info for our trip to amsterdam

1. Introduction

2. Educational Focus
Stedelijk Museum
Eye Museum
Foam
Rijksmuseum
Huismarseille
Van Gogh Museum
Location Project
Visual Arts Journals
Informs exam project
Extends research ideas
Photos and film for university portfolios

3. Combined with some cultural and tourist visits
Walking Tour of The City
Canal Cruise
Dutch Maritime Museum
Vondelpark
Time to explore the city & culture

4. Baggage allowance
Hand Luggage: 1 item <25 x 45 x 56cm
Checked Luggage: 1 item <23kg and 90cm x 75cm x 43cm
Personal item: shoulder bag or laptop <45cm x 36cm 20cm (must fit under seat)

5. Accommodation
Shared single
sex rooms all
with en-suite
Free Wi-fi
24 hour front
desk staff

6. Food
Amsterdam is full of great places to eat. We will have an evening meal
together for the last night in a chosen restaurant in central Amsterdam.
For the other evenings the meal will be provided by the hotel. Breakfast is
also included in the trip and will be served each morning. Lunch and
snacks will need to be purchased whilst on the daily excursions.

7. Travel whilst in
Amsterdam
• We will try to get around Amsterdam by walking as much as possible.
• Where journeys are too long for foot we will use the excellent Tram network
and maybe even the canal bus

8. Flight details
Coach for Heathrow will leave City College Norwich on Monday
13th Feb- very early in the morning- exact time to be confirmed
We will be back at City College Norwich early on Friday morning
17/02
OutBound
Flight
Date
Mon
13/02
Route
London Heathrow -
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Flight No
BA428
Time
06:45-
09:05
InBound
Flight
Date
Sat 16/02
Route
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
-
London Heathrow Airport
Flight No
BA427
Time
22:00-
22:05

9. The Blog
• citycollegeartdepartmenttrips.blogspot.co.uk

10. €Extra Expenses€
(Whilst on the trip, students are
responsible for their own money)
• € 30 GVB Travel card
• € 15 per day for lunch & snacks
• € ?? Any other purchases
• Service station stops to and from
Heathrow
• Pre-paid data roaming and mobile service
for Europe- this should be arranged before
travelling

11. FAQs
• Price does include Insurance
• No alcohol on the trip
• Illegal for under 18s to drink in Amsterdam- or visit ‘cafes’
• We will supply a Kit List, but Amsterdam in February is cold –
we will also be doing lots of walking so sensible shoes are
needed
• We need to know of any medical conditions or specific
dietary requirements(please let us know tonight)
• Full UK/EU passport needed

12. • First Aider will be travelling with the party
• Itinerary for each day
• Students supervised throughout the trip – although time will be
given for students to explore shops and galleries in small groups
with a clear meeting point and meeting time
• Check that mobile phones work in Amsterdam
• Be careful with roaming data charges for web browsing and
Facebook updates

13. Required tonight
• Photocopy of passport
• Dietary requirements
• Medical conditions
• Pick up an excursion choices sheet

14. Information required by 12th Dec:
Parental Consent Form (sent in post, but extra copies
available)
Behaviour expectations
Code of conduct letter – signed by students and parents

15. Staff on Trip
• Gill- Media Studies Course Leader with
industry experience.
• Jacqui- Art Course Leader and practicing
Artist.
• Chris- Film course leader and expert in
media and film industry.
• Craig- Photography Course Leader, Group
Leader & trained first aider.

16. Code Of Conduct
The purpose of our visit to Amsterdam is to see
great Art and Media practice- and also a
fantastic city- first hand, recording images and
ideas that will be useful for the Externally Set
Assignments and Course work for your the A
level courses. It is also of course to be together
socially and have a good time!
In order to do that it is important to set out
some very straightforward ground rules, and for
you to accept that these form the basis of your
participation in the trip

17. • Carry a copy of the itinerary and listen to all instructions concerning
visits; it is your responsibility to know where you are supposed to be
at what time.
• Carry a (charged) mobile phone that is Europe-ready and not in
‘flight mode’, at all times so that you can be contacted, and have the
group leaders’ numbers installed on the phone.
• Do not wander off on your own. Always be in a group of three-
minimum- it is not permitted to meet people that you have made
friends with online. Do not leave the vicinity of the gallery/visit unless
this is a specifically agreed part of the visit. Take care crossing the
road and be aware that traffic will approach from a different side in
Amsterdam- there will also be trams and cyclist will have right-of-
way over pedestrians– this includes courier cyclists who can be
unpredictable and potentially dangerous.
• Abide by the rules of the Meininger Hotel :
• The Meininger Hotel is a completely non-smoking building, so there
is to be no smoking in bedrooms, the social areas or the cafeteria.

18. • No alcohol is to be brought into the centre. Any use of
illegal drugs (including marijuana) will result in your
expulsion from City College.
• After ‘lights out’ (probably 12.00pm) do not move
about in the corridors. Respect the right of other users
of the hotel to sleep undisturbed.
• Show respect to each other, the staff and other users
of the Meininger Hotel.
• Whilst on residential visits you are acting as
ambassadors for the college and should behave with
this in mind. Any actions that could damage the
reputation of the college and the good relationships
that we have with travel companies- thus jeopardising
future trips- could result in serious disciplinary action
or your immediate removal from all CCN courses.

19. Brief Itinerary
Day 1
• Leave CCN really early in the morning. 1.30am? Confirmation needed
from coach company
• Fly to Schiphol Airport.
• Arrive at Meininger Hotel approx. 11:30- local time
• Stedelijk Museum.
• Sleep

20. Brief Itinerary
• Day 2
• Morning- all Guided walking tour of
Amsterdam.
• Afternoon split 1 group to Eye Museum
• 1 Group to Van Gogh Museum.
• 1 Group to Foam.
A group may visit the Bimhuis for a
free improv. Jazz session (if you
are a musician it would be great
for you to also take part!) in the
evening

21. Brief Itinerary
• Day 3
• Morning- Canal Cruise of City.
• Afternoon 1 Group to Rijksmuseum
• 1 Group to Huismarseille
• 1 Group to take part in location scouting project

22. Brief Itinerary
• Day 4
• Morning- all Visit the Scheepvaart (maritime) museum
• Afternoon Free time to say goodbye to Amsterdam- we may hire
bikes in Vondelpark or go ice-skating
• Fly back…….

23. Each Day, every student will have a full,
detailed itinerary of the places visited
and how we will travel.

24. Scrap Books
• Sketches
• Tickets
• Photos
• Diary Entries
• Notes
Exhibition of scrap books when we return and
prize for most original and interesting.

25. I’m lost card

26. Kit List:•A journal/ notebook / sketchbook and writing/drawing equipment.
Don’t forget; the purpose of the visit is to research ideas for your
current and future projects.
•Passport & EHIC (European health card)
• Euros – you will need money for lunches, snacks and to buy
postcards etc. Be aware that the rate of exchange is constantly
fluctuating and that Capital cities are never cheap. (It is of course
entirely your choice how much spending money to bring).
•Warm clothes (including a coat) and waterproof shoes. Amsterdam
in mid-February is likely to be very cold and there will be lots of
walking outside. If you wear the equivalent of slippers you will have
cold feet!
•Mobile phone (Europe ready, with a charger) and Camera. Try not to
have too much paraphernalia with your camera and bear in mind that
you will need to keep it secure. Amsterdam is no better or worse than
other capital cities for the risk of pickpocketing – especially at tourist
destinations.

27. Kit List
•One ‘day bag’ to put essential items, sketchbooks and things
you will need walking about galleries, studios etc. and one larger
bag/case for clothes/ toiletries etc. Your day bag should not have
any liquids or sharps in as this will not be allowed onto the
aeroplane.
•Alarm clock set on Amsterdam time- make sure this is one that
you know how to operate (you do not want it to either go off in
the middle of the night and wake your entire room up!). Try not to
rely on your mobile phone- the battery will run out.
•Toiletries and bath towel- (do not pack toiletries in your hand
luggage).
•Europe- UK mains adaptor (for your hair straighteners and
portable Teasmaid).

28. Rooming- suggestion
• 4 to a room (this is not set in stone).
• Anyone who is not in a 4 is likely to be split
up so that we are all in rooms of 4.
• Single sex rooms.
• We need to have your rooming requests
by Thursday 8th December.

29. Luggage Reminder
• Hand Luggage: 1 item <25 x 45 x 56cm
• Checked Luggage: 1 item <23kg and 90cm
x 75cm x 43cm
• Personal item: shoulder bag or laptop
<45cm x 36cm 20cm (must fit under seat)
Do not go over the allowed weight- this will cause delays
for the whole group!

30. • Any further information will go on the blog:
citycollegeartdepartmenttrips.blogspot.co.uk
Or contact c3osborne@ccn.ac.uk
with questions.

31. What we need from you:
• Room plans by 8th Dec.
• Consent forms- this week
• Code of Conduct & Behaviour contracts
by 12th Dec.
• Excursions optioins- 8th Dec.

32. Any questions?