Residential Trips and Visits 2007/08

Dear Parents

Please find attached a list of the residential trips and visits to be undertaken by Ratcliffe students and staff during the forthcoming academic year.

The purpose of distributing this list is to help parents with their organisation and planning with regard to residential trips.

As always, the list is as accurate as it can be at this stage of the year. There will be additional Combined Cadet Force weekends in the spring and summer terms, but the details are not yet available. Likewise, we cannot finalise the dates for the Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions until later this term, so please be aware that the dates given here are only provisional at the moment.

I hope you find this helpful. Please continue to use the termly calendars, which contain the details of the many other events which take place at the school.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries about residential trips and visits.

Kind regards

Yours sincerely

Darryl Wideman

Deputy Head (Pastoral)

Autumn Term 2007

Year Group (s)	Purpose/Venue	Date
Year 11	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Silver Final Expedition – Peak District	14/9/07-16/9/07
Years 9-13	CCF Field Days – Beckingham Ranges	30/9/07-1/10/07
Years 10-11	History Trip – Battlefields of the First World War	19/10/07-21/10/07
Year 7	Spiritual Retreat – The Briars	2/11/07- 4/11/07
Year 6	Spiritual Retreat – Alton Castle	5/11/07-7/1107
Years 9-13	CCF, RAF Fieldcraft & Leadership Training	16/11/07-1811/07
Year 5	World War Two Experience – Beaumanor Hall	21/11/07-23/11/07

Spring Term 2008

Years 10-13	Religious Studies/Latin Trip – Rome	9/2/08-14/2/08
Year 13	Geography Field Trip – Devon	23/2/08-26/2/08
Years 11-13	Hockey Tour – Bath Hockey Festival	23/3/08-25/3/08
Years 10-13	German/History Trip – Berlin	30/3/08-2/4/08

Summer Term 2008

Years 11-13	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Gold Practice Expedition	5/5/08-7/5/08
Year 9	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Bronze Practice Expedition	19/5/08-20/5/08
Year 6	Outdoor Education/ICT – Kingswood Centre	21/5/08-25/5/08
Years 10-11	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Silver Practice Expedition	8/6/08-10/6/08
Year 9	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Bronze Final Expedition	23/6/08-24/6/08
Years 11-13	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Gold Final Expedition	30/6/08-3/7/08
Year 8	Geography/Outdoor Education Trip – Snowdonia	6/7/08-9/7/08
Years 10-11	GCSE French Trip – Paris	June/July 2008
Years 9-13	CCF, Summer Camp – Venues to be Confirmed	7/7/08-14/7/08
Years 12-13	HCPT Pilgrimage – Lourdes	July 2008