Le Chateau du Broutel

11th to 15th November 20191

Staffing

• Mrs Turner (Deputy Head & Party Leader)

• Mr Allsop (Y6 teacher & Deputy Leader)

• Mrs Appleby (Y6 senior TA)

• Miss Bailey (Y3 Teacher)

• Miss McCreesh (Trainee teacher)

• Mrs Cashmore (KS1 leader, SENCo & Y2 teacher)

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Collective Passport

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Do not send your child with their own passport!

AccommodationEach dorm accommodates up to 8 people and is en-suite. Girls and boys dorms areon separate floors.

Your child has chosen friends that they are happy to share with (they will all have someone from their list). They will be allocated to a dorm when we arrive.

We won’t be spending much time in the dorms –we’ll be too busy! 4

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Please pack a case/bag that your child can carry on their own (including up some stairs). Some accommodation is on the upper floor.

Essential Equipment

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Essential Equipment• Sleeping bag & pillow case• Warm jumpers/fleece, gloves,

woolly hat• Towels • Waterproof coat and additional

warm coat for off-site visits• Waterproof trousers (if

possible)• Walking boots • Old trainers (x2 if possible)• Black bin bags for packing dirty

clothes• No valuables (includes mobile

phones, electronic games, cameras)

• Lip salve/balm• Hair ties (H&S for activities)

• Jewellery - only small studs (must be removable for activities) and a watch

• NO sweets for journey (for sickness reasons!)

• Travel adapter for hairdryer if needed

• A book, a teddy (or similar) and a picture of family

• Pillow/cushion (for coach)• Labelled money bag will be

provided (purse to store it in) –spending money will be provided.

• Water bottle would be useful

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Problems Faced Each Year!

• Not enough changes of clothing - drying room takes at least 24 hours to dry

• No change of shoes/boots (some get wet)

• No long-sleeved tops packed – can’t do some activities e.g. archery/ fencing

• Not enough warm socks

• No gloves/hats

• Non-waterproof coat

• Not enough warm clothes – assume it’ll be cold

• No name-labels in clothes - children lose things!

• No toothpaste/soap etc.

• No sleeping bag/pillow case

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Timetable

Monday (No parking on yellow zig-zags)

• Meet in Infant Hall 6:00-6:15

– Register

– Complete Medical Paperwork

– Load the coach at 6:30

• Coach leaves at 6:45 prompt

• Ferry departs at 2.05

• Arrive at Le Chateau at 5:00

Pupils should bring sandwiches, snacks and drinks for service stop!

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Timetable

Friday

• Pupils will have a hot lunch

• Coach departs: After lunch

• Ferry departs at: 16:05

• Return to school at roughly: 22:30 (keep checking the Blog for updates)

• Please leave space for the coach to park outside the school No parking on zig-zags!

Sandwiches, snacks and drinks will be provided by us for the journey back.

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Typical day at Le Chateau: Wake up 7.30 Breakfast 8.00

1st Activity 9.00 (e.g. Raft building) (about 90 minutes)

2nd Activity 10.50 (e.g. Fencing)

Lunch 12.20

3rd Activity 1.40 (e.g. Kayaking)

4th Activity 3.30 (e.g. Crate stacking)

Freshen up 5.00

Dinner 5.30-6:00

5th Activity 7.00 (e.g. Scavenger hunt)

Bed by 9:30

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Activities at the Chateau

• Fencing• Canoeing (wet)• Kayaking (wet)• Crate stacking• Archery• Raft building (wet)

• All with trained instructors – Chateau has excellent safety record

• If particularly cold or wet, water activities will be swapped for alternatives

• Water is only 2ft deep

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Activities

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We will also be going on 3 trips into the local towns and villages.

We keep the same coach and driver throughout the week.

The children have loved these trips in the past so we will be spending more time out and about this year.

• Rue tour

• Abbeville market

• Trip to the beach

• French supermarket

• Etaples Cemetery

FoodLarge delicious portions…no-one will go hungry!

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Groups & Rooms

• The pupils will be working in 5 activity groups

(each will have an adult from school as their

leader)

• Rooms are for sleeping in (there’s not a lot of

down-time)

• Common rooms for all to congregate

• We will give the children their group lists when

we arrive

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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 to be completed• All medications must be labelled clearly with the

child’s name and the dose to be administered.• On the Monday morning, all medication must be

given to Mrs Appleby or Miss McCreesh with appropriate paperwork. Please try to bring them in earlier than this if possible! Please come to the main office.

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Travel Sickness Tablets• In previous years, travel sickness tablets have been very

hard to administer due to different dosage instructions• School have purchased one brand (Kwells Kids) and will

administer to any child whose parents requests them (and gives consent)

• List of ingredients will be attached to consent form. Please read before signing. If your child is on any other medicines, you should check that Kwells will not affect it (this may mean checking with your Doctor)

• Permission for return travel – if a child was travel sick on way there…please give consent for them to be administered on the way home

• Travel sickness consent form will be available at the end of the meeting

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The fun run raised just over £1500.

Thank you for all your support!

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Fun Run

What is the fun run money for?• Children who are not going to France, also participated in

this event, in order to raise money towards a day trip and some craft items. Therefore, the money will be proportionally shared out between Y6 children

• For those children going to France, it will be used to give them all 20 Euros spending money. The school are using the money raised from ‘hot chocolate and cookies’ this week, to pay for packed lunches. Like in previous years, school staff will be making the packed lunches (whilst there), in order to keep the cost of this trip down

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Contacts

• There will be no direct contact between pupils and parents.

• Any birthdays?

• School Blog will have daily updates

• Contact school: 0114 2344329

• In emergencies only – 07308285226

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Word Press Blog

• App for phone and tablet – search Wordpressapp, download, then find our page. It is easier to do this on a PC before you access the app.

• Or just visit the website

https://year6francemarlcliffe.wordpress.com/

• Or from the school website (under blogs)

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Plan for arriving back at school!

• When we arrive back, the children will be kept on the coach

• Luggage will be taken off the coach and stacked against the school wall

• Parents need to collect luggage

first and then wait for the

children to be let off the coach

once all the luggage has been

claimed

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Contingency Plans

• Thorough risk assessments completed

• Coach companies confident that passenger ferries will run smoothly

• Additional drinks/snacks will be taken in case of delays

• Toilets available at Dover

• Other schools going after 31st Oct…before we go on 11th Nov

• Mrs Mann/Mrs Turner keeping in contact with coach company/chateau and travel company

• Credit card will be taken for emergencies

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Any Questions?

Before you ask…I’m afraid you can’t come with us!