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Excursions Travelling by coach
Please ensure that all your group is ready
We offer full day and half day excursions at all our centres. Full Day Excursions to leave on time. Delays just mean that
go to larger tourist sites/cities, usually departing at about 9am and must be we lose time in the excursion.
back at the school in time for dinner. Half day excursions (usually 2pm-6pm) go British law requires all passengers on
to closer, smaller towns and attractions, and give students the chance for sight- coaches to wear seatbelts at all times.
seeing and shopping. Passengers must not stand up or walk
around on the coach while it is moving.
Entrances
Food and drink are not allowed on
Where possible we will include an educational entrance or paid tour on excur-
coaches.
sions. These entrances could be a museum, gallery or a tourist attraction. Our
Students should take any rubbish they
staff will provide a walking tour of the local sights and we may also offer an ac-
have with them when they leave the
tivity such as a treasure hunt . Please remember that most entrances are coach.
booked for a certain time, so we have to ensure that the students are ready.
Travelling by Tube/Public Transport
Free Time
When travelling by public transport it is even
All excursions offer some free time but because of UK rules we can only provide more important that the students are tightly
controlled
a maximum of 40 minutes at a time. Where practical, we may offer 2 periods of
free time with a tour/entrance in-between. We are limited by British Council Everyone has to board the vehicle to-
guidelines on this. Students under the age of 12 are not allowed free time with- gether
out your (adult) supervision. Students must not bother other passen-
gers
Walking Tours
At the end of the journey the students
Walking tours are provided by our teaching staff and we aim to take in the main must all get off together as quickly as
sites of the town/city. possible.
The role of Group Leaders on excursions time during excursions, we cannot legally do that with students
aged 11 or under who have to be supervised at all time by their
Translation and communication—Our staff will lead the excur- Group Leader. You can take them into shops and let them do
sion but it always helps if the GL can help us by translating the their shopping as long as you are always near them.
tour for them and passing on instructions.
Dealing with Emergencies— If there is a problem with your
Supervision—Please stay with your group at all times—We are students we may need your help so please stay contactable at
controlling large groups of students and we need your help. We all times. We have procedures for dealing with emergencies (at
will stop regularly to check that no-one has gone missing— the back of the handbook) - please read them before you go on
please help us with these checks. If you see any potential prob- the excursion.
lems, please let the tour leaders know.
Looking after Under 12s—While we allow older students free
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