May 2017
Dear Parent/Guardian
EDUCATIONAL STUDY VISIT – PARIS, FRANCE/YPRES, BELGIUM
We would like to offer our current Year 8 and 9 students the opportunity to participate in a cultural
and historical educational visit to France and Belgium in July 2018. The trip will be of 6 days duration
with a programme of leisure and cultural excursions. This will serve as a means of broadening
cultural experience as well as developing confidence in the use of spoken French in everyday
situations. The historical element of the trip will include visits to a number of sites connected with
the battlefields of the First World War, including the town of Ypres to witness the Last Post
ceremony. This will enable students to gain a greater understanding of the scale of the sacrifices
made during the conflict, which is of particular relevance during the ongoing commemorations of
the First World War centenary.
The provisional date for departure is 11.00pm on Saturday 14 July 2018, returning on Friday 20 July
2018. The cost is calculated at £650 per person (subject to numbers). An initial deposit of £50 will
be required, which is to be handed-in to the main school office in an envelope marked
FRANCE/BELGIUM 2018 by WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE 2017.
Included in the price will be:
 4 nights full board accommodation, including packed lunches, at the Explorers Hotel, Disneyland
Paris and 1 night full board at the Peace Village, Ypres
 Fully comprehensive insurance
 Return cross-channel ferry, Dover-Calais
 Executive coach travel for the duration of the trip
 All trips and visits undertaken during the trip. These provisionally include a day visit to Disneyland
Paris, sightseeing in central Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, a boat trip along the
Seine, Montmartre and the Sacré Coeur and visits to Somme and Ypres battlefield sites.
If you would like your son/daughter to take part in the educational study visit, please complete and
return the reply slip below with an initial deposit of £50 (Please make cheques payable to Bishop
Rawstorne C of E Academy Trust Fund). Places will be allocated following the selection criteria
approved by the Governing Body. Any unsuccessful students will be placed on a reserve list in the
first instance.
Any place offered on an educational visit is conditional and may subsequently be reviewed and
withdrawn by the Senior Leadership Team of the school if a student's presence is identified as being
potentially prejudicial to the health and safety of those participating in the visit.
Yours sincerely
Mr S Hornby
Lead Teacher of History
BISHOP RAWSTORNE C OF E ACADEMY-CROSTON
(Reply slip- Educational Study Visit, France/Belgium – July 2018
To be returned to the school office in an envelope marked France/Belgium Trip, by posting it in to
the post box in reception by no later than Wednesday 7 June 2017)
Student’s Name: ____________________________
Tutor Group: ____________
I/We give consent for our son/daughter to take part in the Educational Study Visit in July 2018 and
enclose a deposit of £50 (cheques to be made payable to ‘Bishop Rawstorne C of E Academy Trust
Fund’).
I/We agree to pay the full cost of the trip by the due dates which I will be notified of should my
son/daughter secure a place.
I/We understand that any deposit, once a place is secured, is non-returnable unless due to
illness/injury verified by a doctor’s certificate.
Signed: __________________________ Parent/Guardian
Date: _____________
Name: _________________________________ (please print)
REQUIRED PASSPORT INFORMATION (for booking purposes)
Please complete the following information as it appears on your son/daughter’s passport. If a
student does not yet have a passport please state full name as it will be shown on their passport.
Surname (as passport):
_________________________________________
First name (as passport):
_________________________________________