1. HEATHFIELD : WWI CENTENARY TRIP 2018
Pupils – while you are waiting, please write down names of people you’d like to room share with

2. OUR DESTINATION..
YPRES

3. THE TRIP’S VALUE
It will reinforce pupils’ knowledge of a key part of the National Curriculum.
It will bring history ‘to life’ enabling pupils to visualise and connect with the past.

4. THE TRIP’S VALUE Team building / shared experience
Most importantly, it’s hoped that the trip will help pupils to develop a broad and deep respect for life and humanity and ensure that their generation never allow destruction on this (or any) scale to happen again.

5. TWITTER
@mrlowndes

6. ITINERARY
Saturday: travel, midday ferry, dinner in Ypres Sunday: events in Ypres (last post, Ypres museum, walk the Ypres ramparts, marching bands), dinner in Ypres Monday: options- visits within 30 minutes of Ypres or visits around the Somme ( 1.5 hours away) Tuesday: if we visit the Somme on Monday then visits within 30 minutes of Ypres or Bruges

7. The Somme

8. Serre road & Sheffield park

9. Sunken lane & Lochnager

10. Newfoundland park & thiepval

11. Fricourt- German cemetary

12. A section of preserved trenches, tunnels and shell holes.
Hill 62
A section of preserved trenches, tunnels and shell holes.

17. ITINERY
TYNE COT
The largest commonwealth war grave in the world

20. ITINERY
BROODING SOLDIER
-Canadian war memorial

22. ITINERY
POLYGON WOOD

23. ITINERY
MENIN GATE
A memorial to all British soldiers with no known grave

26. THE LAST POST
A CEREMONY THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE EVERY DAY SINCE 1921 (EXCEPT DURING WWII)
This year Heathfield pupils will lay a wreath and take part in the ceremony.

27. YPRES – MARKET TOWN

30. WHAT PUPILS NEED
Passport and European health card should be with staff (as pupils get on the bus)
Travel insurance is through Somerset County council
Roughly Euros.
PACKED LUNCH FOR Saturday

31. WHAT PUPILS NEED
Sensible clothes; IT WILL BE MUDDY & COLD and probably rain.
Pillows (for coach)
Towel
Wellies
Camera (at own risk)
MP3 player (at own risk)
Mobile (at own risk)
Warm hoody
No high heels!
Spare socks
Trainers
Bin bags / plastic bags for dirty clothes

32. Other bits…
Staff: Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Fletcher, Miss Martin, Mrs Taylor, Mr Ellwood, Mr Ellis (Volunteer)
Contact numbers:
Mobile phone- (+44)
Mr. Lowndes
Hotel:
When to drop off / pick pupils up : We leave at 6.00am prompt (sorry!) and 5 pm (ish)

33. Food / medical issues ?