How the UK-France Summit Will Affect Group Travel for School Trips in Future Introduction Exciting news for UK school groups looking to travel to France! The UK-France Summit in March 2023 between Macron and Sunak has resulted in a new commitment to expand cooperation and policy exchanges on school education, most importantly with regards to school trips and exchanges. Both countries have also agreed to set up a bilateral commission to redefine key areas of educational cooperation, such as learning languages, vocational education, and combatting inequalities, all of which will be explained below. Contact our Travel Adv ...
Why Normandy is a Perfect School Trip Destination There are few school trip destinations abroad that hit as many subject areas as Normandy in France. It's ever popular with schools because they are able to combine multiple learning experiences within the rich cultural and historic landscape, along withthe ease of access to the UK, and the fact that children can travel at an accessible cost. The subjects that are possible include: French language, history, art and design, geography, food technology and RE. Normandy is also extremely popular as a first residential trip for years 5/6 in Primary. ...
A Christmas Markets School Trip from a Teacher's Perspective It's a great time of year to think about a Christmas Market School Trip for 2020. Mr Graignic of The Charter School North Dulwich recently took a school trip with Select to the Christmas markets of Lille, and has kindly answered a few questions for us to give you a teacher's perspective: Can you give us an overview of where you went? On 5/6th December, forty of our Year 7 pupils took part in our annual French trip to Lille and Arras. On day one, we visited Lille Old Town, complete with waffle tasting, and the Natural History museum. On day two ...
French Trips to Normandy: Why Choose our Château One of the main benefits of choosing our Château du Baffy as a base for your next school trip to France is its fantastic location. The Château du Baffy is on the doorstep of two of the major French trip school excusions of Bayeux and the D-Day Landing beaches (only fifteen minutes drive). The château is also located only ten minutes’ drive from the picturesque seaside town of Courselles-sur-Mer with its harbour and sandy beaches. It's the perfect base for groups to enjoy the many excursions and educational experiences on offer in this historic ...
