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Welcome

This evening, we will cover:

Accommodation: Details of the overnight stay, the rooms, and how children will be organised.

Food and Drink: Information about all meals during the residential.

Activities: Exciting experiences planned for the trip, including visits to the Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral, a sightseeing cruise along the Thames, a West End show, and other sightseeing highlights.

Travel Arrangements: Timings for travelling to and from London by train and around the city by foot and tube, including guidance on what children should bring in their rucksacks.

Medical and Safety Information: How we manage medicines, allergies, and any other medical needs during the trip.

Pick up and drop off arrangements

• Your child needs to be dropped off at Warrington Bank Quay Station at 9.45am on Thursday 11th December where teaching staff will greet them ready to be registered. All children will then walk up to the platform with staff members for 10am. If any child has not arrived by 10am, it is the parent’s responsibility to ensure they are taken to the correct platform.

• On Friday 12th December, your child will need to be picked up from the entrance of Warrington Bank Quay Station at 8.14pm. Please arrive for 8.10pm so that you are there in enough time. We kindly ask that parents do not go to the platform or collect from there so that we can ensure every child is safely dismissed.

Suggested Kit List- Rucksacks

When packing please check the weather forecast and pack accordingly.

Items to consider packing:

• The clothes you arrive in on Thursday will be the clothes you wear for the activities during this day.

• A spare set of clothes to wear on Friday.

• Comfortable shoes, trainers or walking boots.

• Pajamas.

• Rain Jacket that can be easily stored away.

• Small travel-sized toiletries.

• Medication if required (Clearly labelled with your name)

• Disposable packed lunch for the first day with a disposable water bottle.

Hygiene

• It is recommended that your child brings a small bag labelled with their name to include travel-sized toiletries, including their wash stuff, toothbrush and toothpaste.

• Please try to avoid sending aerosols in where possible as these can disturb the fire alarms.

• It is also useful to send a named bin bag for dirty clothes.

Activities

Thursday 11th December

• Train from Warrington Bank Quay to London Euston

• Tube from London Euston to St Pauls to drop bags off

• Visit to St Paul’s Cathedral

• Visit to Tate Modern – ‘I am Curious’ workshop and explore the galleries

• Dinner and chill time within the hostel

• Visit to Lyceum Theatre to watch ‘The Lion King’

Activities

Friday 12th December

• Tube from the hostel to Tower Hill

• Visit to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels and White Tower.

• Boat trip along the River Thames to Westminster Pier

• Sightseeing opportunities including the Cenotaph, 10 Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and a visit to a London park.

• Visit to Pizza Express for our evening meal and collection of bags from the hostel.

• Final tube journeys

• Home time! Train from London Euston to Warrington Bank Quay

Activities

Food and Dietary Requirements

• Other than a disposable packed lunch for the first day, all food is provided for your child so please do not send any additional food, drink or snacks.

• We are a NUT free school. Please do not be tempted to send anything for your child’s packed lunch that may cause harm to any pupils with allergens.

• All dietary needs will be catered for, but please advise us as soon as possible so that we can let the centre know.

• On the arrival day, children will be provided with an evening meal.

• On departure day, children will have breakfast within the hostel and be provided with lunch from the centre and dinner at Pizza Express.

• All food from the hostel is home cooked and served in a dining room allocated just to our school.

Sample Menu: Thursday Evening

Sample Menu: Friday lunch

Sample Menu: Friday Evening

Sleeping Arrangements

• We have been allocated floor 1a, 1b and floor 2a.

• All doors into our corridor are fobbed and only our school group have been allocated this access.

• Rooms range from sleeping 3,4,5,6 and 10. All teachers have allocated considering friendships.

• Staff have been carefully placed to ensure there is supervision across all floors and between children.

Health and Medical

• If your child requires medication, or has a medical condition, please make us aware of it in advance of the trip.

• All medicines should be prescribed in the original packaging, labelled with the dosage and the child’s name.

• All medicines should be handed to staff prior to the trip, not packed in children’s bags.

• Children with travel sickness should be given the correct dosage in preparation for a 10.30am departure.

• Please remember inhalers need to be labelled with child’s name and dosage and these will be kept with the group leaders with the exception of the evening.

• Please note that all medicines, along with an administering medicine permission form, should be given to teachers by Friday 5th December in order to allow this to be cross referenced against medical forms and the appropriate risk assessment and paperwork to be completed.

Additional Information

• All staff are CRB checked

• Children may wish to bring a small travel game for the train, such as a pack of cards but this should not take up too much room in their bag as they will need to carry anything they bring.

• No form of technology, other than digital cameras are allowed. In the event of an emergency, we will contact you.

• Children should not bring any spending money.

• If you need to contact your child in an emergency, please contact school during normal office hours in the first instance.

• If you have an emergency during the evening, contact via email which will be checked regularly on n.stewart@cvps.omegamat.co.uk. They will contact staff at the centre.

• If there is an emergency with your child, please be assured staff will contact you.

Firstly, we want to acknowledge what a huge step it is for both you and your child to agree to coming on the trip. We will do everything we can to make it an enjoyable and fun experience.

“ My child feels anxious…”

“They’ve never been to London before…”

“They will get nervous…” “Can you call me and update me?”

• We hear these comments all the time and we want to reassure that it is perfectly normal for both you and your child to have these feelings of anxiety.

• We are here to support, come and talk to us.

• We wouldn’t call unless it was an emergency or unless we absolutely need to talk to you.

• Have conversations with your child about the trip and what to expect between now and then and ask us any questions you/they have.

• Staff will not be able to provide individual updates for parents, but we will provide a snapshot into the trip via our school Facebook page.