Colchester Royal Grammar School

Lexden Road Colchester Essex CO3 3ND Headmaster: K L Jenkinson MA

Telephone: Colchester (01206) 509100 Email: info@crgs.co.uk

March 2010

Dear Parent/Guardian

Year 7 Trip to Lille: Friday 18th June 2010

The Modern Languages Department is organising a day-trip to Lille for Year 7 pupils on Friday 18th
June 2010. Internal school examinations for Year 7 will have finished the previous day.

We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity, which will give pupils a taste of France, enable
them to visit an interesting and historical town in small supervised groups, and see and hear some of
the French they are learning this year, particularly with regard to towns, shops and cafés.

We will travel by coach from the school (exact departure times to be confirmed, but probably leaving
at about 6.30 a.m.), go through the tunnel to France then on to Lille where students will be given the
time to buy something to eat in a shopping centre. Then we will have a guided tour of the historical
sites of the town and also visit the beautiful cathedral, which is in the old part of the town.

The cost of the trip will be £40 per pupil payable as a voluntary contribution. Although there is no
obligation on pupils to attend or pay, the trip is unlikely to take place if all expenses cannot be
covered by the pupils’ contributions.

French law demands that all participants have a passport. Students should also have a European
Health Insurance Card, in case of any medical attention being required in France. These are available
free of charge. Details of how to apply can be found at a post office. If your son does not have an
EHIC, you should apply now as it can take some time.

It is hoped that the whole year group will participate. If parents have any questions please do not
hesitate to contact us via the school office.

Please complete the attached form and return it in the envelope provided to the Reception post box by
Friday 26th March 2010. Further details about the day will be given to parents in due course.

Yours sincerely

F. Townsend (Mrs)
Modern Languages Department

Ref: 290119
 Modern Languages Department trip to Lille
Friday 18th June 2010

Student’s Name: Tutor Group:

1. I would like my son to take part in this visit.

2. I enclose £40 cheque (payable to Colchester Royal Grammar School).

3. I understand that it may not be possible to refund payments, in whole or in part, in the
event of the unforeseen cancellation of the trip or my son’s withdrawal.

4. I take responsibility for his safe transport home from CRGS on our return to
Colchester.

5. I understand that the allocation of places is subject to a satisfactory record of effort and
behaviour at school between now and the trip.

6. I authorise members of staff during the course of the trip to approve any medical
treatment for my child considered necessary in an emergency on the advice of a
qualified medical practitioner. I set out below sheet details of any medical condition
from which my son is suffering, together with the treatment required in case of illness.

Signed: ................................................................................. Date: ....................................

Name (BLOCK CAPITALS): .................................................................................................

Daytime telephone number: ..................................................................................................

(in case of emergency)

PLEASE RETURN TO THE RECEPTION POST BOX

BY FRIDAY 26TH MARCH 2010