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BERLIN 2019

Friday 22nd February – Wednesday 27th February 2019

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BERLIN 2019 INFORMATION EVENING

AGENDA

• Welcome & the purpose of our visit
• Our itinerary & activities
• Our expectations
• Essential items
• Questions?

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Our Itinerary:

• Day 1
• Students should arrive at the East Cowes Red Funnel

terminal no later than 2.30pm. We are booked on the 3.00pm sailing to Southampton

• We will meet the coach in Southampton & depart for Calais
• Currently, we are booked on the 10.05pm sailing from Dover.

Arriving in Calais, we will travel overnight to Berlin

• Students will need a packed lunch for the journey or money

to purchase lunch as well as money for an evening meal on the ferry

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Day 2

• Breakfast on the old East/West German border. Students will need

money to pay for this meal

• We arrive in Berlin at approximately midday. Students will have a

cooked lunch at the Maredo Steakhaus, Friedrichstrasse

• We are unable to use the coach during the remainder of the day due

to driver working regulations, but will be able to use public

• transport. Students will need money to pay for public transport

during the visit (details in the essential items section)

• During the afternoon we will visit the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag

& Ritter Sport World

• Dinner will be at Andy’s Diner in East Berlin, giving us an
• pportunity to explore Alexanderplatz before heading back to our

hotel

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Day 3

• After breakfast, our coach will take us for guided tours of:
• Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
• The city – the Reichstag, Holocaust Memorial,

Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden & the remains of the wall

• Pupils will have time for lunch in Berlin between activities

in central Berlin and will need money for this

• In the evening, the students will be eating at the Hofbrau

Bavarian-style Beerhall (complete with Oomph band!) and visiting to the top of the Berlin TV tower

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Day 4

• After breakfast, our coach will take us for guided tours of:
• Former Stasi prison & HQ in East Berlin
• Pupils will have time for lunch in Berlin between activities

in central Berlin and will need money for this

• In the evening the students will be eating at the Hard Rock

Café in the heart of West Berlin before visiting the Checkpoint Charlie Museum for a late night tour

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Day 5

• After breakfast & checking out of our hotel, we will travel

by public transport to visit:

• The ‘Topography of Terror’ exhibition and museum
• Berlin Wall Memorial & Wall Documentation Centre
• Berlin Unterwelten (Underground)
• During the day, we will have lunch at The Sixties Diner
• In the evening pupils will have time to eat dinner between

and will need money for this

• We will return to our hotel to collect & load bags before

departing for Calais at approximately 9.30pm

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Day 6

• We will be catching the 12.35pm Calais/Dover ferry
• Students will need money to purchase breakfast on route.

This is likely to be at the terminal. Pupils may also want to buy food on the ferry for lunch

• Arriving in Dover, we will make our way to Southampton to

catch the 4.30pm ferry to East Cowes

• Students should be collected from the East Cowes Red

Funnel Terminal at 5.30pm. When collecting your child, please make sure that this is acknowledged with a member of staff

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Our expectations:

• We expect our students to behave sensibly and

responsibly during the visit

• Students need to look after themselves and their

belongings and to be respectful of others

• Serious poor behaviour may result in the trip ending early

for the entire group

• Please note, we reserve to right to contact parents 24

hours a day in the case of serious poor behaviour

• However, above all we expect the students to have a great

time!

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Essential items:

• Students will need:
• To dress/have clothes appropriate for the duration of the visit

and for the weather (coats/jumpers/trousers/sensible shoes

• r trainers). We will spend some time outdoors during the

visit

• To have one main bag and one day bag. During our journey

to and from Berlin, students will need to keep items they may need (money/coat/food etc.) with them in their day bag as their main bag will be stored in the hold of the coach

• To bring a towel and wash bag. The rooms have hairdryers,

soap and all-in-one shower gel and shampoo in each room

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Essential items:

• Socket adaptors – there are lots of plug sockets in each

room!

• The plug sockets in the room are also fitted with USB cable

fittings

• We are happy for students to take personal electronic items

(music players/phones/cameras etc.) on the strict understanding that these are the responsibility of the

• student. Free Wi-Fi is available in the hotel
• In the case of an emergency, we would appreciate contact to

be made through the group leaders wherever possible, rather than directly with your child

• The group mobile number will be sent to you via text

message prior to the visit

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Essential items:

• Students will need to bring money with them for lunch, snacks and other
• items. As a guide, we would recommend budgeting for the Euro

equivalent of £10 per day. Any money should also include a small amount in £s to purchase food on the ferries. All money will remain the responsibility of the students

• Students will also need money for their Berlin transport tickets.
• Utilising the group discount rate, students will need to place either €16
• r €20 in an envelope clearly marked with their name & ‘Transport’. The

group rate is €4 per person per day & we need to use the S- & U-Bahn across 4 days of our visit. This is the cheapest way to purchase flexible, multi-use, travel tickets

• These envelopes should be handed to a member of staff at the East

Cowes ferry terminal on our day of departure

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Essential items:

• Student passports (or other agreed travel documents)/ EHICs

should be brought to school between Monday 11th & Thursday 14th February. They should be placed in a named, clearly marked envelope & handed to reception. They will be stored securely in the school safe until departure

• If you choose not to hand in your child’s passport to the school
• ffice, please be aware that your child will not be able to depart
• n the visit from East Cowes unless we have the passport or

relevant documents in our possession

• During the visit, these documents will be stored safely in a

secure deposit box at the hotel

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Essential items:

• Medicines. Please ensure that:
• Any changes to your child’s medical needs since you completed

the medical consent forms are reported to a member of staff tonight, or through the school office as soon as possible

• ALL medicines (including over the counter medication, such as

travel sickness tablets) are securely boxed or bagged up & are marked clearly with your child’s name & dosage instructions

• Your child’s medicines are handed to the designated member of

staff dealing with medicines at the East Cowes ferry terminal prior to departure

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• During the visit, members of staff will be taking photographs for

both promotional and educational purposes within the College

• If you do not wish your child to be included in these

photographs, please let myself or Miss Gibson know at the end of the evening

• All medicines, even paracetamol and travel sickness pills must

be labelled and given into Mrs Stannard.

• All medication, including paracetamol and travel sickness pills

must be included on your child’s consent form.

• The trip mobile phone number is 07891 191882. This will be on

from 9am on Thursday 21st February.

• Miss Gibson will check emails once each day in half term if there

are any queries please email jgibson@cowesec.org

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Questions?