To conclude.....

Overall the whole trip was a success!! Everyone had such a great time!  Prague was an amazing experience and I would love to do it again. I'm so glad that we were able to go to Prague as a whole group.

I forfulled my roles and responsibilties throught the planning stages and whilst in Prague which I think helped make the trip what it was :)

I was organised, I lead the group to all the activites really well. I kept within budget and time scales (expect for my assignments oops! ) so its all good!

I will remember this trip for the rest of my Life. Thanking you everyone for making it so memorable!

For the last time...

S xx 

Last day of Pragueeness :(

The last morning was quite hectic at first, trying to pack and tidy up but it was fine :) Kaleigh collected all our key cards and yes we actually had all 10! We then put all our luggage in the luggage room whilst we went out for our last attraction/activity :) Then we were all checked out of the best Hostel everrrr Sir Tobys!!

Our last activity of the trip was the castle walking tour... there was a bit of a miscommunciation and lack of research with the castle tour as we thought we would be getting headphones to tell us everything about the castle tour... but we didnt oops :/ But it was fine as Lauren was our guide for the day and told us everything she knew/made up lol  ;)

the castle was up a hill... so what goes up must come down.... I counted how many steps there were and there were 210 steps (thats alot)

We wanted to go back to the city centre so we went over Charles bridge which was nice. Most of us went to touch the statue of St. John of Nepomuk this is lucky (apparently) it either gives you a wish or means that you will come back to Prague again! We then had some free time till 4 (the time we had to go back to the hostel) bought a t-shirt and other  bits and bobs! 

Then we went back to the hostel and got ready to leave prague :( The lovely transfer people gave us a lift to Praha Airport which was nice.

Whilst at the airport, I made the finishing touches to the AWESOME PRAGUE QUIZ! once i'd finished writing up all the question it was to to do it! Everyone really enjoyed it which was what I wanted. There were 2 sections of the quiz - one section about Prague and one  section about us lot.

The quiz finished just in time as it was time to baord the plane... :(

The plane journey home was great fun, i was marking the quiz answers, we were signing each others Prague T-Shirts and having a laugh with the cabin crew... before we knew it we have landed back in England.

We went through passport control and then me mum was there waiting for us :) I had kept the whole group in suspence with the results of the quiz. I finally read the results and......KRISTY AND MEGAN WON WOOO. Me and gemma had brought little prezzies for the winning team and they  won a shot glasss each! :) Kaleigh, Ross and Steph got dropped off in Braintree and everyone else got picked up at insititute.

Then we all went home and our trip was finished :(

S xx

Friday 13th May 2011

Day 3 of Praguenesss

Day 3 is a good day (Besides the weather)! We got a lay in which I think we all needed after that 3 hour walking tour yesturday lol Just like yesturday morning some of us had breakfast in the hostel and some of us ventured out to the supermarket again....

Once we were ready, Megan and Kristy got the tram and metro tickets and we were off to the traditional Prague festival.....

At the festival we went to our chosen tent - tent 2! It was such a  fun day! The people were working were dressed up which was cool. We had 12 trollers to spend, most of it on beer :D and food! it was traditional food, nice to experience it but my tummy was a bit iffy. :S

There was quite alot of things to do at the festival there were rides, which i wasn't expecting! and sweetiee stalls! :)

Eventhough the weather was rainy it didn't affect us that much as we were indoors! We wanted to explore around the festival so we went in the other tents as they were more lively and bands.

It was about 6pm and we was all getting hungry again so i thought i have more traditonal food in a different tent. We got there at 2pm and didn't leave to about half 8 in the afternoon.

So it was a good traditional day and was all together :) We got back on the metro and the tram and got to the hostel about 22:00. We had some chilling time, chatting and fun downstairs in the bar ....... then bed! :)

S xx

Thursday 12th May 2011

Day 2 of Prague Awesomeness.....

After only a couple of hours sleep..we were up and ready for breakfast...YUM

A few of us had breakfast at the hostel and few of us ventured out to the supermarket down the road. A little while later and we were ready to go....

Kristy and Megan sorted out tram tickets for the day which was valid for 24 hours, we collected everyones money..it came to 120 Cornas each. We then got a tram into town and met our guide at the tourist center. 

It was such a great day for walking around and exploring Prague! As I was part of the attractions team and I was in charge of the walking I was the group leader for the day!

The walking Tour was very interesting and a nice way to see all around Prague. Prague is actually a really pretty place and we took loads of pictures. It was good to hear some local stories and seeing famous buildings. Our tour guide was the head of the office so he knew what he was talking about!

Once we had finished it, after 3 hours of this with no break we was all pretty tired so the tour guide showed us some interesting places to eat, local and just a cafe. We all decided where we wanted to eat and went in groups.

It was quite late afternoon so we went back to the hostel by tram to get glamed up for the River Cruise. We got the tram there and was on this river cruise for 3 hours. This was also another great way of seeing beautiful buildings when outside. There was a jazz band while we were eating, the buffet food was very nice and traditional. Most of us just had chips! lol and the desert.....well that was gone before I even had the chance to look at it!

The cruise finished at 10pm and we got the tram back, we went back to the hostel and went to the bar again and then went to bed.

S xx

Wednesday 11th May 2011

PRAGUE.....WOW THAT WAS GOOOOD!

I have some good news .... and i have some bad news!

The BAD news is that we are home from Prague :( .... the GOOD news is... PRAGUE WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!

Tuesday the 10th May started off as a normal college day.... (yeah this is the story of our trip to Prague)
We had to do Marcellos lesson first, which werent too bad as our flight wasnt till the afternoon anyway. we finished that lesson around 1ish so we could get ready to leave at 1.30. The transport team made sure that everyone had their passports and stuff..everyone did so its all good :) 
We met my mum who tooks us to the airport in the college minibus...Thanks again mum :)

The airport was a bit of a palorva as a few of us didnt have the correct re-sealable plastic bag (oops that was me, i had a plastic bag just not re-sealable lol) but once everything was sorted it was all goood. we had some free time to roam around duty free and then our flights were called....wooooo!

The flight itself was fine..eventhough Blaise and Megan made fun of me and my special take off/landing position lol ( I have to put my fingers in my ears and chew gum..ok!?! lol)

As soon as we arrived in Prague, the transfer people were there waiting for us with a little sign just like you see in the movies it was great! They took us straight to the hostel which didnt take too long so it was good.

OMG THE HOSTEL...WOW! Ive never stayed in a Hostel before so I wasn't quite sure what to expect but it was soooo nice! Kaleigh and Lorna got us checked in really quickly and we got our room keys....

Our dorm was awesome! We had bunkbeds which were so funny... Megan (the shortest person in the class) had to have a top bunk which in itself is funny but watching her trying to get up and down was even funnier lol Plus she keep thinking that she was going to full off! what a numpty! :P



Our room!
Plus megan trying to get up
 on the top bunk ...lol



After alittle exploring in the hostel, we ventured out to find somewhere to eat..yum! we found this little pizzeria which was just down the road from the hostel. here we meet prague's own "Charlie Sheen" which was funny at first but then there was an issue with paying but it wasnt worth the hassle to get upset about it so we just forgot about it!

So we ventured back to explore what the Hostel has to offer.... We tried out the bar downstairs. It was really nice, we took over this big space in the sitting area bit and it was just a great place for us to sit and chat.... It was starting to get late so we said we'd go to bed. BUT it was the first night so we didnt get that much sleep ... about 2-3hours! Oops :)

And that was our first day in Prague....

S xx

Tuesday 10th May 2011 

Working at the Car Wash....woooo

As a way of raising money for our trip, the fundraising team made us do a car wash!

And actually it was really quite FUN!

Everyone bought a bucket, sponge, some brought car shampoo (I did) and this weird cloth thing that i have no idea how to spell lol. 

A few days before the fund raising team sent out a poster/email to all of the staff at college to let them know about the car wash and we got 20 responses!! Thats a lot of staff and a lot of cars! The replies to the email sent gave us their details such as car number plate, what make/model, their name and details on where they are to collect the money.

We started at 9 and filled our buckets up with water and we started on our first cars! It was really exciting!! lol To make it fair we all worked in our groups such as Transport (Kristy and Megan), Fund raising (Steph, Hayley and Blaise) Admin (Lauren and Ross) Attraction Team (Me and Justine as Gemma couldnt make it) and finally accomodation team (Kaleigh and Lorna!) 

After doing about 5-7 cars each we finished washing cars about 2:30ish, and corrr washing cars is harder than it seems!  It soooooooooo exhausting but well worth it! We made a total of £137.45!!! which is AWESOME!! WOOO GO US!! 

All together we have raised £404, this covers all our accommodation expenses and our walking tour. As we still have £45 left over we have decided to give this to NSPCC charity :)as we said we would on our first fund raising activity. 

Now all thats left is to pack our suitcases and go go go woooo

S xx

Friday 6th May 2011

The Parents have to get invloved some how.....

As this is a college trip, us students are planning everything ourselves meaning that parents havent got that much of a clue in what were actually doing :S so we have to let them know somehow...what better way to do it than a good old PowerPoint Presentation !! YAY!

Everyones mums and dads were invited, My mum was the one who came along...good old MOM! 

Doing this Presentation was a great chance for us to present what we are going to do in Prague, ensure all emergency numbers are correct so they know how to contact us and the go over the budget. It was also a chance for everyone to sign the code of conduct. 


Megan was choosen to desing and create the presentaion overall but everyone helped alittle by sending info to her to include in the presentation. Each team/person has their own slide and spoke about what we have done in our groups and different parts of the trip.

Kristy started off the presentation by saying that it was her destination that was picked and then spoke about what the weather is like and a little bit of the history of Prague. She then passed it on to Megan, who spoke about the transport information. Megan then passed onto Lorna and Kaleigh who spoke about the accommodation. Then it was ME...AAHHH lol sadly Gemma couldn't make the presentation evening so that left me to blabber on about the attractions. I just spoke about each attraction/activity like what it included, why we chose it..stuff like that :)
Lauren, Blaise, Hayley Steph B and Ross then went on to talk about each section, about the intinary and how much everything cost and how much the overall cost is.
At the end we gave a chance for parents to ask questions and Justine bought an example of a small hand luggage suitcase we can bring. Each parent got a copy of the pre departure booklet with all our numbers  in it just in case they need to get in contact with any one, and  a copy of our EU Health insurance card and passport (Just in case something happens to ours when we are away - which it wont ....hopefully lol)


Overall the presentation went really well, the parents seem happy so its all good and it only lasted for about 40 mins :)








S xx


Tuesday 3rd May 2011

Meeting Five...

As usual we always start off our meetings all professional with the minutes being taken, apologies for absents and what the agenda of the meeting is....

We started off by recapping how much money we have raised so far which is a total of £206.00 this is from the cake sale and Christmas fundraiser as well as us all putting in five pounds towards Justine's half marathon run which she did the other week, so thats an extra £55... i think LOL
We then started to organise our next fund raiser which is a car wash. The Fund raising team needs to make posters so people are aware of this, everyone needs to bring a sponge, bucket and car shampoo on the day of the car wash. There are rules that we need to follow on the day which is no jewelry, no jeans and suitable clothing which will dry quickly. The fund raising team are also preparing an email to be sent to Christian Norman which he will then send to all the members of staff at the college, the email contains information about the car wash and also a booking form for them to fill out so that we know where/what/when their car is. They also have to produce a booking table for the students and teachers that want to book on the day.

We have changed the itinerary a little bit as we are unhappy with what we are doing on the Thursday of the trip. Me and Gemme have been trying to find something to do that EVERYONE wants to do and We now finally have something to do!  Megan found a Czech traditional food and drink festival. Justine and I then researched this more and everyone really liked the idea. It works out as £23.00 each for 12 tollers. (Tollers are what we can pay for food and beer/drink with).There are 3 different tents within the festival and we had to choose a tent which we want to eat in, they all have different menus. The class  picked tent 2 as it had a range of foods which everyone will enjoy. The festival opens at 12:00 noon and finishes 00:00 so we can stay here for the whole day.

So the itinerary for Prague has now been done! Everyone now knows what were doing during our trip to prague! We also went through the code of conduct so that the class is aware of the dos and don'ts of the trip. Also we went through all of the important items that we need to bring with us to Prague. For example suncream, toiletries, phone, passport and money.

As this is a College Trip then somehow the Parents have to become invloved (eventhough my mum is quite invloved LOL) which is going in the presentation to the parents. The practice run for the presentation is the 28th April and the real thing is on the 3rd May

 S xx

Don't worry I'm now a Doctor....Well sort of?

As a part of the course and for the safety of the trip, we are now all First Aid trained! During the training we practiced the recovery position which we did on each other, we know what to do if someone is breathing or not, and there is different procedures to go through which is DRABC.

DRABC stands for DANGER - is it safe for us to get help the person? RESPONSE-is the person concious? To chech we have to tap their collarbone and gently shake the person.  AIRWAYS- Are the airways clear? If they are then we lift their chin fully back so they don't swallow their tongue and choke. BREATHING -is the person breathing? To check we put our ear to their mouth for 10 seconds to see if i can hear or feel them breathing whilst looking down at their chest to see any movement. After this we should call an ambulance and tell them the situation, if they are female/male and if they are breathing or not. The last word is Compression/CPR-if the person is not breathing we should do this, this is where we need to do 30 compressions on their sternum and then give them 2 breaths each lasting around 4 seconds.We stop this if we are getting tired, an ambulance comes or if they start breathing again.We practiced this on dummies, and it was a very good thing to do as we could feel how difficult it really was to keep doing the 30 compressions. I tried so hard to save my dummy that i blistered my hand..now that is a real doctor in the making! LOL

Another part of First Aid we learnt was how to stop heavy bleeding and how to use bandages. We had the chance to real have a good on each other. And how to help some one if they are choking.

 

This First Aid Training will last for 3 years and I now feel safe  and confident if anything was to happen to me or anyone else in Prague... hopefully nothing will but best to be safe than sorry!

Sx

Monday 4th April 2011

Cake Sale anyone....?

To raise money for Prague, we are doing different fund raising activities and we've just done a Cake Sale! Wooo! Everyone made different cakes the day before and bought them in on the cake sale, there was cupcakes, crispy cakes, muffins, cookies and big cakes. We sold a whole cake first for five pounds which was a good start. 

We went down at 9 to set up our table and cakes, we sorted out all the prices(printed by Steph B) and some of us , including Me brought trays, plates and tissues. My Mum also helped out by allowing me to bring tongs and knifes for us use as well.

We had the stall 9-half til 2 and by around 12 o'clock we had sold all the cakes! During the Cake Sale, we all took turns in going round to offices to try and sell more cakes there. I wasn't allowed to go around to the offices as I was awesome at bring in people to the Cake Sale...Some even said I should have my own Market Stall!! LOL Nearer the end of of the Cake Sale we had to have a super sale and lower the prices so all the cakes would get sold, which they eventually did.

The crispy Cakes i made...Yumm :)

After we counted how much money we had raised for out trip and it was £136.32!!!! Lorna and Kaleigh went in the finance department to bank the money. 

Overall we have raised a total of £206 from the 2 fund raising activities and we still have more to do! The money we have raised will go towards Prague in some way...just haven't decided how yet.?.

We also have a car wash lined up for the 6th May just before we go, so even more money for Prague!! so excitingg!!

S x

Friday 1st April 2011

Doing some real College work...

We actually had to do some real college work! :L We had to produce a Risk Assessment Booklet which including two potential risks that may happen in each team, two in transport, two in attractions/activities, two in accomodotion and risks that may happen around Prague. We would then write what we can do to reduce the risks from happening.

We started by explaining what a risk is and what the purpose of doing a risk assessment is, then we had to produce a table where we would state the potential risk, the level of risk, who it would effect and how it can be reduced. After the table on another page within the booklet we had to explain in more detail for reducing the risks.

S x

Friday 4th February 2011

We Are Actually Doing Something.....

I am so pleased to say that we have booked our First Activity! Wooo

The River Jazz Cruise has been booked for Wednesday 11th May 2011 at 19:00, Boarding Point: Na Frantisku Embankment, opposite the InterContinental Hotel. Descend the steps beside Cech Bridge (Cechuv Most) for 2 Adults (Justine and Marcello) and 11 Students.

S xx

Meeting Three....

As usual we always start off our meetings all professional with the minutes being taken, apologies for absents and what the agenda of the meeting is....

Everyone has now brought in their Passports and EU Health Insurance Cards to be photocopied and all EV4 forms have been handed in, the medical contact table has been complete and so has most paper work. And everyone has finally paid the £109 for half the accommodation and our flights which is brilliant and will make Justine happy as we paid with her credit card :)

Like every meeting we go around each group for an update.

We started with the Transport Team.... Megan and Kristy (and a little help from Me and my Mum) have sorted out transfers to and from the airport as my Mum has kindly agreed to take us there and back by driving the college mini-bus as she has recently just passed her mini-bus driving test (aaww Well done Mummy! :D). Kristy and Megan just have to work how much petrol will cost and then that's their job done as they have worked out what time we are to meet and leave on Tuesday 10th May.

We are to meet at 2 O'clock at the front of College to go to Stansted so we get there for enough time. 

Next it was Mine and Gemma's turn. The one everyone was waiting for and what I was dreading! I had to tell everyone about the email I had received from the Prague Segway Company explaining that we couldn't go all together. At first everyone was quite disappointed but we all agreed that we wanted to do everything together so we all realised that it was for the best. As we cant do the Segway Tour anymore Me and Gemma are still looking for alternatives. 

Being apart of the Attractions, Activities and Events Team means that we also have to create the trip's Itinerary. Me, Gemma and Justine have worked out when and what day we should do each activity and event. Here is a rough guide to out itinerary so far....

• Tuesday 
• Depart UK
• Arrive in Prague
• Wednesday
• Some sort of city tour  during day (was going to be Segway but not now)  
• River Jazz Cruise
• Thursday
• Something during the day (still researching - a few ideas need to be finalised and discussed)
• Ghost Tour 
• Friday
• Castle Tour
• Depart Prague
• Arrive back in UK

  

As a whole group, everyone has decided that they will help and research different activities we could do during our time in Prague and also to research restaurants in Prague.

Our cake sale has been moved and will now be on the 1st of April which the Fund Tam will organise. We also have plans for a car wash but the only available time is the 6th of May which is pushing it a little as it is so close to the trip but due to half term, Easter and bank holidays this is the only time we can do it.

S xx

18th February 2011

 

Activities Update...

As a member of the Attractions, Activities and Events Team, I am in charge of researching and organising what activities we do and what attractions we go to.

One of the activities we are hoping to do during our trip to Prague was a Segway Movie Tour. I have been emailing the tour company for quite some time now but eventually they replied. Sadly their reply was not good news as they explained that the company only had 6 segways which ment that we would not be able to do it all together. :(  Also the price is not suitable for us as it would work out very expensive. :(

My Email to the Prague Segway Company.....

The Prague Segway Campany's Reply.....

Now Me and Gemma will have to come up with an alternative tour which we can all do together!

I'll keep you posted on how we're doing...

S x

18th February 2011 

Meeting Two....

Today was our second meeting! As like the last meeting, we started off by being all professional and having one member of the class doing the minutes and saying the apologies for absences. Once that was all done we were able to start. We firstly made sure all our forms were all ready and completed which would then allow us to start paying for the trip. 

We then photocopied everyone's Passports and EU card and made sure all E4V forms were filled out by parents. Most of the class handed in their Passports, EU cards and E4 forms today but I was a numpty and forgot to bring mine in as well as few others but we will bring then in next time promise! 

Also everyone had to sign a table, created by Ross and Lauren, which confirmed what our allocated roles, responsibilities and jobs were for the trip. Everyone gets a copy so everyone knows exactly who's doing what. We also filled in a form stating any medical  issues we have (such  as  if we get headaches very often or allergies and what medication is needed and if needed) as well as contact numbers in case of an emergency.

Once all the forms were all sorted, we then got down to business and each group got the chance give an update. 

Me and Gemma talked about attractions and which ones we want to do. We would  all like to do the movie Segway tour but the tour company hasn't replied to my email  about  if all 13 of us are allowed to do it all together then we cannot book it yet. We have all decided that we  also wanted to do the river cruise jazz and tour around the castle.

Megan and Kristy made sure that everyone had confirmation of flight details and how much the flights are in order for everyone to pay for them.

The Fund Raising Team (Blaise, Steph B and Hayley) spoke about the next fund raising  idea and we all agreed that we would do a cake sale  around Friday 11th near valentines day. The fund raising team will have to book the area that we want to do it  at and everyone in class will have to contribute something to the cake sale.

S xx

21st January 2011

YAY We Have Somewhere To Stay....

We have now booked our hostel! The name of our hostel is called Sir Tobys.

 

After much thought we decided that the rooming arrangements will be 10 girls in one big dorm room which has a shared shower (which could get a bit tricking but I think we will work it out), one twin for Ross and Marcello and one single for Justine, which both have private shower rooms. 

It will cost €837 which works out as ₤713, per person (divided by 11) is €76 = ₤64 each. As we are students we did a bit of haggling for some discount and they let us have a 10% off which works out  ₤58.40 each which means it will only be ₤19.50 per night per person. 

The hostel offers transfers to and from the airport which we decided to use. As soon as we all land in Prague we wont need to worry about getting our own way there now thanks to Sir Toby's transfers. It is about ₤8 per person to get there and back. 

Breakfast isn't included in the price but they do offer great breakfasts for as little as ₤1. They have their own pub called 'The Pub as Sir Toby's' and it's open everyday and serves meals, has a happy hour, concerts and movie nights. 

S xx



21st January 2011

Creating the Pre-Departure Booklet....

As there was no meeting this week, we had to do some actual work and start to create a Pre-Departure Booklet. A Pre-Departure Booklet is a booklet which will contain information about Prague itself, a few helpful phrases, an itinerary of our trip, contact details of all the group and more... Each group had to find different information about Prague, Me and Gemma had to find the basic information of Prague such as it's location - with maps, the history of Prague, Population Language used and the currency. 

Me and Gemma Split which bits of information we had to find for the Booklet, I had to find the location - with maps and it's population.

 

 

The Picture above shows where Prague is located. Prague (also known as Praha) is located in the  center of  Czech Republic, Europe. The Picture below shows a map of Prague and some of it's main attractions and historical monuments.

Prague has a Population of 10.28 million inhabitants which is very small compared to England's population which is 61.8 million. 

After I found all this information, I had to send it to Kaleigh, who was nominated to design and create the Pre-Departure Booklet.

S xx

14th January 2011

Flights Booked....

Its offical... the Travel and Tourism lot are going to Prague!! Wooo! We've booked the flights and the offical days that we're going are departing the UK from London Stansted on the 10th May at 16:40 arriving in Prague at 19:30, which is a really good flight i say! Then we'll be coming home on the 13th May at 20:00 arriving back in the UK at 20:55 (dont worry it doesnt take 3hrs there and only 55mins on the way back! (There is a time difference between the UK and Prague)

We were really lucky with the price of the flights as all together the price came to £759.56 which has been chargeed on Justine's mastercard, which worked out as £69.05 per person!


S x



10th January 2011

Fund Raising...

So it's the last day of term and we decided to dress up and raise money! Me and Blaise to the dressing up part the most serious and went the whole way, tinsel, tutus and everything! Others wore a Christmas and some Christmasy colours but nothing compared to Me and Blaise! lol

We decided to split the class into 3 groups and the college into small sections which allowed us to cover the whole college as every group had certain sections of the college to go around and collect money.

After a few hours of raising money, we all came back to the classroom to count the money! (how exciting!) All together we raised a total of £69.78!! which is so goood considering that it was the last Friday and the last day of term before Christmas and there was hardly anyone in compared to normal!

1 down, many more fund raising activities to go!

S x

17th December 2010

Meeting One...

Now that everyone knows what their job is, it's time to know what to do! (if that makes any sense at all lol).

Every couple of weeks we will have a meeting, which is sort of like a feedback lesson, to bring together what each group has done and found. Our first meeting didn't go too bad, could of gone better but not too bad. 

We started the meeting off like a professional meeting with someone doing the minutes (Lauren), apologies for absents and what the agenda of the meeting is. We firstly spoke about when we wanted to go on our trip to Prague as we had a 2 week slot for the trip to take place. we decided we would go the week beginning 9th May  2011 as the flights were cheap and everyone seemed happy with that that! :)

Next we went through what each team has found and one so far. Each team presented their findings which were recorded by Lauren. 

The fund raising team had come up with doing a Christmas appeal which aimed to raise money for our trip and the NSPCC. we all decided that everyone has to dress up and have a bit of fun.

Me and Gemma presented our findings of attractions and events to the rest of the group which went quite well, if i don't say so myself! We said about the prices for all the proposed activities and events but we do still need to find out the finer details like times, how many people our allowed to do the activities at one time (Segway Tour - as there are 13 of us going) so we will find that out and bring it to our next meeting.

The other groups presented their findings such as potential hostels and hotels we could stay in (Kaleigh and Lorna - Accommodation Team), how we are getting to the airport (Kristy and Megan - Transport Team) and making sure that a letter is sent out to our parents explaining everything about the trip (Lauren and Ross - Admin and Communication team).

S xx

10th December 2010

Who's doing what?

Now we've decided where we are going on our trip... the next thing to do is decide who's doing what in order to make this trip a reality. As this is a college trip, tests have to be involved! in order for us to equally and fair decide which role each of us will have in organising this trip to Prague we all had to do a self perception inventory test created by Dr Merdith Belbin. This test would show if we were an Implementer, Co-Ordinator, Shaper, Plant, Resource Investigator, Monitor Evaluator, Team Worker or a Completer Finisher. After answering a few questions we calculated our scores and my highest score meant that I was a Team worker. A Team worker is socially oriented, rather mild, sensitive, an ability to respond to people and to situations and to promote team spirit. This answer is right I think as I like to think of myself as a very good Team worker and very socially oriented (( some may say a bit too much! :) )).

After seeing who got what and abit of a chat we then had to do something with our results! Everyone had to be assigned a job role in organising this trip and with that came responsibilities! 

The job that I got assigned was to be apart of the Attractions and Entertainment Team. Im working with Gemma, which some may say is a bit odd that the LOUDEST person in the group (i.e Me) is working with the quietest person in the group (i.e Gemma) but we both get along really well and we good friends now which is what this trip is all about!

 
Our Roles and Responsibilities are : Research and book all the attractions, do an itinerary, get the group to the attractions and back and design and conduct a quiz! 

Im really happy with what I get to do because its all about having fun and making this trip fun which is Number One on my aims for this trip!

S x

26th November 2010