New Ski Trip Information

Proposed Outline of the Ski Trip

(Student to be given final itinerary before we go)

Thursday 17^th February  2011

5.30am - Meet at Mayflower High School for boarding of coaches

5.45am – leave Mayflower High School and head for London Gatwick Airport.

8.35am – Check in at airport

US AIRWAYS – US733W – Charlotte Douglas International Airport

US AIRWAYS – US1529W - Denver International Airport

8pm – Arrive at Denver Airport and board a coach and transfer to hotel for overnight stay .Travel to Hotel (Quality Inn, 1801 East Cedar St., Rawlins WY) approx 3 hours away.

Meals will be provided throughout the transfer.

Arrive at hotel 11pm approx

Friday 18^th February 2011

8-9am  – Breakfast at hotel and Transfer remainder of journey  by coach to SLC - check in at

 Holiday Inn Hotel West Valley Utah,

3036 S.Decker Lake Drive, West

, Valley,City,UTAH,84119

Am/Pm – Shopping at local mall and retail parks

6.30pm – Dinner and Evening activity – Swimming / flumes at hotel

Saturday  19^th February 2011

8am – Breakfast and Transfer to Brighton Ski Resort

9am – Ski fit and allocation of lesson groups

10.30am – Morning Ski Lesson

1pm – Lunch

2pm – Afternoon Ski Lesson

4.30pm – Ski Lesson End and Transfer back to hotel

6.30pm /7pm – Dinner

8pm/8.30pm – Evening Activity

Sunday 20th February 2011

8am – Breakfast and Transfer to Brighton Ski Resort

10am – Morning Ski Lesson

12.30pm – Lunch

1.30pm – Afternoon Ski Lesson

4pm – Ski Lesson End and Transfer back to hotel

6.30pm /7pm – Dinner

8pm/8.30pm – Evening Activity

Monday 21st February 2011

8am – Breakfast and Transfer to Brighton Ski Resort

10am – Morning Ski Lesson / shopping or swimming or tubing activity dependant on night ski

12.30pm – Lunch

1.30pm – Afternoon Ski Lesson

4pm – Ski Lesson End and Transfer back to hotel

6.30pm /7pm – Dinner

8pm/8.30pm – Evening Activity / Possible night ski

Tuesday 22nd February 2011

8am – Breakfast and Transfer to Brighton Ski Resort

10am – Morning Ski Lesson

12.30pm – Lunch

1.30pm – Afternoon Ski Lesson

4pm – Ski Lesson End and Transfer back to hotel

6.30pm /7pm – Dinner

8pm/8.30pm – Evening Activity 

Wednesday 23rd February 2011

9.30am – Morning Ski Lesson

12.30pm – Lunch

1.30pm – Afternoon Ski Lesson

4pm – Ski Lesson End and Transfer back to hotel to shower and change

5.30pm - Depart from Holiday Inn West Valley Utah

9.00pm – Arrive at Quality Inn, 1801 East, Cedar St., Rawlins WY for overnight stay (the same hotel as when we arrived)

Thursday 24th February 2011

6.30 - 7am – Breakfast and remainder of transfer for Departure at Denver Airport

12.05pm – US AIRWAYS 1526W

5.09pm – Arrive at Charlotte Douglas International Airport

6.20pm – US AIRWAYS 732W

Friday 25^th February 2011

07.20AM -ARRIVE AT LONDON GATWICK

10am (APPROX) – Arrival at Mayflower High School

Students will contact parents to give arrival time at Mayflower.

Final itinerary will be given to students the week before we go, please confirm any changes in medical issues or anything else we need to be made aware of.

Money: Please ensure that students have no more than £400 worth of currency with them on the trip.

Passports need to be handed in to Miss Guy or Miss Measor on the Monday 14th February at the Lower School Office.

Student meeting will take place at breaktime on that day in room 10.

Hoodies will be distrubuted before the trip by Miss Hall as soon as available.

Notes

• We will still be doing 5 days skiing – sat/sun/mon/tues/wed
• We will be shopping on the Friday. We will transfer in the morning and shop in the afternoon.
• Evening activities will comprise of Night Skiing, Ice Skating, Cinema, Roller Skating and Swimming, the quiz evening will take place on the coach journeys

I have been in conversations with the company since 24^th December 2010 when I was informed of the issues with our flights. I had to call Senior Leadership at Mayflower to get authorisation for us to leave earlier on the Thursday. I then worked between Christmas and New Year to ensure each child (74 of them) did not have any controlled assessments or examinations taking place. I found out that authorisation was given on 4^th January 2011 and wanted to inform parents an students of the situation as soon as I could. I have worked with the company to supply us with hotels half way between the transfers so that the students get some sleep. The coaches will have dvds players that we can use and I am going to purchase some USA region dvds to play on our journeys.

I have been on airline websites and found flights as many parents have but as we are a large group (82) we cannot get everyone on them. We can get to the USA easily but it’s getting around within it that is problematic.

Thank you, look forward to see you all at 5.30am on the 17th