IDSALL SCHOOL. Headteacher: Mr. P. Bourton

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1 IDSALL SCHOOL Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8PD. Telephone: Facsimile: Website: idsallschool.org Private Limited Company No Headteacher: Mr. P. Bourton 6th July 2016 Dear Parent/Guardian Humanities Faculty Residential Trip to Battlefields in Northern France and Belgium Estimated dates: October Half Term 2017 (dates tbc by Shropshire Council) We are pleased to announce our intention to take our biannual Humanities Faculty residential field trip to see the Battlefields of Northern Europe to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. This will be an educational visit, which forms part of our enrichment programme within the Faculty, and we hope that the challenges that the week provides will spur them on to considerable achievements. The trip is being offered to all students who are in Years 8 and 9. The History Department has run this trip several times in the past and we know that it is a very popular trip so it is likely that a reserve list will have to be drawn up in the event that we exceed the maximum student capacity of 45 students. The staff: student ratio is 1:8 for this residential due it being a coach-based trip. Travel Company: We intend to travel with Halsbury Travel, which has an outstanding reputation in the Geographic community and the school has used for many school trips in previous visits to Europe. Their service is superb. Halsbury Travel is endorsed as a Learning Outside the Classroom (LOTC) company and is ATOL and ABTA affiliated. Halsbury Travel only uses accommodation, excursions and transport with all the necessary insurance and safety certificates and suppliers who have passed the necessary audits. On their trips, health and safety issues are of paramount importance. To that end there is a full and comprehensive Safety Management System. Costs: The total non-refundable price for a 4 day trip with 3 nights residential pays for all transport, full board accommodation in the Hotel Poppies d'albert, Menin Gate Hotel or Salient Hotel Ypres, 4 days of museum visits, local guides, museum entry fees and travel insurance is , which is due in instalments. This represents outstanding value for money. The standard payment schedule for Halsbury Travel is outlined below: Idsall School is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company number whose registered office is at Idsall School, Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PD.

2 Payment: To be paid on or before Amount 1 st non-refundable deposit Upon booking: Friday 30 th September nd non-refundable deposit Friday 4 th November Remainder to be paid by: Friday 30 th June Total: Sample Itinerary: OUTBOUND - Day Pick-up from school Arrive Folkestone Eurotunnel crossing Arrive Calais Arrive Ypres Visit Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Check in to accommodation for evening meal Day 2 Drive to the Somme for visits to Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Lochnagar Crater, Newfoundland Memorial Park (guided tour), Ulster Tower, Delville Wood Evening meal and activities in the accommodation Day 3 Visit Passchendaele Museum for the British Dugout and German Trench Experience (entry 4,00pp) followed by Tyne Cot British Cemetery and Langemark German cemetery After lunch drive into Ypres to visit In Flanders Fields Museum (entry 4,00pp) and then visit Essex Farm Dressing Station Evening meal at accommodation Attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate INBOUND - Day 4 Drive to Vimy Ridge for the underground tunnels tour Depart and drive back to Calais Arrive Calais Eurotunnel crossing Arrive Folkestone Back at school

3 IDSALL SCHOOL Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8PD. Telephone: Facsimile: Website: idsallschool.org Private Limited Company No Headteacher: Mr. P. Bourton Information evening: An initial Parental Briefing will take place on Tuesday 13 th September 2016 at 5pm in the Lecture Theatre. Attendance at this presentation is not mandatory by any means but is advised for parents of students who have not travelled with the school in the past or are new to the school. You may just like further information so please do come along when we will explain the trip and school procedures for running foreign residential trips to you. A further letter will be sent out in due course to confirm your child s place on the trip. If you wish for your son/daughter to go on the Battlefields residential trip, please complete the attached reply slip and forward it with cash or a cheque for the sum of to the Finance Office by Friday 30 th September Please make cheques payable to Idsall School Fund. For future payments, online payments with Parent Pay will be possible. A full copy of Halsbury Travel s Terms and Conditions is available on the school website. Deposits should not be handed in until after the parent s briefing. I look forward to meeting you in due course. Yours faithfully Mrs Walker Head of Humanities and trip leader jlwalker@idsall.shropshire.sch.uk Idsall School is a charity and a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company number whose registered office is at Idsall School, Coppice Green Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8PD.

4 Return to: Finance Office After the Trip Briefing Humanities Faculty Residential Trip BATTLEFIELDS 2017 I give permission for my son/daughter (please print name AS PER PASSPORT) of (Tutor Group) to take part in the Humanities Faculty biannual residential trip to Battlefields, as outlined in the trip letter attached. I enclose deposit (Cheques made payable to Idsall School Fund please). Reminder of payment schedule: Payment: To be paid on or before Amount 1 st non-refundable deposit On booking: Friday 30 th September nd non-refundable deposit Friday 4 th November Remainder to be paid by Friday 30 th June Total: Signed. Parent/guardian School use: Reply slip received First deposit received Allocated a place Reserve list Date

5 Battlefields Parental Briefing Tuesday 13 th September 2016 Please ensure that this slip is returned to Mrs Lorimer in RECEPTION so that we know how many seats we need in the Lecture Theatre. Students Name: Tutor Group: I/ We will be attending the briefing on Tuesday 13 th September 2016 at 5pm and will require seats. Signed: Parent/Guardian