On Thursday, we will be going to London to visit the Houses of Parliament in line with our British values within our national curriculum and also linking to our Ancient Greece topic in History.
Here are the key times for arrivals and departures for the day:
6:45am- arrive at school.
7:00am- Coach departs from Our Lady’s to Preston train station.
8:00am- Train departs from Preston station to London Euston.
4:30pm- Train departs from London Euston to Preston train station
6:40pm- Coach departs from Preston train station back to Our Lady’s
7:15pm- Coach arrives back at Our Ladys
If you were to miss the 7:00am coach departure, school will ring you and liase for you to meet us at Preston train station for the 8am train departure.
Children are to arrive in their PE hoody’s with joggers/leggings. Children are to wear their white school polo shirt underneath their hoody. Children will need to bring a coat as there is a chance of rain on the day. The temperature is still quite warm so a thin lightweight but waterproof jacket is recommended.
Children will need to bring 2 packed lunches for their lunch and dinner for the day as we will not be stopping anywhere to buy any food- therefore no money is required on the day to be brought in. Lots of healthy snacks are recommended, along with lots of water, as there will be plenty of times throughout the day to snack but no chocolate, sweets or fizzy drinks are to be brought in- water only
No electronic devices are to be brought on the trip
Children are allowed to bring small items to comfort and entertain them whilst they are on the train such as:
reading book
deck of cards/card games
small notepad and pencils
mini transportable games
small teddy bear
Whatever item the child is bringing, it needs to fit in their bag as they cannot carry any items around in their hands throughout the day.
If your child suffers from travel sickness, travel bands are recommended to be worn to help aid your child. If there travel sickness is more severe, then any medication used on long travels needs to be brought in on the day in a sealed bag with your child’s name on with timings of when the medication is usually taken.
According to Transport for London, National Rail and Avanti West Coast, there are no planned train/tube strikes for any of the lines and stations that we are attending on the day of travel.
If you have any questions in regards to the trip, then please email me at c.cornwell@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk