YEAR 7 RESIDENTIAL TRIP 2015 ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL RESIDENTIAL TRIP BESA residential trips Learning Schedule Trip information Questions

BESA RESIDENTIAL TRIPS Positively impact attitudes, beliefs and self-perceptions such as independence, confidence, self-esteem, personal effectiveness and coping strategies. Helps the development of interpersonal and social skills. Adds value to classroom experience. Outdoor learning and particularly residential learning improves long-memory of learning. Links affective and cognitive learning which develops higher order thinking. Good fun! Peacock, A. (2006). Changing minds: The Lasting Impact of School Trips (UK). University of Exeter, The Innovation Centre. Rickinson, M. e. (2004). A review of research on outdoor learning. London: Field Studies Council.

LEARNING DISCOVERY The Big Idea Finding out new things is a human driver and affects things for better and worse. ISTANBUL

LEARNING HISTORY Ever since humans learned to walk, they have been driven by the desire to discover new places to further their own wealth, knowledge or prestige. In this unit students investigate how exploration has affected things for better and worse across human history. GEOGRAPHY They consider how some groups of people transitioned from their nomadic lifestyle, following animal migration for food, to building settlements. Through researching settlements in their own country and region of the world (and possibly comparing this to another if they contact a school elsewhere in the world), they identify how and why these settlements have grown and changed over time as a result of people finding out new things. ISTANBUL

LEARNING MUSIC In this unit students learn about a range of ‘new music’ spanning five centuries and consider how musicians have found out new things by using instruments and interpreting musical elements differently and how this has affected music historically. ART In this unit students are encouraged to experiment and explore new ways of working with materials and ideas in order to find out new ways they can make art. They learn about a variety of techniques that artists have employed and consider the artists’ motivations and interests as well as the impact these works have had. ISTANBUL

LEARNING SCIENCE Forces direct the world around us and our investigation and understanding of forces has helped us discover the environment around us and the wider universe. ISTANBUL

SCHEDULE MONDAY Leave BESA at 07:30. Depart from Ankara Esenboğa at 10:00. Arrive at Istanbul Ataturk airport at approximately 11:00. Get to the Richmond Hotel between 12:30 and 13:00, have a brief orientation, fire drill and lunch. Visit Sultan Ahmed, tour the Islamic Art Museum, Roman Cisterns and Hagia Sophia. Dinner at Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hamamı Ottoman restaurant at 17:00. Return to the hotel for 19:00. Journal writing and reflection. Free time. Lights out by 21:30.

SCHEDULE TUESDAY Breakfast and leave hotel by 09:30. Leave from Kabataş at 10:40. Arrive in Büyük Ada and have lunch. Visit the St. George monastery. Leave the islands at 17:30, reflection and journal writing on ferry. Dinner at 20:00. Back to rooms and lights out for 21:30.

SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Breakfast and leave hotel by 09:00. Arrive at the Grand Bazaar for behind the scenes tour. Shopping time in the Grand Bazaar. Lunch at Sultan Ahmet Köfteci. Visit Topkapı Palace. Dinner at the Pandeli restaurant. Back to rooms and lights out for 21:30.

SCHEDULE THURSDAY Early breakfast and leave hotel by 08:30. Arrive at the Suleymaniye Mosque for 09:00. Early lunch. Leave the Richmond Hotel at 12:00 Depart Ataturk airport at 15:00. Land at Esenboğa airport at 16:00 Arrive back at BESA between 17:30 – 18:00.

TRIP DETAILS YOUR RESPONSIBILITES Photocopy of I.D. Real I.D. (Ikamet, T.C. Kimlik, Diplomatic I.D.) on the morning of departure. Please hand in to your group leader. BESA residential medical forms to Nurse Naomi. BESA prescribed medicine form to Nurse Naomi. Prescribed medicines, as detailed in the form above, given to Mrs. Suzan on the morning of departure. If your child is sick three days prior to the trip a medical doctors note is required or your child cannot attend the trip. Keep your phone on for group texts and the emergency phone tree.

TRIP DETAILS KIT LIST Please also pack a couple of plastic bags in the day/travel rucksack (as well as being handy rubbish bags, they are also particularly useful for keeping dry if sitting on wet surfaces!) Please ensure a good breakfast before leaving home on the day of travel, or pack a snack and small drink in the travel/day rucksack, since it will be a while until breakfast is served on the aeroplane. Reminder: All medicines to be handed to Mrs. Suzan (relevant medical form having been handed in previously) on the morning of departure; NO MEDICINES TO BE PACKED INEITHER SUITCASE OR DAY BAG. HAPPY PACKING!

TRIP DETAILS KIT LIST Travel clothes and shoes. Comfortable walking footwear (no high heels ). Enough T-shirts and underwear. Pyjamas and toiletry bag (tooth brush, tooth paste, deodorant etc.). A spare pair of glasses or security strap for glasses.if worn. For fair weather a pair of shorts, sun hat, sun cream and sun glasses. For inclement weather a warm jumper and for during the day a light waterproof coat in case of showers that is easy to carry or pack. A light day bag/ruck sack. Staff bear no responsibility for loss of cameras, electronic devices or games. Please ensure any electronic devices cannot connect to the internet and that children brings their own chargers.

TRIP DETAILS CONTACT DETAILS RICHMOND HOTEL İstiklal Caddesi, Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey School: +90 (312) Robert Unsworth

TRIP DETAILS GROUPS MRS. HOLLY BRYANT (YEAR 7 CLASS TUTOR) Aleyna, Atakan, Leonard, Maram, Ali MRS. SUZAN TULTAY (FIRST AIDER, PRESCRIBED MEDICINES) Hande, Nilu, Tautvydas, Zoe MR. ROBERT UNSWORTH (TRIP LEADER) Abdulla, Malak, Oskar, Seo Hyeon MRS. ZERRIN WOOD (MILEPOST 4 CLASSROOM ASSISTANT) Caroline, Ema, Felix, Yuma

TRIP DETAILS FLIGHT DETAILS DEPART MONDAY 27 TH APRIL TK 2109ANKARA (ESB) – ISTANBUL (IST) DEPART: 10:00 ARRIVE:11:00 RETURN THURSDAY 30 TH APRIL TK2158VISTANBUL (IST) – ANKARA (ESB) DEPART:1500 ARRIVE:16:00

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