Le Chateau du Broutel 7 th to 11 th November 2016 1 Le Chateau du - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Le Chateau du Broutel

7th to 11th November 2016

1

Le Chateau du Broutel

2

Le Chateau du Broutel

Each dorm accommodates up to 8 people and is en suite. Though we won’t be spending much time in the dorms – we’ll be too busy. The children have chosen friends that they are happy to share with. They will be allocated when we arrive.

3

Food

Lots of it. Delicious. Lots of choice. No-

• ne goes hungry.

4

Essential equipment

• Warm jumpers/fleece, gloves,

woolly hat

• Towels
• Waterproof coat (& waterproof

trousers if possible)

• Walking boots
• Old trainers
• Large bin bags for packing dirty

clothes

• Sleeping bag & pillow case
• No valuables (includes mobile

phones, electronic games, cameras)

• No sweets for journey (For

sickness reasons!)

• Travel adapter for hairdryer if

needed.

• A book, a teddy (or similar) and

a picture of family

• Hair ties and hat
• Pillow/cushion for coach
• Up to €25 spending money in a

labelled money bag – we are hoping to raise at least some of this through our fundraising event next week.

• Water bottle would be useful

5

It really is muddy and wet

6

Common Equipment bloopers

• Not enough changes of

clothing - Drying room

takes at least 24 hours to dry

• No change of

shoes/boots

• No long-sleeves – can’t

do climbing/abseiling

• Not enough warm socks.

No gloves/hats

• Non-waterproof coat
• Not enough warm

clothes – assume it’ll be

cold

• No name-labels in
• clothes. Children lose

things!

• No toothpaste/soap, etc.
• No sleeping bag/pillow

case

7

Timetable

Monday (No parking on yellow zig-zags)

• Meet in Infant Hall 6:00-6:15

– Register – Complete Medical Paperwork – Load the coach at 6:30

• Coach leaves at 6:45 prompt
• Ferry departs at 1:55
• Arrive at Le Chateau at 5:00

Pupils should bring sandwiches, snacks and drinks for journey.

8

Timetable

Friday

• Pupils will have a hot lunch.
• Coach departs 2:00
• Ferry departs at 4:00
• Return to school at roughly 10:30
• Please leave space for the coach

to park outside the school. No parking on zig-zags!

Sandwiches, snacks and drinks will be provided by us for the journey back.

9

Typical day at Le Chateau:

Wake up 7.30 Breakfast 8.00 1st Activity 9.00 (eg Raft building) (about 90 minutes) 2nd Activity 10.50 (eg Climbing) Lunch 12.20 3rd Activity 1.40 (eg Kayaking) 4th Activity 3.30 (eg zip wire) Freshen up 5.00 (Y6 blog time) Dinner 5.30-6:00 5th Activity 7.00 (eg Campfire songs) Bed by 9:30 Lights out 10:00

10

Activities

• Obstacle course

(muddy)

• Canoeing (wet)
• Kayaking (wet)
• Climbing
• Raft building (wet)
• Zip wire
• Beach trip
• Local market
• Supermarket trip
• All with trained instructors –

Chateau has excellent safety record

• If particularly cold or wet,

water activities will be swapped for alternatives. Water is 2ft deep.

11

Activities

12

We will also be going on 3 trips into the local towns and villages. We keep the same coach and driver throughout the week. The children have loved these trips in the past so we will be spending more time

• ut and about this year.
• Rue tour
• Local market
• Trip to the beach
• French supermarket and

café

Rue

13

Le supermarche

14

Night activities

15

Groups & Rooms

• The pupils will be working in 4 activity groups.
• Rooms are for sleeping in. Time spent in room

is minimal. Boys/girls cannot mix in same-sex

• rooms. Regular room inspections
• Common rooms for all to congregate.
• We will give the children their group lists when

we arrive.

16

Medication

• Pupils with asthma must bring 2 inhalers.

– One will be kept by staff. – One will be carried by the pupil at all times.

• Calpol forms.
• All medications must be labelled clearly with the

child’s name and the dose to be administered.

• On the Monday morning, all medication must be

given to Miss McCreesh or Mrs Appleby with appropriate paperwork. Please try to bring them in earlier than this if possible!

17

Emotions

• You’ll be reassured by the regular blog posts
• You can comment on the blog but we won’t

show the comments to your child. No contact is better for them – they’re much more able to cope.

• Say goodbye at home on the Monday. We’d

strongly advise dropping them in the Infant hall and leaving once bags are on coach.

18

Contacts

• There will be no direct contact between pupils

and parents.

• Birthdays!
• School blog will have daily updates

Information to follow

• Phone tree
• Contact school 0114 2344329
• In emergencies only – Mrs Stacey 07515259208

19

Phone Tree

France Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 3

Important messages (e.g. arrivals and departures) will be passed to parents using a phone tree. We will send messages to the 3 people at the head of the tree. Each person then passes the message to the next person on the list. If you would like to be part of the phone tree, please add your name to the sheet at the back of the room before you leave.

20

Word Press Blog!

• App for phone and tablet – search wordpress

app, download, then find our page. You can follow us using the follow option at the bottom of the page. marlcliffefrance2016

• Or just visit the website

marlcliffefrance2016.wordpress.com

21

Any questions?

22