9 July 2018
Nazi Germany and Cold War Tour – Berlin Monday 10th June – Wednesday 12th June 2019
Dear Parent/Carer,
In September 2018, your son will begin his GCSE History course. In his first year he will study Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship, 1890-45 and the Cold War, 1945-72. To further enrich our engaging Year 10 curriculum, we plan to take 40-44 of our Historians on a three day visit to Berlin from Monday 10th June – Wednesday 12th June 2019.
Our fully-guided itinerary is as follows:
Day 1 - we take a walking tour of Berlin, focusing on buildings and events associated with political change and persecution. We visit The Reichstag, a range of memorials, the iconic Brandenburg Gate, Bebelplatz and the Topography of Terror.
Day 2 - we travel further afield, exploring in more detail aspects of Nazi control, terror and persecution, visiting Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, the Olympic Stadium and Wannsee House. Your son will develop his understanding of this most harrowing and emotive of subjects.
Day 3 - we explore Cold War themes; the origins of the war, the Berlin Blockade and subsequent airlift, the building of the Berlin Wall and the experiences of East Germans in the Soviet zone. Our destinations include the site of the 1945 Potsdam Conference, Glienicke Bridge, the Allied Museum, The Berlin Wall Documentation Centre and Berlin Unterwelten.
We depart from school on Monday 10th June at 2.15am, flying from East Midlands Airport at 6.40am, returning to Bristol Airport at 22.50pm local time on Wednesday 12th June. We arrive back at school at approximately 12.30am on Thursday 13th June.
In order for the trip to take place, it must be self-financing, and so we invite you to make a contribution of £520.00 per pupil*, which includes:
• UK Airport transfers and return flights including all taxes. Cabin baggage only. • Accommodation based on hostel accommodation. • Breakfast, packed lunch and evening meals commencing with an evening meal on the first day and ending with a packed lunch on the last day. • The use of a coach and public transport tickets to cover all transfers and visits in Germany • All entrance fees.
Should you wish your son to participate on this trip, we ask for an expression of interest and a part payment of the deposit.
I would be grateful if you could return the deposit slip to the Finance Office and pay a partial deposit of £50.00 by Monday 16th July, at the latest. If you choose not to pay the first part of the deposit via the online facility, please include cash or a cheque with the consent form, in an envelope marked with your son’s name and form, and the name of the trip, Nazi Germany and Cold War Tour – Berlin.
The remaining part of the deposit (£100.00) will be due by 31th August 2018. Payment will need to be made via the online facility.
If there is insufficient interest to run the trip, all deposit payments will of course be refunded. Should interest exceed demand for places, names will be drawn names out of a hat.
Yours faithfully
Kim Hansen Head of History
*Parents on low incomes and in receipt of certain benefits (see School’s Charging and Remission Policy) may contact the School for support in meeting the cost. If parents are unable to make the contribution their child will not necessarily be excluded from the visit but it may be cancelled if there are insufficient voluntary contributions.
Deposit slip (PLEASE RETURN TO FINANCE OFFICE BY MONDAY, 16TH JULY) Trip organiser: KH Trip: Nazi Germany and Cold War Tour, Berlin. 10th – 13th June 2019
Name of Pupil ...... Form ......
A more detailed consent form with a request for updates to contact and medical information will be issued nearer to the departure.
I include the part-payment of the deposit of £50** OR I have paid the deposit online*
Signature of Parent /Carer: ……………………………………………………... Date: …………………………
**if your child is not successful in any ballot to award the 40 available places, your deposit will be refunded and your child’s name will be placed on a reserve list.
To withdraw consent at any time, please contact [email protected].
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