Trips Journey 2024-25
Parents’ Guide to Trips
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Sixth Form
Trips Policy & Procedures
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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
Date Department Trip Name Destination Price Early
Year 7 Transition Festival Residential PGL Osmington Bay £230 December Year 7 Pantomime Local theatre or at school £10 March Art Art Trip RHS Wisley £20 July –Activities Week Year 7 Whipsnade Zoo Inflatables Whipsnade At school £34 Various Drama Theatre Trip Local theatre £30 Year
October
7
Date Department Trip Name Destination Price May History Battlefields Somme, France £120 JulyActivities Week Year 8 Active Learn Residential Potters Bar, Hertfordshire £280 Various Drama Theatre Trip London Theatre £38 Year 8 Musical Theatre Trip West End, London £38
Year 8
Date Department Trip Name Destination Price May
Year 9 DofE Bronze AwardExpeditions North Downs £243 July –Activities Week Year 9 Chessington World of Adventures Chessington £20 Various Drama Theatre Trip London Theatre £38 Year 9 Musical Theatre Trip West End, London £38
Year 9
& July
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 May Biology Biology Trip RHS Wisley £20 Business Studies Chessington Business Workshop Chessington World of Adventures £31 June Geography Geography Field Trip River Tillingbourne £17 Science Science trip to Euro Space Center Belgium £706 July 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
Date Department Trip Name Destination Price November Design & Technology Design Museum London £31 October 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 June Year 11 Prom Denbies, Dorking £53 Drama Theatre Trip London Theatre £38
Year 11
Date Department Trip Name Destination Price Various Various Revision Workshops London £30 October History A Level History & Politics New York & Washington USA £2400 Sixth Form Musical Theatre West End, London £40 December Sixth Form Christmas Markets Lille, France £245 March 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 July Year 13 Prom Leatherhead Gold Club £40 Geography A Level Geography Trip Iceland £1400 Drama Theatre Trip London £38 Sixth
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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.
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)
