Year 5 Trip to Boulogne

Tuesday 13th June-

Wednesday 14th June 2017

Aims of the Trip

• Cultural awareness: to have a glimpse of life in France and see some of its traditions (bakery, market & snail farm)

• To be exposed to some of France’s history through the Town Trail

• To learn some new French vocabulary

• To speak some French we have learnt in class in an authentic environment

• To sample some French food

• To have lots of fun!

Itinerary for the 1st Morning

06.15 Must be at school

06.45 departure

09.00 check in at Eurotunnel

09.50 departure for Calais- 35 mins

11.25 arrive Calais (local time=+1hr)

12.00. packed lunch in Boulogne

Itinerary for the 1st afternoon

• 13.30 Group A Snail Farm visit

• 14.00 Group B Boulangerie visit

• 16.00 Group A Boulangerie visit

• 16.15 Group B Snail farm visit

• 18.00 Check into accommodation

• 19.00 Dinner followed by quiz and postcard writing

The Boulangerie Visit

• Making croissants

• Learning the ingredients in French

• Seeing the traditional wood-fired oven bread baking methods

• Kneading the dough and putting it in the oven

• Free croissant and pain au chocolat

The wood-fire oven

Attention… les ingredients?

Step 1: making croissants

Shape competition…

The winner is decided

The Snail farm

Slide show about the snail farming

Visit of the farm

Tasting if you dare!

Other options of tasting (non snail!)

The accommodation

The activities room

The dining room

Rooms with en suite shower room

Rooms for 4

Itinerary for Day 2 (morning)

08.00 Breakfast

09.30 Visit Boulogne Market- buy some fruit/ bread shopping task

10.30 Town trail Boulogne Old Town

12.15 depart for Le Touquet/ Etaples

The start of the town trail

The Pedestrianised Old Town of Boulogne-Sur-Mer

Seeing the View over Boulogne from the Ramparts

The Main Square in the Old Town

Language shopping task

Itinerary for Day 2 (afternoon)13.00: Lunch at Planète Océan

14.30: travel to Le Touquet beach

16.00: Depart for Calais

17.30: Check in/passport checks/packed tea

18.50: Eurotunnel crossing

18.25: (UK time) arrive in Folkestone

20.30: approximate arrival time at Wimbledon Park

Restaurant-Planète Océan

Poisson et frites!

Inside the restaurant

A digestion run on the beach…

Le Touquet

Food on the tripDay 1

• Breakfast before then top up snack to be provided

• Lunch: packed lunch provided by parents – strictly no nuts

• Goûter treat: croissant and pain au chocolat from the bakery

• Dinner provided by the youth Hostel

Food on the tripDay 2

• Breakfast at the Youth Hostel

• Fruit bought at market

• Lunch at Planète Océan restaurant (3 choices provided)

• Packed tea (sandwich+ snack and drink) provided by the youth hostel

What to bring?

In a small rucksack/napsack:

(This will be carried around in day and on coach)

book, pens, entertainment (non electronic), sun cream (weather depending), waterproof, packed lunch, water bottle, travel sickness meds if needed,EHIC cards.

What to pack in your small overnight bag…

• Home clothes• Comfortable walking

shoes• Waterproof jacket• Pyjamas• washbag (toothbrush,

toothpaste brush, flannel, soap)

(This will be in the luggage hold on coach and in room)

• hand towel• cuddly toy• clean underwear/

socks• comfortable

walking shoes• 1 Change of

clothes

Passports

• All British children will travel on the Collective passport, therefore they do NOT require their passport on the day

• All foreign nationals will need to travel on their own passport on the day (please hand this in the week before the trip)

• Non EU nationals will need valid passport but no visa as travelling on visa waver scheme via British Council- UK visa must be valid and in date

Medical issues

• All relevant medication needs to be handed in the day before (latest) to the office in a clearly labeled bag/packet

• All allergies/medical conditions must be stated on the form

• We will have the school First Aid kits with trained first aiders on the trip

• Travel sickness: bags provided! Any medication to be provided with clear instructions-

(Please let us know if your child is a sufferer!)• EHIC cards: please ensure you have applied for this

which provides free state healthcare in France. The quickest way is to apply online. Your EHIC will normally arrive within seven days and will usually be valid for five years.

The organisation of the groups

• There will be 8 group leaders with 10 children divided into each group plus one additional member of staff attached to a group

• Staff : Madame Vicki, Miss Sutton-Fitzpatrick, MrMcIver, Mr Lufkin, Mrs Bansal, Miss Kingsbury, Rita, Demi, Sjoera

• Groups will be organised by the teaching staff- children will be able to put 3 names down with 1 chosen wherever possible for rooming and group activities.

• The group will stay together at all times, with no unsupervised time

• All children will have a pack with emergency contacts on the front.

Rooming at the Youth Hostel

• Boys rooms: either 2 or 5

• Girls rooms: either 3 or 5

• Rooming will be decided by the class teachers after a simple consultation process with class.

Please let us know if your child tends to get homesick so we can be aware and keep a close eye

And finally....

Un grand merci!

• For your unanimous support of the trip

• For meeting the rigorous demands of the collective passport and other forms

• For coming along tonight