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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant Hapus!
For the sixth year running, Schools Into Europe celebrated Welsh culture at St David’s Welsh Festival at Disneyland® Paris! As Wales’ leading school tour operator, we organised for over a thousand Welsh pupils and teachers to attend the festival, which included Mickey and Minnie in Welsh costume, Welsh performers and a themed firework display. Three of our staff joined in the celebrations, and were thrilled to watch our own Duffryn High School’s Clwb Glee give a tremendous performance at the Videopolis Theatre in Discoveryland!
Next year’s festival will take place on the 8th, 9th and 10th of March 2013. Why not contact us now or visit our St David’s Welsh Festival page and get involved? Cymru am byth!
Two of our St David's Welsh Festival Coaches.We would like to congraulate Clynnog and Trefor, who this year celebrate 100 years of operation!
Schools Into Europe is now an Assured Member of the School Travel Forum and has been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.
For over twenty years, Schools Into Europe has been committed to providing its customers with the highest levels of service. Building on this tradition, and our longstanding pursuit of the best Health & Safety practices, Schools Into Europe has this year become a member of the School Travel Forum (STF), in the belief that more can be achieved by working together to improve the standards in our industry than it can by working in isolation. We have also been awarded the Quality Badge by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC), in recognition of the educational merit of all our tours, and this will help us to make our trips even more relevant to the twenty-first century curriculum. More and more LEAs are recommending the exclusive use of STF members who have been awarded the Quality Badge, meaning that you can book your trip with confidence, meet your due diligence and reduce the amount of External Provider paperwork you will have to complete.
With these new accreditations, and of course our ABTA bonding, there has never been a better time to book with Schools Into Europe!
Schools Into Europe is now ABTA bonded!
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To further our commitment to providing our customers with the best possible service, from 2012 all of Schools Into Europe’s package tours will be underwritten by ABTA. Up until now, Schools Into Europe has operated a trust account in order to safeguard any money paid by its customers, but as of this year this system is changing so that all money will now be protected by ABTA (please click here for their website). This change has been made because we feel that ABTA-bonding provides our customers with greater Peace of Mind. We also hope that it will allow our Party Leaders to more easily obtain permission for trips, as membership of ABTA can make dealing with LEAs and schools' senior management teams less complicated.
If you already have a booking with us, please rest assured that this will in no way affect the arrangements which have already been made for your booking. What it will do, however, is provide you with even greater security and Peace of Mind.
If you do not already have a booking with us, why not get in touch? This year Schools Into Europe celebrates its twentieth year at the forefront of the British school travel industry, and with our new ABTA bonded status, there’s never been a better time to book! We look forward to hearing from you soon.
We are thrilled to announce that David Gibbs of Watts Coaches has won Schools Into Europe's Driver of the Year Award for 2011!
David, pictured above left, received the most nominations from our Party Leaders for the excellent service which he provides to our groups. He has received a certificate as well as a cash prize, and we offer him our congratulations and thanks for this excellent achievement!
We would also like to congratulate Mark Eyre of Clynnog & Trefor, pictured above right, for achieving the second highest number of nominations. He has also received a certificate and a cash prize, and we extend our thanks to him for the excellent service which he consistely provides.
Schools Into Europe has been running the Driver of the Year Award for a number of years, in recognition of the wonderful service which so many drivers provide to our Party Leaders. The race is now on for 2012, and we look forward to another wonderful year of excellent feedback!
Schools Into Europe raised £236.67 for BBC Children in Need!
To raise money for this year’s BBC Children In Need, the Schools Into Europe staff were sponsored by the Company to don their favourite costumes and go out collecting! A reindeer, Wonder Woman, Minne Mouse, a pink lady, a cowboy, Where's Wally, King Henry VIII, a cat, Ziggy Stardust and two cheery sailors all made an appearance, and together we raised £236.67! A big well done to all those who raised money for this excellent cause!
CILT Cymru’s Business Language Champions Award 2011
Schools Into Europe is absolutely thrilled to receive an award for Outstanding Commitment for CILT Cymru! The judging panel was particularly impressed with the sessions which our Company runs for pupils from visiting schools and commended our commitment to providing educational school trips.
We would like to warmly thank the pupils and staff at Caldicot School who nominated us, and look forward to attending the awards ceremony in the Pierhead Building in the autumn.
Schools Into Europe welcomes the announcement made this month by the Education Secretary, regarding increased government support for the running of school trips.
This support will come in the form of revised Health & Safety guidelines, with the view of replacing the present extensive document with a more condensed ‘common sense’ approach which will allow teachers to run trips with greater ease. The Rt Hon Mr Michael Grove said the government was ‘cutting unnecessary red tape… putting teachers back in charge’, meaning more pupils ‘should be able to go on exciting school trips that broaden their horizons’.
We are now able to offer our Party Leaders a new Powerpoint Presentation to help them advertise their trip to students!
Our Presentation gives you the perfect starting point to compile an eye-catching slideshow for your meeting with children and parents, and has slides for all the essential information which will help your trip run smoothly. Once you have made a booking, just let us know if you would like to receive a copy, and we will send you your complimentary CD.
Have you ever wondered how your school can celebrate the London 2012 Olympics?
At Schools Into Europe we are determined to get as many people to London as we can in the summer of 2012, so that even those not lucky enough to have tickets to the events themselves can still feel part of the occasion! All the tickets may have been distributed, but your group can still visit the Stadium to see first hand the immense logistics of organising an international event. As we are sure you appreciate, space is very limited, so book now to avoid disappointment! Why not get in touch or visit our London page and see what your school can do for the Olympics 2012?
Schools Into Europe is delighted to be working with CILT Cymru as one of their Business Language Champions.
As a part of this, four students from Ynysawdre Comprehensive School came to the office this week to see how useful Modern Foreign Languages are in the workplace. Accompanied by their teacher, Mr Perkins, who is one of our most longstanding customers, the pupils were shown by our staff in what ways they use French on a day-to-day basis. They were also given the opportunity to hold a question and answer session in French with Lesley, our Managing Director, and Anna, our European Tours Manager.
We look forward to working with CILT Cymru for many more years to come. We would also like to thank Mr Perkins and his students for coming in, and Mr Perkins personally for his most valued custom over the years!
Schools Into Europe was very pleased to help sponsor the up-and-coming aerobic gymnast Georgia Davies.
Georgia, 11, from Aberdare, has been selected to represent Great Britain in a number of European competitions this year, including the Slovak Aerobic Gymnastics Championships in April and the French Open in May. We wish her the very best of luck, and want to congratulate her on her wonderful achievement!
Schools Into Europe was absolutely delighted to sponsor Aberdare Girls’ School’s production of ‘Annie!’
The show ran from 1st to 3rd February 2011 at the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare, and was a roaring success!
Our working relationship with Aberdare Girls’ School goes back over two decades, and the Head of Technology, Mrs Fitzgerald, has organised countless tours with us, and is one of our most highly valued party leaders.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Fitzgerald and Aberdare Girls’ for their continued custom, and we were thrilled to be given the opportunity to support them in their wonderful production!
Welcome to Schools Into Europe's new website!
In March 2011 Schools Into Europe launched its brand new website, which includes this page on the latest news from our Company.
