The document outlines the itinerary for two school trips taking students from Simon Balle School to World War 1 battlefields in Belgium over two dates in February and March 2019. The trips will involve visits to memorial sites like Passchendaele Museum, Langemark Cemetery, and Tyne Cot Cemetery, as well as the Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate. Expectations for student behavior and the requirements for the trip are also provided.

1. Battlefields 2019
February 28-1 (9A, 9B, 9L)
March 7-8 (9M, 9N, 9R)

2. Itinerary
Battlefields trips 28th Feb to 1st March and 7th March to 8th March 2019
• Two trips of 60 students and 6 staff
• Leave Simon Balle 6am
• Euro tunnel 9.50am
• Packed lunch at Passchendaele museum 1pm
• Passchendaele museum 1.30pm
• Langemark cemetery
• Tyne Cot cemetery
• Book into hotel 5pm (Best Western Flanders Lodge, Ypres)
• Dinner 6pm - main course and dessert
• 7.10pm to the Menin Gate - 8pm the Last Post ceremony
• Conference room at the hotel 8.30pm - 10pm (quiz)
Next day
• Breakfast at 8am
• Make our own packed lunches (hotel provide the food)
• Leave 9.30am
• Essex Farm Cemetery
• Hill 60
• Sanctuary Wood 11am
• Lunch
• Flanders Field Museum 1.30pm
• Chocolate shop 3pm
• Leave Ypres 4pm
• Euro tunnel 5.50pm
• Arrive at Simon Balle around 8.45pm

3. • Arrive at school no later than 5.45am
• Leave school 6:00 am
• 9:50 Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais
• Drive to Ypres
Day 1 – Travel to Ypres

4. Day 1 – Passchendaele Memorial Museum

5. Day 1 – German Cemetery at
Langemark

6. Day 1 – Tyne Cot Cemetery

7. Our Hotel - Flanders Lodge Hotel

8. Day 1 - Menin Gate Last Post
Ceremony
• Dinner in the hotel
• Last Post at Menin Gate and laying of a wreath

9. Day 1 – Quiz in the hotel
• After the Last Post ceremony we will return to the
hotel where we will run a quiz for the students in
their groups before bedtime

10. Day 2 Essex Farm

11. Day 2 Hill 60

12. Day 2 – Sanctuary Wood
Preserved portions of the 1914-18 trenches

13. Day 2 – In Flanders Fields Museum

14. Day 2 The Chocolate Shop, Ypres

15. • Leave Ypres 16:00
(Feb)/16:30 (March)
• 18:20 (F)/18:50 (M)
Eurotunnel from Calais
to Folkestone
• Back at school 20:30
(F)/21:00 (M)
Day 2 – Journey home

16. • Perfect behaviour at all times
• Respect is essential; we are visiting the last
resting places of, and memorials to, thousands
of soldiers who gave their lives for their
country. Relatives are often there paying their
respects.
• No nuts due to food allergies
• No chewing gum
Expectations

17. • Wellies/old boots or trainers (with names on)in a
separate named plastic bag for Sanctuary Wood
• Warm clothing
• Towel/toiletries
• Two changes of clothes. Clothing should be both
appropriate and practical
• A bag, not a suitcase, will suffice (for the hold)
• Small rucksack for journey
• Packed lunch for Thursday lunchtime
• Euros/sterling enough for two meals/chocolate shop
Requirements

18. Follow the progress of the trip on Twitter
@SBSHistory
For pictures and travel updates