1. Year 9 WW1 History trip to Belgium & France 14th - 16th Nov 2018

2. Aims To enrich your studies of World War One in Year 9
To highlight the links across your learning
To experience Foreign Travel (France & Belgium)
To further develop your community spirit as a
Year Group and your ‘teamship’ skills
Remembrance in the Centenary years (2018)

3. Departure 6.00 a.m. Corsham School
Departure and Return
Departure 6.00 a.m. Corsham School
Wednesday 14th November
Return 8.00 p.m.
Friday 16th November

4. Day One
Tyne Cot – Allied cemetery
Passchendaele Museum

5. Tyne Cot
A few miles outside the town, just below the village of Passchendaele, lies Tyne Cot - the largest British War Cemetery in the world. There are nearly 12,000 graves here plus another 35,000 who are commemorated but who have no known grave.

6. Passchendaele Museum
This museum tells the story of the war in the Ypres Salient with special emphasis on the Battle of Passchendaele 1917, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

7. Accommodation
Single centre hostel
Fully catered

8. Day 2 Essex Farm cemetery Ypres Museum ‘In Flanders Fields’
Langemark German cemetery
The Pool of Peace
The Last Post

9. Interactive Museum of Ypres www.inflandersfields.be

10. Pool of Peace

11. The Menin Gate

13. Last Post

14. The Corsham Wreath

15. Day 3
Deborah

17. Cost of visit = approximately £280
How much?
Cost of visit = approximately £280

18. + Spending Money suggested amount €50
                                                 
Museums – souvenirs
Belgian chocolates
Le Shuttle terminal
Service Stations in UK (£10)

19. What do I do now if I would like to go on this visit?
Speak to your Parents/Carers – show them this presentation on sharepoint. Consider the details carefully (for example you will need to have your own passport for this visit)
Return the completed signed Application Form to Miss Cummins in H4a by Wednesday 31st January at the latest
Remember! This is a very popular trip – places will be allocated by a process of ‘names out of a hat’

20. Year 9 WW1 History trip to Belgium & France 14th - 16th Nov 2018