Educational Trips 2018 2019

Paris 2019 - Year 7 • Focus: To visit a major European capital city and experience the excitement of its culture and visit a world renowned theme park. The trip will also provide students with an opportunity to develop life skills such as independence, organisation, time-keeping, money management and road safety.

• Dates of the visit: Tuesday 9th July to Friday 12th July 2019 • Trip includes: Return travel by coach and ferry, 3 nights hotel stay with dinner, bed and breakfast, one day pass to the Disney Park, self-guided walking tour of Paris, visits to Musee du Louvre, Stade de France and the Eiffel Tower, river cruise down the Seine and travel insurance • Places available: 40 (currently working with holiday company to increase numbers – reserve list places only at the moment) • Cost: £500* Denotes approximate cost - details to be confirmed upon the confirmation of travel numbers

Plas Menai 2019 - Year 8 • Focus: Outdoor and Adventurous activities developing resilience, problem solving team work and co-operation. A great way to prepare for the challenges of Years 9-11.

• Dates of the visit: Monday 8th July 2019 and return on the afternoon of Friday 12th July 2019.

• Trip includes: All food at the Plas Menai centre, accommodation and travel as well as activities with trained specialist instructors. Activities include sailing, kayaking, climbing, mountain biking and much more!

• Places available: 30 • Cost: £400* Denotes approximate cost - details to be confirmed upon the confirmation of travel numbers

London 2019 - Year 9 • Focus: The main purpose of the trip is to enrich students' contextual understanding of aspects of their English course such as Victorian London, World War 1 poetry and Shakespearean England. We also seek to broaden students' social, artistic and political understanding of British Culture.

• Dates of the visit: Monday 8th July 2019 and return to school on Wednesday 10th July 2019.

• Trip includes: 2 nights' bed and breakfast in a hotel and 2 x evening meals in restaurants. Other activities included in the cost are visits to the Houses of Parliament, British Library, London Dungeons, Tate Gallery and the Imperial War Museum. The visit will also include a show/musical which will be confirmed once numbers are known.

• Places available: 30 • Cost: £380*Denotes approximate confirmation of travel numbers

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Berlin 2019 - Years 9 & 10 • Focus: to enrich students understanding of Nazi Germany and the Cold War and so their understanding of the world today…

• Dates of the visit: Tuesday 9th July to Friday 12th July 2019 • Trip includes: Return flights, 3 nights hotel with dinner, bed and breakfast, visits to the Reichstag, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Guided Tour of Cecilienhof, Glienicke Bridge, the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre and the Holocaust Memorial. Travel insurance included.

• Places available: 30 • Cost: £580* Denotes approximate cost - details to be confirmed upon the confirmation of travel numbers

What do I need to do to book a place?

• Trip information has been sent to parents by email or by post.

• Parents have also been sent an email from EVOLVE which will give them a link to complete the consent forms required for the trip.

• If your parents have difficulty with emails, paper copies can be collected from Mrs Abram in the Finance Office.

• The deposits are made through the cashless system – the same way you purchase resources such as revision guides or equipment.

• Both the consent form and the deposit needs to be completed and paid to book a place!

• Trip places are allocated on a first come first served basis.

• If trips are oversubscribed or they do not run due to low numbers deposits will be returned to families.

Any questions? Please contact school or email academytrips@tarletonacademy.org