EOTC Trip to Yangshuo

Year 9

Who is leading the trip?• Edward Leaf – Trip Leader –

edwardl@sh.ycef.com• Lisa Shen – Trip Leader –

lisas@sh.ycef.com• Luke Watson – Accompanying

Teacher lukew@sh.ycef.com• Karin Zijlmans – Accompanying

Teacher karinz@sh.ycef.com

Overview• The EOTC trip to Yangshuo is run by

experienced teachers from YCIS in partnership with INSIGHT Adventures who provide us with the Itinerary in your booklet.

• 37 students (23 girls and 14 boys) – 4 staff

• This booklet contains a lot of the information in the presentation but in more detail. E.g. School medical insurance policy

Getting Ready• Check you have all the items you

need on the packing list.• Check your passport, identity cards

and visas are in date.• BRING IN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

FOR TRAVEL– Passports– Visa Cards– HK Identity Cards etc

Packing List• INSIGHT Adventures will email you

the list when you register online.

• It is also in your booklet!

• Students need no more than 500RMB for the whole trip.

• Between 200 and 250 would be fine.

INSIGHT Adventures Database

• Please note that user names and passwords are case sensitive

• Student website: http://hgc03053.chinaw3.com/customer/customerwelcome.php

Student Username: 201106YCIS9YSStudent Password: Climbing

• Parents need to supervise this as there is a section for them too.

Visas and Passports• BRING ALL DOCUMENTS TO MR.LEAF

BETWEEN MONDAY 30TH MAY AND THURSDAY 2ND JULY.

• THEY MUST BE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS NOT PHOTOCOPIES AND VALID FOR THE DATES OF TRAVEL.

Electrical Equipment• Students are not required to bring any

electrical equipment.• Phones – If they are seen by a teacher

they will be taken from the student and returned at the end of the trip.

• MP3, iPods, Music Players – May be used on the plane and long bus journeys (there are 2 of these)

• iPads,Gaming Devices, PSPs, Gameboys – Not allowed at all. Will be immediately confiscated.

Why?• Safety – There will be a number of

important instructions given to students on this trip. We cannot afford for a distraction to be caused by any of the previous items.

• Contact from/to home – If a parent needs to contact their child you can ring me or Mr. Watson who will have our phones on us at all times.

• Email and Website – There will be regular communication from the teachers via email and published on www.leafmaths.wikispaces.com/eotc

Departure• Our flights are

• On Monday 6th June please arrive at school by 7.30am at the latest.

• Students should bring some money to get food at airport.

Arrival• We are scheduled to arrive at Guilin

airport at 12.20pm on Monday.• We then board a bus for around 2

hours to Yangshuo.• Once we have arrived in Yangshuo

and I have internet access, I will send an email to parents informing of our safe arrival.

Communication• 1st – Phone 15201946154 (Me) or

13761399044 (Mr. Watson)

• 2nd HOTEL - 0773-8882999

• 3rd CHINA CLIMB - 0773-8811033

• Email and www.leafmaths.wikispaces.com/eotc

Accommodation

•1st Night – Tulip Hotel•2nd Night – Camping•3rd Night – Tulip Hotel•4th Night – Tulip Hotel

Buddy Groups and Room Sharing

Travel Groups

Activity Groups

Students need to know• Who their Buddy is.

• Who their Travel Teacher is.

• Who their Activity Teacher is.

Itinerary – Day 1

Itinerary – Day 2

Itinerary – Day 3

Itinerary – Day 4

Itinerary – Day 5

Journal• Students will receive Booklet 3 just

before the trip which contains activities for them to do in “quiet time”.

• Just before going to sleep would be an ideal time for students to complete this.

Returning home• Our flight leaves Guilin Airport at 5.55pm and

is scheduled to arrive at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport at 8.10pm.

• We should arrive back at YCIS Gubei Campus at approximately 9.15pm.

• Please make arrangements for your child to return safely home from school.

• They will be very tired! (And so will the teachers!)

Any questions?• A copy of this PowerPoint is now

available on www.leafmaths.wikispaces.com/eotc