THORPE PARKResort Two-Day coachtoursfrom£119perstudent Curriculum-based InteractiveWorkshops and Colleges For Schools
2019/2020 AVAILABLE March – THORPE PARK Resort November* 2019 & 2020 Curriculum-based *Subject to confirmation of Resort opening times Interactive Workshops Learning through enjoyment is the ethos that THORPE PARK Resort is championing to teachers and students alike. Their goal is to harness students’ excitement and provide the framework to challenge and inspire them. Visits to the Resort can now be arranged with interactive workshops that ensure this goal becomes a reality.
Led by the Resort’s experienced facilitators, Marketing the workshops are designed to meet the The Marketing workshop examines requirements of Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. the importance of market research, Your 40 minute workshop will be delivered understanding your target market and exclusively for your students and can be delivering a unique product, designed to The Resort is mainly geared towards a tailored to meet the requirements of bring the curriculum to life. Developed by teenage audience due to the vast majority your group. the Resort’s creative Marketing teams, of signature attractions being roller STEM Workshops your students will follow the Resort’s coasters and thrill rides. The Resort offers a choice of three journey through its brand re-positioning The tallest of these being Stealth, an workshop topics for STEM students: The and the exciting new changes at the Intamin Accelerator Coaster, which Science Resort. launches riders from 0-80 mph in 1.8 of Rollercoasters, Maths and Design and Guest Care seconds sending them 205 ft into the air. Technology of Structures. The Guest Care workshop highlights the As well as this, The Swarm, which is the The Science of Rollercoasters importance of good customer service to only B&M wing coaster in the UK, has a THORPE PARK’s flagship science a successful business such as THORPE total of 5 inversions and is 127 feet tall. workshop explores key principles of physics PARK Resort. The workshop provides the Major attractions across the Resort include and maths with the inspiring backdrop of opportunity for students to discover how Tidal Wave, Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, THORPE PARK Resort’s exhilarating the Resort adapts to different customers Stealth, The Swarm and Derren Brown’s rollercoasters. Students will discover how and looks to satisfy customer needs and Ghost Train. crucial considerations of accelerations, exceed expectations to keep customers Newton’s laws and forces are in designing coming back. Derren Brown’s and maintaining Stealth, The SWARM and Human Resources other thrilling rides, as well as ensuring the This workshop explores how the Resort Ghost Train safety of all the guests. recruits the right staff and trains them the A world’s first one-of-a-kind experience Maths right way to create a unique atmosphere at like you have never seen before has This workshop is designed to show how THORPE PARK Resort. Students will arrived at THORPE PARK Resort. Re- important mathematics is to a successful learn how recruitment, training and invented for the 21st-century, this ghost business such as THORPE PARK Resort. employee relations combine to acquire train will blow your mind! Crafted by the As well as keeping the Resort in control of and develop a team of over 1000 staff in a master of mind control, Derren Brown, this its finances, maths is also crucial to keeping wide variety of operational and support theme park experience is the world’s only guests safe as the rides are meticulously roles. fully immersive psychological attraction planned in terms of their dimensions and designed to manipulate the human mind. accelerations. Derren Brown’s Ghost Train At the heart of the island you discover Design and Technology of Workshops The latest workshops to be added to the a disused warehouse. As you enter Structures a seemingly innocent Victorian train Resort’s range have been developed in Where better to consider the importance of carriage, it soon becomes clear as sights line with the launch of Derren Brown’s structures and their materials and and sounds fill your senses, that you will Ghost Train. The new workshops are for mechanical systems than at the home of come face-to-face with what lies at the end Computing, Design and Technology some of the UK’s most thrilling of the line! and Psychology. rollercoasters. The Computing Workshop considers how Business Studies Workshops THORPE PARK Resort embraces the As well as the STEM workshops, the Resort importance of computing, while this Design all offers a choice of Business Studies and Technology Workshop uses Derren workshops that focus on Marketing, Guest Brown’s Ghost Train as a case study to Care and Human Resources. explore design ideas and materials. The THORPE PARK Resort as a Psychology Workshop focuses on themes Business that Derren Brown himself often explores, This workshop offers a broader overview, including understanding compliance theory examining how the Resort operates as and its effect on us and the discussion a business, and how creative marketing, of attitudes towards order in society and efficient environmental management and authority figures. evolving customer service all play key roles in its success.
Call: 020 8335 5151 Email: [email protected] Two Day Tour includes:
• Two days exclusive coach travel • One night’s three-star hotel accommodation in Greater London • Continental breakfast • Admission to THORPE PARK Resort • Interactive workshop • Guided sightseeing tour of London • Individually tailored itinerary • Services of Study Experiences Tour Manager in London • One free teacher place for every eight students Three Day Tour also includes:
• Additional day’s coach hire for transfers in London • Additional night’s hotel accommodation with continental breakfast Day Trip includes:
Two & Three Day Tour Your Hotel Accommodation • Return coach travel from your school to THORPE PARK Resort You have the choice of either staying on- Itineraries • Admission to THORPE PARK We recommend that you book either our site at THORPE PARK Resort in their Shark Hotel or of staying in one of our Resort two or three day tour to ensure that you • Interactive workshop and your students are able to enjoy in full carefully selected hotels. Our range • Individually tailored itinerary your time at the Resort. includes excellent properties in greater London. • One free teacher place for every As well as your time at the Resort, we also eight students The Shark Hotel is located just a short walk want to ensure that you have enough time Your Choice of Travel Dates to explore the capital. Study Experiences from the Resort’s iconic rollercoasters, with is able to arrange the widest choice of each room able to accommodate three Our tours are available midweek, during visits, activities, excursions, theatre shows students. term time. You are therefore able to and dining options. Study Experiences’ greater London hotels select your choice of travel dates, subject range includes Premier Inn Heathrow Hotel to Resort opening calendars and Full details of everything you might wish availability of THORPE PARK workshops. to see and do are available in our London and St Giles Heathrow Hotel. ‘Educational Programmes, Visits and Your Travel Options Group Size Attractions’ Guide. The most popular Our tour arrangements are based on excursions include the London Eye, The tour prices shown are based on a exclusive use of a 48, 49 or 53 seat coach, Thames river cruise, Tate Modern, group size of between 40 and 49 which will collect you from and return you Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition, the students, with exclusive use of a 48, 49 or back to your school. Science Museum and the Natural History 53 seat coach. Museum. The coach will also provide the transfers For groups of between 20 and 40 between THORPE PARK, your other Our two and three day tours also include a students, we are able to offer travel by chosen activities each day and your hotel, sightseeing tour of London in the company coach for your exclusive use, however we to ensure you enjoy the very best tour of your Study Experiences Tour Manager, will need to charge an appropriate small arrangements. who will provide an informative group, coach under-occupancy commentary. supplement. In the evenings, we can arrange for groups to enjoy dinner at a restaurant such as Planet Hollywood or Hard Rock Café, as well as the opportunity to take in a West End show, for which we are able to secure specially discounted group rates. Day Trip Itinerary For groups located in southern and central England, we can also offer a day trip to THORPE PARK Resort. You will depart early in the morning and return late in the evening to enable you to enjoy a full day at the Resort. Please check with us for details of itineraries available from your area.
Call: 020 8335 5151 Email: [email protected]
How to Book
2019/2020 Contact Study Experiences to March - November* register your interest. One of our Tours Consultants will then create a tailor-made quote for you according to your group’s THORPE requirements. PARK Resort Call: 020 8335 5151 or email: Curriculum-based [email protected] Interactive Workshops
Learning through enjoyment is the ethos that THORPE PARK Resort is championing to teachers and students alike. Their goal is to harness students’ excitement and Visit our new website to see our full provide the framework to challenge range: www.studyexperiences.co.uk and inspire them. Visits to the Resort can now be arranged with interactive workshops that ensure this goal Teacher Testimonial becomes a reality. “Study Experiences take all of the worry out of booking a school trip. They provide expert advice and with their tour Led by the Resort’s experienced guide who stays throughout, their service is second to facilitators, the workshops are none. We use them every year and would highly designed to meet the requirements recommend them.” of Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Your 40 Sir Thomas Picton School minute workshop will be delivered exclusively for your students and can be tailored to meet the requirements of your group.
Call: 020 8335 5151 Visit: www.studyexperiences.co.uk Study Experiences, Crosspoint House, 28 Stafford Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 9AA