Trenches 2017 BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE
Information Evening Departure and Return Accommodation Itinerary Expectations Remembrance and War Graves Diary What to pack Families: rooms, hoodies, Code of Conduct, dietary requirements, medical
Why do we visit? At James Gillespie s we have a proud tradition of leading excursions to the World War One Battlefields of Belgium and Northern France. For students this trip deepens understanding of the conflict and allows them to connect with the past.
Departure and Return Friday 5 12 May 2017 Leave JGHS at 9.00am on Friday 5 May. At school for 8.30am at latest. Leave bags in courtyard Return to JGHS approximately 3.00pm on Friday 12 May 2017 Travel by coach
Friday 5 May Travel by coach to Hull. Arrive approximately 4.00pm You will need LUNCH for the journey down to Hull. We normally have a comfort break around 1pm at a service station. Make sure you have a SEPARATE overnight bag for the ferry as you WILL NOT have access to your suitcase. There are towels on the ferry but they are very small. Students accommodated in 4 berth cabins
Accommodation Hostel Munchenhof Markt 43 B-8920 Langemark Poelkapelle Tel: 00 32 57 48 83 13
Day Saturday 6 May Sunday 7 May Monday 8 May Tuesday 9 May Wednesday 10 May Thursday 11 May Friday 12 May Activities Arrive Zeebrugge at 8.30am Visit to Bruges, including Canal trip Visits to various cemeteries on way to accommodation Full Day to Ypres Salient, including visits to Passchendaele Memorial museum, Sanctuary Wood, Tyne Cot and Essex Farm Cemeteries Full day to Ypres Salient, including visits to Langemark, German Cemetery Last Post Ceremony in Ypres Visits to Vimy Ridge and Wellington Tunnels at Arras Full day visit to Somme, including Beaumont Hamel and Thiepval Bellewaerde Theme Park. Depart Zeebrugge on overnight Ferry Arrive in Hull at 8.30 am Drive back to JGHS estimated arrival around 3.00pm It is vital that a parent or family member is at the school to meet and pick up the youngsters.
Expectations We are all representing James Gillespie s High School. We will be visiting sites that were witness to some of the most abhorrent acts. Therefore respect of your surroundings is paramount. Code of Conduct
Remembrance Every pupil will be given a remembrance cross to place at a graveside or memorial of their choosing. The Last Post we will visit the Menin Gate for the Last Post where pupils will lay a wreath of remembrance.
War Graves You can find the location of graves by visiting the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx Print off the details and give to your child to give to me. Or you can email me at ashleigh.kennedy@jamesgillespies.edin.sch.uk by Wednesday 3 May 2017.
Diary Pupils will keep a diary Completed at evening Will be part of their National Qualification Added Value Unit
What to pack The weather in Belgium and France is similar to here in May, so please be prepared for wet weather (waterproof) cold weather, warm weather layering is good! We are on our feet for a lot of the time, so comfortable shoes are important, and also shoes that you can wear on grass. Please put your wellies in a SEPARATE, LABELLED PLASTIC bag. We leave them on the coach at all times, and it makes it much easier to distribute them when we need them. The hotel DOES NOT provide towels, so please make sure that you bring a towel for showering with you
Spending Money Pounds for services (lunch on way to and from Hull) Euros for souvenirs/snacks
Any questions? Break off into Families Code of Conduct Dietary requirements Any changes to medical history (EE2) or medication (EE2b) Rooms at least 2 people you wish to share with (ferry and hotel) Hoody
Families WIlliam Belkebir Carruthers Adam Chambers Carruthers Toby Duncan-Lloyd Carruthers Grace Halliday Carruthers Tom Ireland Carruthers Anna Lauckner Carruthers Tawana Maramba Carruthers Emi Muñoz Carruthers William Petrie Carruthers Ale Stewart Carruthers James Baker Kennedy#1 Eilidh Cargill Kennedy#1 Lolly Deazley Kennedy#1 Robbie Galloway Kennedy#1 Emily Hogg Kennedy#1 Anjali Kukreti Kennedy#1 Struan Macdonald Kennedy#1 Rachel Molony-Baker Kennedy#1 Kate Orr Kennedy#1 Rebecca Sparks Kennedy#1 James Beeston Kennedy#2 Jenny Carruthers Kennedy#2 Fabian Despinoy Kennedy#2 Alexander Goodall Kennedy#2 Faith Hyam Kennedy#2 Sophia Kustatscher Kennedy#2 Morven Mackinnon Kennedy#2 Amelia Monk Kennedy#2 Laura Penman Kennedy#2 Callum Stark Kennedy#2 Lorna Brockbank Morrison Beau Davidson Morrison Patrick Galloway Morrison Aliza Hamid Morrison Lucy Jamieson Morrison Robert Lightfoot Morrison Ella Mealyou Morrison Sophie O'Riordan-Holzmann Morrison Chloe Smith Morrison Robert Wright Morrison Aurora Branigan Sinclair Ioannis Dabos-Doukas Sinclair Drew Forsyth Sinclair Rosie Halligan Sinclair Marika Ivic Sinclair Yixian Li Sinclair Joseph Matheson Sinclair Kirsty Noble Sinclair Ruby Shanks Sinclair Kelvin Wong Sinclair