out a penny.

Over the week, Platform took 150 students – from Walwayne Court School and Chandag Infant School – on a free rail-education trip into Bath Spa. The team then walked the students and their teachers to The Egg theatre to hand them over to the brilliant team there, who led students in theatrical workshops.

A few hours later, the Platform team returned to the theatre, collected the school groups, and took them back to the station for the return leg home.

Back at Bath Spa, it was a good opportunity to deliver further rail-education, read students a story about the railways, and to introduce them to BackTrack – a community rail education competition.

Rebecca Humphreys from Walwayne Court School said, “We are extremely grateful for this wonderful opportunity for our children. You have been an absolute pleasure to work with and everything ran very smoothly. I have already recommended you to colleagues and other schools as this is a great service you offer.”

Hollin Butterfield from Chandag Infant School said, “Absolutely superb! Having Platform to help us prep and then to escort us on our first class train trip was amazing. It gave me so much reassurance as a class teacher in using the train with my class and the children learnt far more about rail safety than if we had just travelled alone. Emilie and Imogen were so knowledgeable and supportive. They had an excellent rapport with the the children, confidently leading the group when needed and also making supportive connections with individual children who had worries or additional needs.”

You can read more about The Egg Theatre here: https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/your-visit/the-egg/