July 2012 - Oasis Academy Coulsdon

YEAR 12 PSYCHOLOGY TRIP
By Heather Kelvin
In June the Year 12 Psychology and Biology Students went on a trip to London to visit
Sigmund Freud’s House.
We went with two lovely teachers, Ms Lesova and Mr Swais and had a really enjoyable
time. We had time to go for a wander around Camden through to cultural extravaganza of
shops and food stalls.
We then travelled to Freud’s house where we all went on a tour of where he lived. We
were able to see his study where he conducted his work; the rooms upstairs had many
pictures of his family and his art work and also a family tree which we found very
intriguing.
Afterwards we were able to meet with the curator of the Freud Museum where we could
ask him questions about Freud, his work or about the museum. We sat in the garden and
he and two of his PhD students conducted a university style seminar where they talked to
us in detail about Freud, his life, ideas and work. We were able to debate and discuss
and we learnt a lot of new interesting information.
Overall the trip was really great fun and I’m glad we were able to get a thorough insight
into psychology which will really help us with our studies.