9th to 12th March 2015

Normandy

Normandy – Bayeux and the coast

The Trip

9th to 12th MarchITINERARY

Monday 9th March07:00     Depart school10:50     Arrive Folkestone11.50     Depart Folkestone12:55     Arrive CalaisMid afternoon stop in Honfleur18:30    Arrive Chateau19.30 DinnerWelcome activities

Tuesday 10th March

Group 1  09:00 Balleroy Market Assignment Group 2  09:00-10:30 activity at Chateau   11:30 Chevrerie du Mesnil13:30     All depart Chateau14:00     Bayeux Town Visit + Cathedral15:30     Bayeux Tapestry18:00 DinnerEvening activities organised at Chateau

Wednesday 11th March

Group 1  09:00 Bayeux Market AssignmentGroup 2  09:00-10:30 activity at Chateau  11:45 Chevrerie du Mesnil13:45     All depart Chateau          14:30 Arromanches 360 cinema15.30 American Cemetery 16:30     Landing Beaches18:00 Dinner Evening disco

Thursday 12th March

07:30 Breakfast08:30     Depart Chateau10:00 + 11:15  Boulangerie les Co’pains (2 groups)12:30     Depart Normandy16:50     Arrive Calais17:50     Depart Calais17:25     Arrive Folkestone21:15     Arrive school

Coach Journey•Two packed lunches (one for tea) required for first day

•Lunches should NOT be packed in cases – they need to be accessible on the coach. Please NO NUTS or fizzy drinks.

•Children can bring a pillow and small blanket for their comfort on the coach

•DVD player on-board - suitable films will be brought along. No electronics please but travel games advised.

•Take care with sweets/snacks as can encourage sickness!

Chateau du Molay

•English-speaking staff but Children will be encouraged (gently) to use French!

•Safety drill on arrival

•Emergency instructions in English

•Dinner-children will be served at table

•Lunch-packed lunches will be provided daily-choice of ham, cheese, plain

Educational Visits

Boulangerie les Co’pains

Children will make bread the traditional way with natural yeast, kneading and knocking the dough back by hand. They will discover all about different grains and types of bread. We will also visit the mill to find out about flour and the process of making wheat into bread. The children will bring home the bread they make!

Chevrerie du Mesnil

Learn all about raising alpine goats!

•See the goats in the fields•Learn about making traditional French crottins (goats’ cheese)•Try cheese (if you dare …)

This is a fantastic place, with welcoming staff who have a passion for goats and goat cheese and milk!

Normandy Landing beaches & WW2 Military Cemetery

The impressive cemetery and museum is dedicated to the Normandy campaign of WW2 from the D Day landings up to the liberation of Paris.

It is a fascinating and very moving place.

The beaches now are like any others. We will encourage the children to reflect on how different they must have been 70 years ago!

On the cliff tops above Arromanches-les-Bains, this 360 cinema will give us a realistic view of what life was like during the Normandy landings on D Day and beyond.

Bayeux tapestry

The story told in embroidery of the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman Conquest of Britain.

An amazing piece of history that is incredibly well preserved and superbly detailed.

Markets at Bayeux andBalleroy

We will visit traditional French markets and have the chance to buy lunch, which will be prepared for us at the Chateau!

Suggested Clothing and Equipment ListPyjamasTowel, wash-kit, toothbrush, toothpaste and shampooHairbrushClothing suitable for outdoor activities (4 changes, all named please) Indoor and outdoor shoes (comfortable)Cap/HatWaterproof jacketMini-rucksack (with 2 lunches & drinks for first day)Refillable water bottle (ideally sports cap)Books/MagazinesTravel Games e.g. cards, Scrabble, Connect 4 etc.Wallet/pursePocket money (children will not NEED to buy anything. However, they may wish to buy souvenirs at the market or at the Tapestry, so we recommend a small amount of money in Euros). Children to keep their money in a named purse or wallet.

Mobile phones & i-pods/games consoles – please do not bring these as we do not want them to get lost and cause

unnecessary upset.

•All children will have Mrs Clarke’s mobile phone number and the school’s phone number on their personal ‘tag’

•If you need to contact school party whilst away, please contact the school and they will get in touch with us. In extreme cases, out of hours, Mrs Ellers can be contacted (numbers are provided on the itinerary sheet). She will then contact us in France.

•We will ensure that the school website is regularly updated, particularly during our return journey to let you know our anticipated arrival time.

Emergency Contact Information

Medication

•Please ensure you have let us know about any medical condition your child has.

•Please ensure you sign the permission form to allow us to give any medication (including calpol) during the trip.

•If children require travel sickness pills, please ensure they have sufficient for both journeys

•Please can children bring inhalers, and any other medication required, clearly labelled.

•We expect all children to be on their best behaviour at all times during the visit to France

•We are sure that this trip will be of huge benefit to the children and it will really help them appreciate many aspects of French life and culture

•We appreciate that children may not be able to communicate everything they would like to in French, all we ask is that they have a go and do their best!

Behaviour and Benefits

And finally …

We would like to make a CD of photos of the trip as a souvenir for the children.

Please sign the tick sheet on your way out to give permission.