Y9 Battlefields (Residential)
WW1 Battlefields Experience Residential Trip (B)
Please note that all of the details provided below are SUBJECT TO CHANGE. The illustrations are taken from previous years’ trips and cannot be guaranteed.
Final details will be provided upon confirmation that your child has been allocated a place.
PUPIL PREMIUM CRITERIA MAY APPLY TO THIS TRIP
APPROX. COST PER PUPIL (EXCL. PASSPORTS ETC): £310-£330
ESTIMATED FIRST INSTALMENT (UPON CONFIRMATION OF PLACE): £100
LIMITED PLACES
AUDIENCE: |
YEAR 9 |
TRIP ORGANISER: |
MR P EDWARDS (HEAD OF KILBY) |
PASSPORT REQUIRED: |
A British Citizen’s Passport (valid for the trip dates and compliant with the six-month validity passport rule) or a visa will be required. |
Usual Month of Departure/ |
Wednesday 15 June 2022 |
Usual Duration: |
3 Days/2 Nights |
Usual Departure Time: |
Early Morning |
Term Time or Holiday: |
Term Time |
Method (s) of Transport: |
Coach |
Usual Accommodation: |
Messines Hostel |
Usual Tour Operator: |
Anglia Tours |
Final details will be provided upon confirmation that your child has been allocated a place.
Following successful visits for over 19 years, we continue to offer this trip to Year 9 students. The WW1 Battlefields Experience links very closely with work which students have covered in the History curriculum, though its focus is on far more than the obvious historical events themselves. Remembrance Day also brings the significance of this subject into sharp focus, and the visit gives students the opportunity to appreciate the sacrifices made by our ancestors and to pay our respects to the dead of all nationalities. Students will often find graves or memorials of their relatives, which can be a very moving and memorable experience.
SAMPLE ITINERARY
DAY ONE
Bayernwald Preserved Trench System
Langemarck
Vancouver Corner
Passchendaele Museum
DAY TWO
Serre and the Pals Battalions
Newfoundland Memorial Park
Ulster Tower
Lochnagar Crater
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing – laying of our memorial wreath
DAY THREE
Vimy Ridge/Wellington Quarry
Menin Gate, Tyne Cot, Ypres