Trips Journey (2024-25) - Rosebery School

Trips Journey 2024-25

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Parents’ Guide to Trips Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

Year 11 Sixth Form Trips Policy & Procedures

Parents’ Guide to Trips

Students at Rosebery School enjoy a wide variety of trips from compulsory subjects, enrichment opportunities and cultural adventures.

Each department leads visits that support the curriculum, such as Year 7 Art to Wisley, Year 8 History to Somme Battlefields, theatre trips for Drama and revision conferences in the Sixth Form.

We also run a number of extra-curricular trips which contribute to the wider development of our students, including Year 10 Ski Trip, Year 11 Geography to Iceland, Sixth Form trip to French Christmas Markets and our annual year group trips to see a production in the West End. Our annual Activities Week gives students the opportunity to experience new and unfamiliar situations and challenges, often requiring them to collaborate with their peers.

During this week, students can attend residential and/or day trips and participate in exciting onsite activities.

We work hard to select the best value and quality Tour companies to lead our trips, however acknowledge that in some circumstances, trips have short turnaround times. There are occassions where Tour companies are working towards their own deadlines for participant numbers and payment, which we need to adhere to.

This information pack is intended to guide parents/carers as their child embarks on the Trips Journey at Rosebery. Please note, this pack should be used as a guide, the details of which are subject to change. All trips launch with a letter detailing the activities and costs and is sent to parents/carers in plenty of advance.

For all questions, please contact our Trips team directly at: trips@roseberyschool.co.uk.

James Waight Educational Visits Co-ordinator

Year 7

Date

Department

Trip Name

Destination

Price

Year 7

Transition Festival Residential

PGL Osmington Bay

£230

December Year 7

Pantomime

Local theatre or at £10 school

March

Art Trip

RHS Wisley

Whipsnade Zoo

Whipsnade

Inflatables

At school

Theatre Trip

Local theatre

Early October

Art

July – Activities Week

Year 7

Various

Drama

£20

£34

£30

Year 8

Date

Department

Trip Name

Destination

Price

May

History

Battlefields

Somme, France

£120

July Activities Week

Year 8

Active Learn Residential

Potters Bar, £280 Hertfordshire

Drama

Theatre Trip

London Theatre

£38

Year 8

Musical Theatre Trip

West End, London

£38

Various

Year 9

Date

May & July

July – Activities Week

Department

Trip Name

Destination

Price

Year 9

DofE Bronze Award Expeditions

North Downs

£243

Year 9

Chessington World of Adventures

Chessington £20

Drama

Theatre Trip

London Theatre

£38

Year 9

Musical Theatre Trip

West End, London

£38

Various

Year 10

Date

Department

Trip Name

Destination

Price

September

Art

Tate Britain

London

£15

November

Design & Technology

Design Museum

London

£31

March

Maths

Maths in Action Revision Workshop

London

£37

April

PE

Ski Trip

France, Les Deux Alpes

£1770

May & July

Year 10

DofE Award – Expeditions

Chesham

£426

Biology

Biology Trip

RHS Wisley

£20

Business Studies

Chessington Business Workshop

Chessington World of Adventures

£31

Geography

Geography Field Trip

River Tillingbourne

£17

Science

Science trip to Euro Space Center

Belgium

£706

Year 10

Thorpe Park (Activities Week)

Thorpe Park

£45

Drama

Theatre Trip

London Theatre

£38

Year 10

Musical Theatre Trip

West End, London

£38

Design & Technology

Ercol Furniture Factory Tour

Buckinghamshire

£10

May

June

July

Year 11

Date

Department

Trip Name

Destination

Price

November

Design & Technology

Design Museum

London

£31

Art

National Portrait Gallery

London

£15

Geography

GCSE Geography trip to Italy

Sorento, Italy

£1300

January

English

Poetry Live Workshop

London

£38

April

English

Jekyll & Hyde on Tour

Wimbledon

38

Year 11

Prom

Denbies, Dorking

£53

Drama

Theatre Trip

London Theatre

£38

October

June

Sixth Form Date

Department

Trip Name

Destination

Price

Various

Revision Workshops

London

£30

History

A Level History & Politics

New York & Washington USA

£2400

Sixth Form

Musical Theatre

West End, London

£40

Sixth Form

Christmas Markets

Lille, France

£245

Year 12

University & Apprentice Fair

Guildford

£15

Geography

Residential field work to Leeson House

Dorset

£280

April & July

Year 12

DofE Award – Expeditions

Peak District & France

£1600

June

Sixth Form

Theatre Trip

West End, London

£40

Year 13

Prom

Leatherhead Gold Club

£40

Geography

A Level Iceland Geography Trip

£1400

Drama

Theatre Trip

£38

Various

October

December

March

July

London

Trips Policy & Procedures Please discuss all trips and activities with your daughter before signing up.

RESIDENTIAL TRIP AND LIMITED SPACES On all residential trips and those trips with limited availability, we will offer places via ballot to ensure the fairest process. If your child would like to attend, you will need to register using the link provided in the trip letter.

If you are successful in gaining a place, you will be informed by the set date, along with payment details. If we have not received a deposit by the set date, the place will be allocated to someone on the waitlist.

Those who are unsuccessful will be contacted and will remain on a waitlist. You will be informed if places become available, these again will initially be offered by ballot and then on a first come, first served basis.

All residential trips will have an Information Evening held after school, before the trip. The meeting will last for approximately one hour and will provide parents with the opportunity to view the itinerary, confirm transport arrangements, meet the trip team and ask any questions.

THEATRE TRIPS AND REVISION COURSES We will always try to obtain enough tickets for the students, but this is not always possible. Tickets will be offered on a first come, first serve basis.

PAYMENT PLANS For all trips over £50 we will endeavour to create a payment plan. We will collect all payments via ParentPay. The payment plan is a guide, we do ask that you meet the payments on the relevant dates shown, however you are also able to make earlier payments.

Please note, once your child has been allocated a place, the deposit is non-refundable. If a student withdraws from the trip at a later stage, tour operator cancellation charges will apply and there is a risk, therefore, that further payments will not be refunded if we cannot find another student to take the place.

If you are in receipt of any of the following payments and require financial support to fund a trip, please contact trips@roseberyschool.co.uk in confidence: Income-based Jobseekers Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit, Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit), Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit or Universal Credit.

MEDICAL AND DIETRY REQUIREMENTS Closer to the trip we may ask parents for: • Up-to-date medical information • Details on what medication their daughter needs to take • Details of any medical conditions (including mental health conditions) • Consent for staff to administer medications • Emergency contacts The school reserves the right to withdraw any student attending the trip whose medical conditions (including mental health conditions) cannot be supported. Please be aware that there may be scaled financial implications for parents/carers if your child is withdrawn from the trip under these circumstances. It is the parents’/carers’ responsibility to inform the school of any new medical conditions (including those related to mental health) from the time of the deposit being paid until the day of departure.

TERMS OF INCLUSION Inclusion on all trips is dependent upon acceptable attendance (91%+) and exemplary behaviour from launch until departure. The school reserves the right not to take any student whose attendance is not acceptable or whose behaviour indicates that they may not be a good ambassador for the school. Please be aware that there may be scaled financial implications for parents/carers if your child is withdrawn from the trip under these circumstances. As a school, we reserve the right to consider whether there are safeguarding concerns that may require further consideration and/or specific adjustments to be made. We would be in contact directly if this was appropriate.

WITHDRAWAL If, at any time, you wish to withdraw your daughter from a trip, you are required to notify us in writing. We will acknowledge your cancellation within 72 hours of receipt of your letter, but you should be aware that a sliding scale of cancellation charges will apply.

We are unable to refund, swap or exchange trip places (not including residentials) 48 hours before the trip departs. All changes, refunds, swaps or exchanges must take place through the school and not between students and their parents/carers.

INSURANCE We are a member of Risk protection arrangement (RPA) for academy trusts. The RPA is not an insurance scheme but is a mechanism through which the cost of risks that materialise from 1 September 2014 will be covered by government funds: Risk protection arrangement (RPA) for academy trusts (publishing.service.gov.uk)