As part of their activity week, year 7 students visited the site at Portchester Castle, which was initially a Roman fort guarding the sheltered harbour to the east, and later a medieval castle and prison. Whilst there, students were able to put themselves in the position of those soldiers attacking and defending the castle, including climbing to the top of the keep to act as a look out, as well as imagining how it would have been to live in the castle. Sam Goodland of 7 Scott described the day as a "real historic day out", and Jamie Siviter of 7 Darwin added that it was a "very interesting and enjoyable" visit.