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