Geography Department
Bay of Naples
14.02.16-17.02.16
Name:
Monday 18th January 2016
Dear Students and Parents / Guardians,
We are now just 4 weeks away from our trip to the Bay of Naples which is very exciting. 38
students from years 11 and 13 will be travelling to Italy, accompanied by Ms Syme, Ms Butt, Mr
Owers, Mr Davison and Miss Chapman.
In this booklet you will find a breakdown of the itinerary for each day along with some
information about the sites we will be visiting. You will also find a kit list, behaviour
expectations and contact numbers for while we are in Italy.
It is important to note that we only have cabin luggage so it is imperative that you
measure your suitcase carefully and check the restrictions on liquids allowed on the
flight. This information can be found with the kit list.
In preparation for our trip we now need you to bring in your passport along with your EHIC
card. The school will store these until our trip, can passports and EHIC cards please be
brought in by Monday 1st February 2016.
If any medication is required please ensure this is handed to the teachers in a labelled bag along
with details of when it is required. If closer to the time, new medication is needed due to illness,
please inform myself about the details, in addition spare asthma pumps must be brought and
given to a teacher.
If you have any questions or concerns in the lead up to the trip, please do not hesitate to get in
contact with me on 0208 554 8935 or email [email protected]. I hope that the students are
looking forward to this opportunity to see some “real life Geography” and they not only gain
knowledge for their exams, but also a valuable and enjoyable learning experience.
Yours faithfully,
Miss A Chapman
(Learning Leader for Geography)
Kit List
You only have cabin luggage for the flight so suitcases
and bags must meet the following size guide:
50 x 40 x 20cm including handles and wheels.
Many of the items below can be worn on the day to save
on space in the suitcase e.g coat, jumper and walking
boots. Although we are only going for 4 days therefore not
many tems are clothing are needed, it will be February and
therefore warm cloth are needed.
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Packed lunch and snacks for the first day
Coat
Warm sweater
Warm trousers
Tshirts/ tops
Wash kit- please check the allowance for liquids opposite
Walking boots / sturdy shoes- these are needed for climbing Mount Vesuvius as the walk to the crater is steep and on
rough ash.
Socks, underware
Pyjamas
Money for lunch on 3 days- (€30 should be enough)
Personal medications
Optional items
 Pocket Money- (maxiumum of €100)
 Camera
 Mobile phones / electronic items- these are taken entirely at the students own risk and we recommend against taking
these
Please be aware that towels and bedding are provided by the hotel
DAY 1 – SUNDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 2016
04.15
05.20
07.20
11.10
12.30
13.30
14.30
18.20
19.45
22.00
Meet at SKHS front gates and depart for Luton Airport via coach,
please ensure you leave enough time to arrive at school on time
as we will not be able to hold the coach for students who are late.
Check-in at Luton Airport
Depart London Luton Airport for Naples on Flight No: EZY 2415
Arrive at Naples airport. We will pass through customs and then meet
our coach to take us to our hotel
Check into the Hotel
Lunch- You will need to bring a packed lunch with you, however
drinks will not be able to be taken through security checks. You will
have the opportunity to buy drinks when we arrive in Italy or at the
hotel.
Travel to local Sorrento and explore the town
Dinner
Evening entertainment
Lights out and bed
DAY 2 – MONDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2016
7.30
9.00
10.00
12.00
12.30
14.30
15.00
16.30
18.00
20.00
22.00
Breakfast at the hotel
Meet our coach and travel to Herculaneum
Guided tour around Herculaneum
Meet our coach to travel to Naples
Arrive in Naples. Here we will have lunch; you need to make sure you have
your money to buy your lunch. We will have some free time to visit the
shops and have a look around the different town squares.
Meet our coach and travel to Solfatara
Guided tour around Solfatara
Meet our coach and return to the Hotel
Arrive at Hotel and have evening meal
Evening entertainment
Lights out and bed
Herculaneum
Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum was an
ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD.
Its ruins are located in the commune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy.
It
is
most
famous
for
having
been
lost,
along
with Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and the neighbourhood of Monte
Bursaccio in Boscoreale, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD
79 that buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as
one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original
splendour; unlike Pompeii, it was mainly affected by pyroclastic flows, thus preserving the wooden objects such
as roof tops, building beams, beds, doors, and even food. Moreover, Herculaneum was a wealthier town than
Pompeii, possessing an extraordinary density of fine houses, and far more lavish use of coloured marble
cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise, as it had
been assumed that the town had been evacuated.
Naples
Naples meaning "new city" is the capital of the Italian region Campania and
the third-largest municipality in Italy, after Rome and Milan. As of 2012,
around 960,000 people live within the city's administrative limits. The Naples
urban area has a population of between 3 million and 3.7 million, and is
the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Around 4 million
people live in the Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest metropolises
on the Mediterranean Sea.
Solfatara
Solfatara is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, part of
the Campi Flegrei volcanic area. It is a dormant volcano, which still emits
jets of steam with sulfurous fumes. The name comes from the Latin, Sulpha
terra, "land of sulfur", or "sulfur earth". It was formed around 4000 years
ago and last erupted in 1198 with what was probably a phreatic eruption - an
explosive steam-driven eruption caused when groundwater interacts
with magma. The crater floor is a popular tourist attraction, as it has
many fumaroles and mud pools. The area is well known for its bradyseism.
The vapours have been used for medical purposes since Roman times.
DAY 3 – TUESDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2016
7.30
9.00
10.00
12.00
12.30
16.15
17.00
20.00
22.00
Breakfast at the hotel
Meet our coach and travel to Pompeii
Guided tour around Pompeii
Meet our coach and travel to Vesuvius
Arrive at Mount Vesuvius. Here we will have lunch; you need to make
sure you have your money to buy your lunch.
Meet our coach and travel back to our Hotel
Arrive back at Hotel and evening meal
Evening entertainment
Lights out and bed
DAY 4 – WEDNESDAY 17TH FEBRAURY 2016
7.30
9.00
10.00
13.00
14.00
16.00
17.40
19.45
21.30
22.00
23.00
Breakfast at the hotel
Travel to Sorento
Boat trip along the Amalfi Coastline
Lunch in Sorrento; you need to make sure you have your money to buy
your lunch.
Time in Sorrento
Meet our coach and travel to the airport
Check in at Naples Airport
Depart Naples for London Luton airport on Flight no: EZY 2416
Arrive at London Luton Airport
Travel to SKHS by coach from airport
Arrive back at SKHS front gates
Pompeii
The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the
Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. Pompeii,
along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly
destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the seventh or sixth century BC by
the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and
was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an unsuccessful
rebellion against the Roman Republic. By the time of its destruction, 160 years later, its
population was approximately 11,000 people, and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre,
gymnasium and a port.
The eruption killed the city's inhabitants and buried it under tons of ash. The site was lost for about 1,500 years
until its initial rediscovery in 1599 and broader rediscovery almost 150 years later by Spanish engineer Rocque
Joaquin de Alcubierre in 1748.
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a stratovolcano in
the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance
from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic
arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a
summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher
structure.
Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying
and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of
stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of
1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing a hundred thousand times the thermal energy released by
the Hiroshima bombing. An estimated 16,000 people died due to hydrothermal pyroclastic flows. The only
surviving eyewitness account of the event consists of two letters by Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus.
Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted
within the last hundred years. Today, it is regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because
of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive (Plinian) eruptions. It is
the most densely populated volcanic region in the world.
Sorrento
Sorrento is a town and commune in Campania, southern Italy, with some 16,500
inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination which can be reached easily
from Naples and Pompeii, as it lies at the south-eastern end of the
Circumvesuviana rail line. The town overlooks the Bay of Naples as the key place
of the Sorrentine Peninsula, and many viewpoints allow sight of Naples
itself, Vesuvius, and the Isle of Capri.
Who’s who?
The Teachers…
Ms Butt
Ms Chapman
Mr Davison
Mr Owers
Ms Syme
The Year 13s...
Rajveer
Nirvair
Rizwan
Morgan
Saneesha
Natasha
Taryn
Amy
The Year 11s...
Halima
Hamza
Naeema
Umar
Ayesha
Qasim
Somera
Jagdeep
Dhruvik
Jitesh
Eesha
Michelle
Muhammad
Linda
Nazia
Neel
Joy
Kavita
Laveezah
Ragavan
Aaron
Karthikeyan
Nicolette
Yousuf
Saadat
Shivani
Nadirah
Chanthia
Sam
Dominic
Behaviour and Conduct
Your day will be long, with activites from 9.00am until 9.30pm, requiring lots of energy, but it will also be
exciting, fun and rewarding. As a result a high standard of behaviour is expected of all of the students,
particularly in the evenings.
Particular further points of attention include:
1. As well as behaving well for its own sake, students should remember that they are ambassadors for their
families and for Seven Kings School.
2. It is important, for safety and other reasons, that students obey instructions immediately.
3. For other passengers, a group of young people can be very intimidating, especially if they are being loud
and/or physical. Students should keep their voices down and always be aware of and give way to other
passengers. Do not push forward in queues, check-ins, refreshment areas etc.
4. There must be no drinking of alcohol or smoking at any stage of the trip.
A serious or repeated failure to observe these guidelines could result in a student being sent home at his/her
parents’ expense.
Contact Details
Whilst we are in Italy we will be staying at the Seven Hostel in Sorrento, their address and website are as follows:
Seven Hostel
Via Iommella Grande, 99,
80065
Sant'Agnello
Napoli
Tel: +39 081 878 6758
http://www.sevenhostel.com/en/
If you need to contact us in an emergency please contact Miss Chapman who will have the school
mobile phone on 07786777565.
Telephone Tree
If for any reason we are delayed at the airport or need to contact all parents we will us the following telephone
tree, we would appreciate if each parent, once contacted, could pass the message onto the other parents in the
tree. This allows for an efficient communication of messages.
Umar Ali
Eesah Degun
Linda He
Aaron Pillai
Joy Kallon
Jitesh Chandegra
Halima Ahmed
Dominic WilliamsonStrachan
Yousuf Quddus
Qasim Asghar
Hamza Ahmed
Jagdeep Bhupal
School Contact
Amy/Sam Tully
07786777565
Hassan
Muhammad
Saadat Rahman
Dhruvik Brahmbhatt
Michelle Egbe
Nazia Ismail
Naeema Ahmed
Karthikeyan
Ponniah
Neelkiran Joshi
Ayesha Alohan-Eke
Nirvair Bhamra
Saneesha Kular
Taryn Reid
Rajveer Bahra
Shivani Rav
Ragavan
Mangaleswaran
Laveezah Khan
Somera Bahadur
Kavita Kalyan
School Contact
07786777565
Natasha/ Nicolette
Porter
Nadirah TaherChoudhury
Rizwan Ebrahim
School Contact
07786777565
Morgan John
Chanthia Thayalan
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