SCHOOL TRIPS TO ITALY AND GREECE
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SCHOOL TRIPS TO ITALY AND GREECE
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Careful preparation
• compliance with school/LEA guidelines
• use reputable tour operators licensed by ATOL (Air Travel Organisers Licence)
• exploratory visit
• consult other schools
• compare the different tour operators
• organise tour yourself
• a year’s work?
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Staffing
• school will dictate this, depending on numbers, age and gender
• choose accompanying staff carefully
• allocate jobs carefully
• ideally, one member of staff should be able to speak the language
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Preparing the pupils • background information
• language
• money, food and drink
• phones
• emergency procedures
• code of conduct
• culture (dress codes, body language)
• smoking, alcohol, drugs
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Briefing for parents 1
• purpose and dates of visit
• modes of travel (approved coach firm)
• accommodation
• details of cost
• insurance details (school)
• health and safety, medical matters
• standards of behaviour
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Briefing for parents 2
• remote supervision
• evening activities
• swimming
• kit list
• contact details a) away b) at school
• special needs
• collect on time
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Paperwork (to be taken)
• group list, photographs• travel tickets, passports, visas and copies• parental consent forms, medical forms,
European Health Insurance Card• contact details• accommodation details• insurance arrangements• details of local medical services, consulate
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Paperwork(to be left at school/with EVC)
• group list
• copies of parental consent forms, medical forms
• contact details
• accommodation details
• insurance arrangements
• risk assessment
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During the visit
• issue pupils with appropriate details of hotel, staff phone numbers, etc.
• establish system for identifying pupils
• establish a clear emergency procedure
• issue clear instructions especially regarding free time, timings, meeting places
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Budget
• tour price• transport (coach to and from airport in
England)• insurance (your school insurance may
cover this)• admission fees (if not included)
– (a letter on school headed note paper will get you free entry to sites in Greece)
• extra staff?, staff lunches• contingency, treats
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What does the price include?
• spouse/child concessions• number of staff free places• full/half board accommodation• insurance• air/coach• airport taxes • entrance fees• rep or courier• free inspection visit
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Tips• sight see in the morning, travel in the
afternoon
• negotiate with tour operator (all three companies claim that tours can be tailor-made to suit the specific needs of individual groups)
• be nice to coach driver
• see something new each time
• look at other schools’ itineraries
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Questions
• how big should the party be?
• single sex or a joint venture?
• how easy is it to organise the tour myself?
• should I take girls to Italy?
• to guide or not to guide?
• what if they are not Classicists?
• how long should we go for?
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EVENING ACTIVITIES
• slide show
• diary writing
• meal out
• Greek dancing/Roman soldier
• son et lumière
• Easter/local celebrations
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WHERE TO GO IN GREECE
• Athens• Delphi• Olympia, Bassae• Mycenae, Tiryns, Nemea, Argos, Epidauros• Corinth• Cape Sounion, Eleusis• Saronic Islands (Aegina, Poros, Hydra)• Sparta, Pylos, Sphacteria
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Sample itinerary for Greece
• Day 1: depart 17.50, arrive Athens at 04.25 on day 2.• Day 2: transfer to Delphi via Ossios Loukas (Byzantine monastery)
and Arachova. • Day 3: visit Delphi museum and site; transfer to Olympia. • Day 4: visit Olympia; transfer to Pylos. • Day 5: boat trip to Sphakteria; visit Nestor’s palace and Oxbelly Bay
(ancient Pylos); transfer to Tolon. • Day 6: visit Mycenae, Nemea (and Nauplion if time); free afternoon
in Tolon.• Day 7: transfer to Athens via Epidauros; Athens National Museum.• Day 8 visit Theatre of Dionysus, Acropolis and Agora. Depart hotel
at 16.00 arrive 1.00am on day 9.
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WHERE TO GO IN ITALY
• Rome: at least two days• Ostia Antica• Tivoli (Hadrian’s villa, Villa d’Este)• Bay of Naples: at least two days• Pompeii, Herculaneum, Vesuvius• Naples Archaeological Museum• Paestum, Amalfi coast• Cumae, Pozzuoli, Solfatara• Island of Capri
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Sample itinerary for Italy
• Day 1: flight to Rome; visit Colosseum• Day 2: Rome: imperial fora; Capitoline and Palatine • Day 3: Tivoli or Vatican, Pantheon • Day 4: leave for Bay of Naples via catacombs: lunch
near Monte Cassino; arrive Sorrento• Day 5: Herculaneum; Mount Vesuvius• Day 6: Oplontis, Pompeii• Day 7: Naples Museum and Pozzuoli/Solfatara/Cumae• Day 8: fly home
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Further information
• www.ststravel.co.uk/sts-european/italy
• www.ststravel.co.uk/sts-european/greece
• www.nstgroup.co.uk