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 may be additional Combined Cadet Force weekends in the spring and summer terms, but the details are not yet confirmed. Further information will be sent out as soon as it is available, 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.

Year 6 & 8	Spiritual Retreat - Alton Castle	06/01/10-08/01/10
Years 10-13	Religious Studies/Latin Trip - Rome	11/02/10-16/02/10
Years 12 & 13	Art Trip - Florence (tbc)	12/02/10-19/02/10
Years 9-13	CCF RAF Section - RAF Wittering	26/02/10-28/02/10
Years 9-13	CCF Army Alpine Ski Competition, Aviemore	04/03/10-07/03/10
Years 11-13	Hockey Tour - Bath Hockey Festival	19/03/10-21/03/10
Years 9-13	CCF Senior Cadet Instructor' Course - RAF Beckingham Ranges	20/03/10-22/03/10
Years 7-13	Ski Trip - Tonale, Italy	26/03/10-03/04/10
Years 10 & 11	GCSE History Trip - French Battlefields	26/03/10-28/03/10
Years 10-13	GCSE, AS & A Level Spanish Trip - Granada	27/03/10-30/03/10
Year 9	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Bronze Practice Expedition	3/04/10-4/04/10
Years 9-13	German Exchange Visit	8/04/10-18/04/10
Years 9-13	CCF Trip, RAF Section - RAF Wittering	16/04/10-18/04/10
Years 11-13	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Gold Practice Expedition	16/04/10-18/04/10

Year Group (s)	Purpose/Venue	Date
Years 9-13	CCF RAF Section - RAF Wittering	30/10/09-1/11/09
Year 7	Spiritual Retreat - The Briars	20/11/09-23/11/09
Year 5	World War Two Experience - Beaumanor Hall	23/11/09-25/11/09

Years 9-13	CCF RAF Section- RAF Wittering	26/04/10-28/04/10
Years 10-11	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Silver Practice Expedition	14/05/10-16/05/10
Year 6	Outdoor Education/ICT - Kingswood Centre	17/05/10-21/05/10
Year 9	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Bronze Final Expedition	22/05/10-23/05/10
Years 11-13	Duke of Edinburgh Award, Gold Final Expedition	25/06/10-28/06/10
Year 8	Languages Trip to French Opal Coast	26/06/10-29/06/10
Years 9-13	CCF Army Section Field Training Exercise - Proteus	27/06/10-28/06/10
Years 10	GCSE French Trip - Paris	29/06/10-04/07/10
Year 12	Geography Fieldwork Trip - Snowdonia	2/07/09-5/07/10
Years 9-13	CCF, Summer Camp - Wathgill	10/07/10-17/07/10
Years 12-13	HCPT Pilgrimage - Lourdes (tbc)	TBC