prato nevoso 29 th march sunday – 4 th april saturday 2015
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Prato Prato Nevoso Nevoso
2929thth March March Sunday – 4Sunday – 4thth April April Saturday 2015 Saturday 2015
Rayburn Ski
• Company formed in 1965• Education, Music and Ski Trip Specialist• Sister Company Venture Abroad organises holidays for
scouts and guides• Located in Derby• All employees have language or product specialisation• Managing director co-founder of School Travel Forum
Financial & Tour Security
• Rayburn Tours is a Member of ABTA (The Travel Association) and holds an ATOL Licence
• This means that any tour booked through Rayburn comes with financial security and a guarantee on the quality of the tour
• Rayburn offers one resort courier per group
• Rayburn also has a 24 hour emergency phone line – Insurance Policy Summary sheet is available for you to take tonight.
• We have a full Crisis Management Procedure
• As well as an up-to-date Safety Management System
Staff accompanying the trip
• Mrs C Breen – Party Leader
• Mrs H Callan – Deputy Party Leader
• Mrs R Calcutt
• Ms C Easter – First Aider
• Mrs P Howarth
• Mrs E Owen
Italian Alps
Provisional travel details
OUTWARD JOURNEY1. Be at School for 11.45am
noon Leave Beverley High School- Sunday 29th March @12.00pm
2. Depart Liverpool - 17.55pm EasyJet flight EZY7067 departs for Nice Airport
3. 21:10hrs Flight EZY7067 arrives at Nice Airport
4. 2 hour transfer to resort5. Arrive in resort late
evening
INWARD JOURNEY1. Leave resort Saturday 4th
April after breakfast 2. 12:40hrs Check in
opens at Nice Airport3. 14:40hrs EasyJet
flight EZY7066 departs for Liverpool John Lennon Airport
4. 15:55hrs Flight EZY7066 arrives at Liverpool John Lennon Airport
5. Arrive in Beverley- 6.00 pm approx. TBC
Luggage
One suitcase or holdall only. Maximum weight 20kg.One piece of small hand luggage.Passports and money to be kept in hand luggage.Baggage labels for outward journey only completed and attached.No sharp objects in hand luggage.No liquids in hand luggage.Any medication in a clear plastic bag in your hand luggage.
Passports EHIC
• Final reminder the girls need their own passport.
• Passports must be in hand luggage. • All passports and EHIC will be collected in
before departing from Beverley.• They will be retained and kept in the hotel safe
and distributed on the return journey back to Britain.
• Girls need their own EHIC must be in hand luggage and will be kept in hotel safe and returned at the end of the holiday.
The coach to the airport East Coast Travel
• The coach in the UK will be fitted with seatbelts.• Cannot guarantee seatbelts on Italian coach.• Staff will ensure that they are worn at all times.• Please stress to your daughter the importance of
this safety issue.• Sensible behaviour is required at all times
especially on exiting the coach.• No chewing gum.
Food for the journey
No meal on the plane.
Extra supplies essential: Food and drinks especially water.
Packed lunch required.
It will be a very long day so extra food required.
Some extra charge may be required.
Spending money
• Recommend no more that 100 Euros.• Drinks• Snacks• Souveniers• Purses & wallets should contain
pupils name and hotel name in case lost.
At the airport and on the plane
• Pupils will put into small groups supervised by a member of staff.
• 1:7• Sensible behaviour is essential and no
inappropriate comments should be made at any times!
• Staff will be distributed amongst the pupils on the flight.
Groups – airport – registers – passports – EHIC cards – mobile phones
Benson GeorgiaBrittain BellaCoghlan LucyHarrison KatyRichardson OliviaBowsley EmmyHickman EllieGroup 1 Mrs Breen
Rawnsley IsabelleShepherd AnyaAttwood OliviaEmptage IsobelHolmes IzzyLeaman EleanorTodd GeorgiaGroup 2 Mrs Callan
Walker AbbyWardill ReannaAkrill KennedyBroadbent ChloeScott MadeleineSingleton ChloeSpencer-Kennedy HarrietteGroup 3 Mrs Calcutt
Webb LucyEdwards EvieKelly LauraMorton OliviaThomson HollieBall AbbeyVine MeganGroup 4 Ms Easter
Benson AmeliaArtley LydiaHilton LaurenHopper ChloeVentress CharlotteWass FrancescaWaters SaraGroup 5 Mrs Owen
Driscoll OliviaFawcett AmyGalbraith HannahHorth MollyTradewell AliceWallis MiaGroup 6 Mrs Howarth
In the Hotel Mondolé
Good behaviour at all times. There will be other guests on holiday in the hotel
All breakages and damage needs to be reported at once to a member of staff.
A £500 damage deposit has already been paid to the hotel for potential damages.
Always leave your hotel key at reception.
Hotel Mondole
http://www.hotelmondole.com/uk/hotel-prato-nevoso-mondole.html
Rooming in the hotel
• Based on 2/3/4 students sharing – we think not yet been confirmed and can alter.
• All rooms are en-suite.• Decide on groupings – give this
information to Mrs Owen this evening.• Pupils will be instructed when to go to bed
and asked to lock doors and not open them to anyone who does not identify themselves.
• Staff rooms will be clearly posted and distributed amongst the students.
The Food-Breakfast- Buffet Style
Everyone has breakfast.CerealsBreadCheeseHamYoghurtsFruit.Tea/Coffee/JuiceDrink plenty of water
Lunch
• Everyone has lunch• Pupils will all have a meal
provided at lunchtime in the hotel.
• Lasagne, pasta, pizza with bread and a drink – anything else needs to be bought on the spot from the restaurant.
• Would advise taking extra food i.e. chocolate/snacks
• Money needed to buy extras• Drink plenty of water • Use the toilet facitities over
this period.
Evening meal
We all sit and have our meal together.
Much choice for all tastes.
Vegetarian option and special diets will be catered for but we must know this before hand.
Soft drinks will have to be purchased at an additional cost from the bar.
Clothing
What to bring?
Ski jacket and salopettes – one pair only needed !Hat, goggles, gloves and sunglassesEvening clothes but not large amounts!Underwear, more than one pair pleaseSki socksSwimming costume – swimming cap NightclothesSpare jacket for travelling or evening wearSmall bag for hand luggage on the plane.Sensible shoes with grip, not UGG boots! to walk around the
resort in après skiSun cream high factor and UVA lip salveAny medication needed – please inform staff
Extras
• A travel plug• Get together with friends people
you might share with to avoid bringing unnecessary items e.g. hairdryers
• Do not bring anything valuable, jewellery, CD players etc.
Mobile phones
• Girls will be asked to leave all valuables in their room.• No mobile phones during the day – they will be handed in
and given out for two hours each evening at the discretion of staff.
• School mobile will be switched off from 9.00am – 16.00pm and from 21.00pm – 7.00am will be used only by Mrs Breen in an emergency.
• We will contact you if there is a problem.• Any other emergencies only contact the school home
contact of Mrs Barker on your information sheet.• School Mobile number 07827 977624
The Skiing
Pupils will be allocated into skiing groups with up to 12 people in a group.
You need to give your ski ability details to Mrs Calcutt after this presentation so that groups can be sorted.
Staff are allocated duties that are attached to the ski groups.
Attitude to skiing
• Learning to ski is very hard especially the first 2 days.• You will have aching feet, sore toes and shins.• You will feel sick and tired.• You will be worried, you are out of your comfort zone.• All of this is perfectly normal.• It takes 3 days to master the basics and that is why you will be given
plenty of tough love.• You are likely to hear from all staff, “pull yourself together”, “get
on with it”, to “buck up”, “to get up”, “no you can’t stay in bed”, “you are skiing today”.
• This trip has cost £900 for you to learn to ski which is what you will do.
• Parents you need to be aware that the first 2 days will be tough and phone calls home could reflect this. Please encourage your daughter and support us in our roles on the trip which is to get your daughter to ski.
The Lessons
•Helmets must be worn by law at all times.•Girls will only ski with an instructor.•5 hours skiing a day. 10.00am – 1.00pm 2pm – 4pm TBC •No free skiing or practising.•Girls must listen carefully at all times to the instructor.•Everyone skis – opting out is not an option as this takes out a member of staff from supervision.•Treat the instructor with respect they are the EXPERTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Après Ski
Après Ski - Activities
All have to be paid for in advance
These activities will include:Disco nightKaraoke nightSnow tubingAwards evening Swimming – swimming cap
required The cost of all of these activities
and a ski trip hoodie is £55.00 each. Please pay via parent pay by Friday 6th March
But most of all!!!!!
It is a holiday so enjoy yourselves.
Make it easy for the staff to enjoy themselves too.
Remember
Staff work extremely hard all week to ensure you all have an excellent holiday.Say thank you to them from time to time as they have given up a week of their holiday for you!
Behaviour
Beverley High School has an excellent reputation abroad.
Must be excellent all week and at all times.
No one is allowed to smoke or drink alcohol.
No energy drinks to be brought , consumed or purchased on the trip.
Parents and Pupils will be asked to read carefully and sign a contract to which they must adhere to.
Sanctions will be enforced to punish poor behaviour and parents will be informed.
Beverley High School Ski Trip Contract
Prato Nevoso - Italy 2015
To be completed by parents and daughters.I/We understand the importance of sensible and safe behaviour at all
times on the visit.I/We understand the importance of listening carefully to all
instructions given.I/We understand that the drinking of alcohol and the smoking of
cigarettes is not permitted.I/We understand that the staff could enforce sanctions on the visit if
any of the criteria outlined are not kept to.I/We understand that irresponsible behaviour will not be tolerated
and that parents will be contacted and possibly arrangements made for return home.
I/We understand that failure to maintain the high standards and expectations that Beverley High School has abroad and has had for many years could affect my position on future school visits.
Prato Nevoso Main Ski Area
07:00hrs - Breakfast at the hotel – first meal included in your tour price07:30hrs - Group walks down to the Surf Shop ski hire for a full fitting of ski
equipmentPlease have everything ready to start the lessons after ski fit as
the ski school meeting point is directly opposite the ski hire shop
08:45hrs - Walk over to the learner ski area with skis, poles and helmets09:00hrs - Morning lessons begin12:00hrs - Morning lessons finishHead back to the hotel for a hot lunch14:00hrs Afternoon lessons begin16:00hrs Afternoon lessons finishOnce back at the hotel, shower and change followed by negotiated
free time 19:00hrs Evening meal in hotelRemainder of the evening at leisure
Day 1 Monday 30th March 2015
Jobs that need completing tonight
• Yellow ID cards need completing in full and photographs attached to the ID card – handed in.
• Behaviour contract signed by parent and daughter – handed in.• Height, shoe size and ski experience - Mrs Calcutt • Rooming details to Mrs Owen • Medical updates to Ms Easter• Any other updates Mrs Breen and Mrs Callan • Any pupils bringing own boots please let Mrs Calcutt know.• Any updates on dietary requirements please let us know tonight.• Keep us informed up to departure of any changes that we need to know about if we
need to know as much information as possible whilst your daughter is in our care.• Ski hire clothing will come into school in the last week of term, keep the bag it
comes in to return the first week back after the Easter holiday.• Hoodies are due in that last week to collect. Please could these be worn for
travelling.
