1. Le Chateau du Broutel
12th – 16th November 2012
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2. Le Chateau du Broutel
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3. 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
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4. Food
Lots of it. Delicious. Lots of choice. No-
one goes hungry. You don’t have to have
snails and frog’s legs if you don’t want to!
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5. Activities
• Abseiling
• Obstacle course
• Camp craft
• Rafting
• Blind trail • All with trained instructors –
• Fencing Chateau has excellent safety
record
• Canoeing • If particularly cold or wet,
• Kayaking water activities will be
swapped for alternatives.
• Climbing Water is 2ft deep.
• Archery
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6. Typical day at Le Chateau:
Wake up 7.30 Breakfast 8.00
1st Activity 9.00 (eg Archery) (about 90 minutes)
2nd Activity 10.50 (eg Climbing)
Lunch 12.20
3rd Activity 1.40 (eg Kayaking)
4th Activity 3.30 (eg Fencing)
Freshen up 5.00 (Y6 blog/Twitter time)
Dinner 5.30-6:00
5th Activity 7.00 (eg Campfire songs)
Bed by 10.00
Lights out 10.30
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7. Excursions
• We will be going on several trips to local
towns, the supermarket, the beach, a French
market etc.
• We will also be visiting the Remembrance Day
memorials within Rue to support our WW2
topic.
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10. 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.
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11. Emotions
• They’ll miss you & you’ll miss them.
• They’ll miss you less if you’re strong.
• You’ll be reassured by the regular tweets &
blog posts
• You can comment on the website by Disqus
but we won’t show the comments to your
child until the journey back. No contact is
better for them – they’re much more able to
cope.
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12. Keeping in touch
• http://www.marlcliffe.sheffield.sch.uk/y6,
• http://twitter.com/marlcliffesch
• (set up an account online or
• via mobile phone)
• You’ll get text updates as soon as they’re posted on
Twitter.
• Emergency contact number available 24 hours a day.
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13. 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 or contact your child’s teacher.
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14. Cost
• Same as last year - £294
• Payment plan available within school. Money
paid in small chunks between February and July.
• Speak to us about discounts for families with
more than one child on the trip.
Confirmation slip by Friday 27th January 2012.
Deposit (£50) needed by 24th February 2012.
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