Final Travel Arrangements

OUTWARD JOURNEY

*Departure - Please meet outside School at:                      2:30am                 Saturday              15/02/14

Departure from Manchester Term. 3, (BE7354)                7:05am                 Saturday              15/02/14

Arrival in Milan, Malpensa Term. 1                                   10:30am               Saturday              15/02/14

Arrival time in Resort                                            approx. 3:00pm                Saturday              15/02/14

RETURN JOURNEY

Departure from Resort                                                       5.30am                Saturday              22/02/14

Departure from Milan, Malpensa Term. 1                          11:00am               Saturday              22/02/14

Arrival in Manchester Term.3, (BE7355)                          12:30pm               Saturday              22/02/14

*Arrival time to School                                          approx. 2:30pm               Saturday              22/02/14

*If you are parking your car outside school, please remember to leave space on the road for the coach. Please note, the School will not be open.

Your daughter should restrict her luggage to one small rucksack to take as hand-luggage and a medium-sized soft holdall (15kg) for stowing in the luggage hold. Information concerning luggage restrictions/hand luggage dimensions is on Flybe’s website.

Hand luggage should include:

- any required medication and appropriate documents
- Euros, for service stations facilities (including small change for toilet facilities)
- €5 (refundable) for electronic ski pass and ski tie
- Sterling, for the airport if necessary
- breakfast and lunch, although there should be opportunity to buy provisions at departures (our first meal will be Saturday evening)

      - an extra fleece/warm top, and a warm hat

      - ski socks (for ski fit immediately on arrival)

Since we are flying, I would also recommend your daughter carry the following in her hand luggage, so that she can at least ski in the event that stowed luggage goes astray.

- salopettes/ski trousers (tightly rolled)
- goggles
- sunglasses
- ski gloves

Comfortable trousers should be worn for the journey (jeans are not recommended for travel), and your daughter should also wear her ski jacket to use as a ‘duvet’. Your daughter should also wear suitable footwear with deep treads that will be safe when we arrive in the resort as there may be snow and ice on the ground. Any money she wishes to keep safe in the ‘bank’ (Euros only) can be deposited on arrival at Resort.

If your daughter is taking any medication which has not been declared on the medical form, she must report this to either Miss Ladbrook or me as soon as possible. Your daughter should keep any emergency medication (for example, Epipens or asthma inhalers) on her person at all times. At airport security, she must have a doctor’s letter bearing her name, her medical condition and a description of the medication if she is carrying an Epipen or inhaler. These documents, along with her medication, must be carried in her hand luggage. Please ensure that your daughter takes any travel sickness medication in plenty of time for the journey.

A printed summary of the insurance policy covering your daughter’s trip was provided at the ski meeting. Should you wish to have an electronic copy of the full document, please contact me by email m.mcwatt@merchanttaylors.com.

I am sure I do not have to remind you that your daughter, although on holiday, will still be representing the School and therefore her behaviour must reflect that. Any alcohol or smoking will not be tolerated and any girl found to be breaking any rules which have been set down in the code of conduct that she signed at the parents’ meeting will be punished severely, and a full report given to the Headmistress on our return.

Finally, your daughter should arrive outside School in the early hours of Saturday morning with both her passport and EHIC. They will be collected before she boards the coach - she will not be allowed to travel without them!