Information for Children and Parents trips/hostel/whitby

 Mr Clarke – Group Leader  Mrs Hutchinson – Driver 1  Mr Scull – Driver 2  Mr Maiden - First Aid  Miss Hall

 Travel is by 2 mini buses and a luggage van

 9.15am Depart from HPS  10.45am-11.00am Toilet / mini-bus stop at Pickering  Arrival- 12 noon at Abbey House YHA  Check in, leave luggage and have fire and safety talk.  Eat packed lunch provided by school.  1.15pm- ACTIVITY- Whitby Town Trail (Room 13) - warm clothes will be needed.  4.15pm- Return to Hostel, go to rooms, unpack and MAKE BEDS  5.15pm- Evening Meal in the Restaurant  6.15pm- ACTIVITY- Crabbing from the Harbour -warm clothing needed.  7.30pm- finish.  9.30 Hot choc and biscuits  10.00pm Bedtime

 7.45am- Breakfast- served in the Dining Room.  9.15am- ACTIVITY- Coastal Processes.  12.15pm- Packed lunches provided, to be eaten in Abbey House Garden or inside.  1.15 pm- Visit Pannet Park Museum –  5.15pm- Evening Meal in the Restaurant  6.15pm – Walk around Whitby – visit the whale bones, explore the beach and harbour etc.  9.30 Hot choc and biscuits  10.00pm Bedtime

 7.45 am Breakfast in Dining room.  Children pack and strip bed linen and put in laundry carts on landing.  9.00am- Whitby boat trip – through the harbour and out the sea (if the sea is calm) or through the harbour up the river Esk.  12 noon children eat packed lunch provided by hostel on mini-bus  3.00pm arrival at school expected by the end of the school day.

Sleeping Arrangements All children have created a list of up to 4 other children they would like to share with – all children have at least one (in most cases all) of these designated friends in their room. Children will receive their room number on arrival!!!

Meals- Weds Lunch- Packed Lunch brought from home Please pack a good sized packed lunch in a disposable bag (no tupperware/spoons etc) with a re-sealable drink. No fizzy drinks/ No glass bottles/ No Nuts etc. This is to be carried in a small back pack that the children will be required to carry with them when out of the hostel throughout the three days.

 Geography Coastal Walk, looking at coastal processes such as erosion which will be part of our new geography topic  Crabbing in the Harbour - A true seaside activity that is surprisingly addictive. Children work in pairs with lines, catch buckets and dip nets.  Whitby Town Trail - Room 13 - Discover the locations that inspired the author of ‘Dracula’ when he visited Whitby in the 1890s and link it to our focused class book – Room 13.

 Boat Trip An exciting boat trip through the Harbour and up the river to consolidate features of our previous topic– Life jackets will be worn for this adventure!  Pannet Park Museum - is a treasure trove of local artefacts, objects, documents, books, maps, photographs, and paintings about Whitby.

 These will all need to have a signed medical form and given to an adult on the morning that we travel- this includes travel sickness tablets.  All medication should also be clearly labelled with name and dosage.

Whitby May 2016 Kit List  A small holdall to carry:  Towel  Clothes suitable for ALL weathers including socks and underwear, enough for 3 days with some spares in case they get wet.  Night clothes & Teddy  Wash bag complete with toiletries and hair brush  Indoor shoes / slippers  Sturdy walking shoes / boots  Warm waterproof coat – we will be outdoors in all weathers  Waterproof pants- if you have them, they will be extremely useful as we will be going to our activities- whatever the weather!  Hat, scarf, gloves, cap, sun cream for all weathers!

 Small water bottle – refillable to carry yourself  Medication if required – please ensure you fill FORM available from school office.  Spending Money - £5 in a named envelope  Camera – If you wish, at your own risk, to be kept in a named carrier  Packed Lunch for Wednesday lunchtime  Back pack (to use throughout the trip to carry own packed lunches camera etc) this should be taken on the mini-bus with Wednesdays packed lunch in PLEASE DO NOT BRING – Ipod/ Ipad/ Mobile Phones/ Tablets or electronic devices

 This is limited to £5 and there is some small gift shops for the children to do a little bit of shopping, for themselves or a family member.  Please do not send your child with extra money, or food, with them on the trip –**with the exception of a packed lunch on the Wednesday – in a disposable bag. **

YHA Whitby Abbey House, East Cliff Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4JT Tel: Miss Hall will carry the ‘school trips’ mobile at all times the mobile number for this will be sent to you by text the day before our residential. Please use this to contact us in an emergency out of school hours. The school office will text you updates throughout the trip.