Battlefields Information Evening 2019 - Friday 10th May - Sunday 12th May - Bohunt School

Battlefields Information Evening 2019
   Friday 10th May – Sunday 12th May

This evening...
•   Groups and Staffing
•   Itinerary
•   Food and Accommodation
•   Behaviour
•   Kit List
•   Emergency Contacts
•   Medical
•   Questions

Groups and Staffing
78 students and 9 members of staff

          GROUP 1; 9A, C, D, D1, E, G
           (LME, SHJ,RPY, BBL, JHS)
           GROUP 2; H, O, R, S, SK, T
             (ERF, BSS, RRG, NPY)

Itinerary
                 FRIDAY 10TH May - Travel
Arrive at school for normal school day – luggage to be left
                         at school.
 Leave school at 3:30. students cannot leave school and
                        come back!

              SATURDAY 11TH May - Ypres
Tyne Cot, Essex Farm, Langemark, Passendaele museum,
            Cloth Hall museum, Menin Gate

              SUNDAY 12th May – Somme
                  ETA BOHUNT 20:00
            ARRIVE BACK TO DOVER AT 18:00

WHERE WILL THE STUDENTS VISIT?
 VIMY RIDGE
Vimy Ridge is
now owned by the
Canadian
Government, and
the site is
maintained as a
memorial to the
Canadian Forces
who fought in the
Great War

WHERE WILL THE STUDENTS VISIT?
PASSENDAELE MEMORIAL MUSUEM

                This museum tells the story of the war in
                the Ypres Salient with special emphasis on
                the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. In the
                second part of the museum the visitor
                walks through a 1917 trench
                reconstruction and descends into a
                reconstruction of a 20 foot deep dugout
                with headquarters, accommodation,
                workshop, communication room and first
                aid post.

WHERE WILL THE STUDENTS VISIT?
TYNE COT
Tyne Cot is the resting place of 11,954 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces.

WHERE WILL THE STUDENTS VISIT?
LANGEMARK
Langemark cemetery is one of only four First World War German cemeteries in the
Flanders region

WHERE WILL THE STUDENTS VISIT?
YPRES – this is where we are staying

Saturday
• Tyne Cot Cemetery & Memorial to the
  Missing
• Passchendaele Memorial Museum
• Langemark German Cemetery
• Essex Farm
• Ypres
  – Chocolate Shop, Menin Gate, Cloth Hall Museum
  – Menin Gate at 8pm to hear the last post.

Sunday
• Newfoundland Memorial Park of Beaumont-
  Hamel
• Vimy Ridge

Food
Friday
Dinner – please provide your child with food/snacks or
money to eat on the ferry.
Saturday
Breakfast/ Lunch - provided
Dinner- provided at a local restaurant in Ypres- please advise
of any dietary requirements after this meeting.

Sunday
Breakfast/ Lunch- provided
Dinner- please provide your child with
food/snacks/drinks – Time on ferry

Accommodation
• Students and Staff will be split across two hotels
• Poppies 1 & 2

•

Behaviour on the trip
Visiting a number of sensitive sites, students are expected
to behave in a mature and sensible manner (no selfies,
walking across/on top of monuments)

• Students are expected;
   – To stay in groups of three as a minimum at all times.
   – To be in their rooms at a reasonable hour decided by their
     teacher.
   – Follow teacher instructions at all time.
   – Act politely and maturely at all times, they are
     representing Bohunt School.

Kit List
• Belgium can be very cold at this time of year; therefore a warm coat,
  preferably waterproof, is an essential.
• Comfortable shoes / trainers suitable for walking. (NOT Canvas)
• Wellies/walking boots can be worn if muddy. Need to be in a separate bag.
• Nightwear.
• Clothes enough for two days- layers.
• Towel.
• Toiletries.
• Spending money (we recommend no more than £30)*
• Electronic items ie., Camera/Phone*
• Small bag to carry packed lunches in.
• Rucksack
• Any necessary medication including Epi-pens and Inhalers CLEARLY
  labelled

• WE ARE ONLY GOING FOR TWO NIGHTs!
• * student is responsible for their own electronic goods.

Emergency Contacts
            No news is good news

 LME/ ERF will carry school mobile phones for
           emergency purposes

If you have recently got a new phone number,
      please check that reception have it.

Medical
LME/ ERF will have a basic first
aid kit.

1. EPI- PEN/ INHALERS TO BE
   CLEARLY LABELLED AND
   CARRIED AROUND AT ALL
   TIMES.
2. TRAVEL SICKNESS TABLETS
   TO BE TAKEN BEFORE
   TRAVEL AND STUDENT TO BE
   PROVIDED WITH ENOUGH
   FOR DURATION OF THE TRIP.

FAQ/Questions
• Spending money- there will be an opportunity
  for free time and some sites do have gift
  shops- recommended around 30 EUROS
• Non-uniform can be worn on the Friday
  instead of uniform. It must be school
  appropriate and be in line with the school
  rules.