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Year 5 Residential!

Year 5 Residential!. 2 nd – 4 th April 2014. Canolfan Conway Centre Llanfairpwll Anglesey LL61 6DJ. Aims and Objectives ‘ The value of educational visits is widely acknowledged. Often these experiences will be remembered as a high point in a person ’ s school life. ’

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Year 5 Residential!

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  1. Year 5 Residential! 2nd – 4th April 2014

  2. Canolfan Conway Centre Llanfairpwll Anglesey LL61 6DJ • Aims and Objectives • ‘The value of educational visits is widely acknowledged. Often these experiences will be remembered as a high point in a person’s school life.’ • We have carefully planned this residential course in collaboration with the staff of the Canolfan Conway Centre and we aim to provide the children with exciting and rewarding experiences that will: • Promote children’s personal and social skills. • Enhance the study of Year 5 curriculum areas.

  3. Accompanying Staff Bexton Primary Staff named staff accompanying the visit so far will be Mr Dolan, Mrs Evans, Mrs Sach, Mrs Snook. Additional adults will be accompanying us to support the children. The Conway Centre provides 24 hour cover by duty staff for emergencies. They also provide a first - aider on site at all times. The children will work in groups of up to 10 according to the activities undertaken. In addition to a member of the Centre staff, a member of the Bexton Primary School Team will be present at all times to help supervise the activities being undertaken.

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  5. Disposable lunch • Suitably dressed We will have done a project on castles before this visit. We will be doing our own tour looking at the areas we have been learning about. Conwy Castle

  6. Bushcraft • Rope Course and Problem Solving Team Activities • Canoeing • Abseiling • Sailing • Climbing Wall Indoor and Outdoor Activities

  7. Originally the centre was designed as a merchant marine training school for boys. It was opened in 1964 by His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in order to replace HMS Conway a three masted, two deck sailing ship. As such the centre is unusual in having a wealth of indoor teaching/work facilities together with a wealth of on site locations situated in an unrivalled environment.

  8. Food • Safety • First Aid • Mobile phones and expensive items • Medication • Information whilst we are there Practicalities

  9. Detailed Kit List- AS MUCH LABELLED AS POSSIBLE! Comfortable travelling clothes- Please pay heed to the weather report –warm clothes or sun-cream and hats depending upon the weather- we are outside both for eating lunch and at the castle. Trainers on feet please- we will be walking on uneven floors. • Three further changes of clothes – trousers/jeans, T-shirt • Two fleeces/jumpers • Underwear, socks • Nightwear • Towel • Toothbrush/toothpaste • Hairbrush • Pair of trainers or walking boots (on top of the shoes that they have travelled in) • Reading book • Small teddy to go to sleep with • Waterproof coat, hat, gloves • Sun-cream / sun hat / lip balm (the children can get very sore lips due to being outside • Labelled water bottle • Small amount of sweets Any specialist equipment required, including wellies, climbing shoes, sailing gear etc. will be provided by the Centre. Kit list

  10. Cost The cost of this residential stay and the accompanying visits is approximately £155. This covers all food and transport costs, as well as insurance. Methods of Payment Payment may be done in a single payment of £155 (cheques payable to Cheshire East) or by instalments (£10 minimum) with an initial deposit of £35, payable by Friday 6th December please. We ask that instalment payments are made in an envelope and each child will be issued with a receipt each time a payment is received. Full payment must be made by Fri 14th March 2014. Cost

  11. “Every child deserves an adventure.” Bear Grylls Fun, challenge and adventure – the Bexton way!

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