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Le Chateau du Broutel

12th – 16th November 2012

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Le Chateau du Broutel

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Le Chateau du Broutel

Each dorm accommodates up to 8 people and is en suite. Though we won’t be spending much time in the dorms – we’ll be too busy.

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FoodLots of it. Delicious. Lots of choice. No-one goes hungry. You don’t have to have snails and frog’s legs if you don’t want to!

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Activities

• Abseiling• Obstacle course• Camp craft • Rafting • Blind trail • Fencing• Canoeing • Kayaking • Climbing

• Archery

• All with trained instructors – Chateau has excellent safety record

• If particularly cold or wet, water activities will be swapped for alternatives. Water is 2ft deep.

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Typical day at Le Chateau: Wake up 7.30 Breakfast 8.001st Activity 9.00 (eg Archery) (about 90 minutes)2nd Activity 10.50 (eg Climbing)Lunch 12.203rd Activity 1.40 (eg Kayaking)4th Activity 3.30 (eg Fencing)Freshen up 5.00 (Y6 blog/Twitter time)Dinner 5.30-6:005th Activity 7.00 (eg Campfire songs)Bed by 10.00 Lights out 10.30

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Excursions

• We will be going on several trips to local towns, the supermarket, the beach, a French market etc.

• We will also be visiting the Remembrance Day memorials within Rue to support our WW2 topic.

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Medication

• Pupils with asthma must bring 2 inhalers.– One will be kept by staff.– One will be carried by the pupil at all times.

• Calpol forms. • All medications must be labelled clearly with

the child’s name and the dose to be administered.

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Emotions

• They’ll miss you & you’ll miss them.• They’ll miss you less if you’re strong.• You’ll be reassured by the regular tweets &

blog posts• You can comment on the website by Disqus but

we won’t show the comments to your child until the journey back. No contact is better for them – they’re much more able to cope.

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Keeping in touch

• http://www.marlcliffe.sheffield.sch.uk/y6, • http://twitter.com/marlcliffesch • (set up an account online or • via mobile phone)• You’ll get text updates as soon as they’re posted on

Twitter.• Emergency contact number available 24 hours a day.

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Phone Tree

France

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Important messages (e.g. arrivals and departures) will be passed to parents using a phone tree. We will send messages to the 3 people at the head of the tree. Each person then passes the message to the next person on the list.

If you would like to be part of the phone tree, please add your name to the sheet or contact your child’s teacher.

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Cost

• Same as last year - £294• Payment plan available within school. Money

paid in small chunks between February and July. • Speak to us about discounts for families with

more than one child on the trip.

Confirmation slip by Friday 27th January 2012. Deposit (£50) needed by 24th February 2012.