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