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Physical Education Department Sports
Tour 2015:
HOLLAND26th – 30th October
2015
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Why a School Sports Tour?
• To provide a new experience for students
• To enhance their knowledge and understanding of other cultures
• To allow students to interact with other individuals
• To develop Student independence/interdependence
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Why a School Sports Tour?
• To develop skills related to their sports
• To provide opportunities to enhance knowledge and understanding of sport in a ‘wider’ context
• To allow tie-ins with Exam PE subjects
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Tour Information• Destination: Center Parcs, Limburgse Peel,
Holland
• Dates: Monday 26th Oct – Friday 30th Oct 2015
• Transport: Coach transportation throughout from departure, channel crossing (ferry/Eurostar) to Calais and onward journey
• Accommodation: Centre Parcs. 6 berth villas with bedrooms for 2 people. Sheets, duvet covers and pillows included
• Meal plan: Half board buffet breakfast and evening meal.
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Sample Itinerary
• Mon 26th Oct: Depart school for coach journey to Dover. Channel crossing to Calais. Coach through to Holland. Free time at leisure and use of the Aqua Mundo tropical pool (subject to arrival time). Evening dinner.
• Tues 27th Oct: Transfer to local venue for coaching session(s) and festival matches against other British schools. Option to enjoy the tropical pool on site at Center Parcs during free time. Friendly matches in evening against local clubs for those not playing earlier in the day. Bowling 9pm – 11pm.
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Sample Itinerary• Weds 28th Oct: Transfer to local venue for
coaching session(s) and festival matches against other British schools. Option to enjoy the tropical pool on site at Center Parcs during free time. Friendly matches in evening against local clubs for those not playing earlier in the day. Evening disco on site at Center Parcs.
• Thurs 29th Oct: Day trip to PSV Eindhoven Stadium Tour
• Fri 30th Oct: Check out. Commence journey to Calais, onward coach journey back to school.
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Coach Travel
• All students to follow school code of conduct.
• All students to wear seat belts at all time.
• In case of an emergency, no student may use mobile phones.
• Groups of students will be assigned to a member of staff who will be responsible for supervising his/her group.
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Tour Company Information
• Absolute Travel• Well established Limited company with
a tradition of delivering qualitative Sports Tours for schools
• Used on our previous sports tours to Spain and Italy
• Quality Assured• Financial Security provided • 24 hour Safety Management systems
in place
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www.absolutetravel.uk
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Travel• At the Eurostar/ferry-port each member
of staff has their allocated group report to them before moving through passport control.
• Again before boarding the ferry each staff members group report to them.
• Any incident which occurs whilst travelling in France and Holland use iPhone app as a way to communicate.
• Travelling on the ferry to France and coach to Holland all students to remain with their allocated member of staff.
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Resort Information
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Center Parcs• Pre tour visit to the resort by a member of
the PE staff.• Student to always be in a group of 4 or
more when in the resort.• Students to report to their group leader at
regular intervals.• All staff have a list of all students phone
numbers.• When on the stadium/sightseeing tour
round Eindhoven all students to remain with their allocated member of staff.
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Villas
• 50 Euro deposit per villa. This will be returned at the end of the tour.
• Gas to be turned off in the students villas
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Football Information
• 4G pitches
• Training with West Ham United Academy (4-5 coaches)
• Footwear: moulded boots (will not be able to train with metal studs/blades), astro trainers (pimpled), Studs
• 16 changing rooms available at facility
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Football Information
• Porto/Genk/Saudi Arabian and Qatari clubs trained here pre-season
• Facility is the local amateur club – equivalent of the third tier of non-league football here.
• Tournament. Eight schools with different age groups. Possibility that games against local sides to be arranged.
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Netball Information
• Netball in a Sports Hall (9 badminton courts).
• Courts to be marked out ahead of the week.
• Netball coaches are British (Cambridge).
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Price Lists for Activities
• Tennis – 19.50• Badminton – 15.00• Table Tennis – 7.50 • Squash – 15.00• Minigolf – 6.00• Footgolf – 6.00• Farmer’s Golf – 6.00
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Useful Information
• Bring towels and hair-dryers!• Wifi – 25 Euros for the week. Given a
card with a password for up to four devices.