If you were unable to attend the recent Parents Information Evening about the proposed expedition to Equador in 2011, you might be interested in this slideshow presentation with some useful and important information about how the expedition is planned, organised and operated.
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Ecuador 2011 - Parents meeting 1/10/09
Published by September 28th, 2009 in Ecuador 2011 and Foreign Trips. 2 CommentsThose who attended the assembly launch should have been mailed an invitation for their parents. Don’t forget - Thursday 1st October, 6:30 here at school.
Its that time of year again to plan for our annual trip to Holland.
This trip, which has been operating for 8 successful years, is now open to S1 pupils for consideration.
Our main holiday is in Valkenburg, a small quaint town, about 6 miles from Maastricht. The location is the beautiful setting with its paved pedestrian [...]
Paris 2009. The second (and final) installment.
Published by August 25th, 2009 in Foreign Trips and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThe saga continues despite what seems like an eternity since we arrived back in Scotland.
It appears Wifi hasn’t arrived on the North Sea ferries leaving Zebrugge and internet access in the hotel was still “en panne” (out of order!)
Anyway, enough excuses….
Monday
What did we get up to on arrival in Rotterdam?
A long bus trip through the [...]
The weather today has been fantastic!
We were down for breakfast at 7:30 and on the road to Phantasialand by 8:15.
The queues were quite long on some rides but this did not deter the PL crew.
Back to the hotel for dinner and then after some chill time in the hotel we got some packing done for the [...]
Thanks for all the comments on our earlier posts, please keep them coming.
Today we had a lie in until 8.00am, breakfast at 8.30 and then a walk in the sunshine to the Rodelbaan. This is a fantastic toboggan track which you get to by chairlift, on one of the few hills in Holland.
We then had [...]
A great day today.
Breakfast in the hotel and then back on the bus for the short trip to Bobbejaanland which is just across the border in Belgium.
The highlights seems to have been the Typhoon and the Sledgehammer.
The weather was mainly sunny although we had an occasional cloud - nevertheless some got really wet!!
The wet t-shirt [...]
Welcome to the first report from Holland.
After leaving sunny Prestonpans and heading for a cold and wet Hull ferry port on Saturday morning, we are now in full flow with our activities. A fine evening of food, entertainment and a cinema trip (Night at the Museum 2) ended day one - our ferry crossing to Rotterdam.
Day [...]
Paris 2009 is good to go!
Meadowmill 9:30 Sunday 21st June
The bus was a little late arriving causing Mrs H to start panicking.For a while it looked like we may need a convoy of parents and their cars to get us to the ferry on time!
Phonecall to bus company and a while later bus duly arrived, [...]
Rhineland trip 2009
Published by September 17th, 2008 in Foreign Trips and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsPlaces still available!
See the powerpoint below for an idea of some places we hope to visit.
See Mrs Hunter and get the paperwork!
Rhineland PowerPoint
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