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Name: S3 trip to Morocco Saturday 17th ~ Thursday 22nd May 2014 Form Class: Luggage Allowance: Each passenger may take one hand baggage. One piece of hold luggage has been booked per person, each piece should weigh no more than 20kg. Have you packed sensibly? Sturdy Shoes / cross-trainers Flip-flop Socks and underwear Light waterproof jacket / spring coat Hoodie / jumper / sweater T-shirts / tops Long sleeve shirts / tops Small backpack Towel(s) and toiletry Light trousers / jeans Sleepwear / comfortable indoor clothes Swimming costume – not a bikini Camera / mobile phone with camera Personal medication Snack and sweets Pen, pencil, notebook Hat, sunglass, sunscreen Games / football / Frisbee Pocket money (£50-100) Torch European plug Any books / stationary / Scottish cultural things as a gift for the local schools Group arrangement Miss Tomitaka Dr Greig Ms McArthur Gabrielle Barmack Jackson Baillie Lorna Fraser Isabel Ralphs George Baird Elizabeth Barbour Lauren Fraser Haaris Bhatti Kirsty Griffiths Ava Hopkins Animesh Mishra Euan Johnston Emily Smith Gregor Yule Daniel Boulton-Jones Group arrangement is for: headcount, passport check, meeting point, some group work. Theme of the day: Saturday 17th May 2014 07:45 08:00 12:30 Travel Meet at Hutchesons’ Grammar School 21 Beaton Road Coach transfer to Manchester airport with Allander Travel Manchester airport: Terminal 1 Check in for flight: EZ1893 Meet at gate no _______________ Make sure you have some lunch before departure. Arrive in Marrakech International Airport 18:15 ( No time difference Passport control: “I am on a school trip, I will be staying with UK ) 4 nights and 5 days” Fill in the Landing Card Collect your bag Change currency: Make sure you keep the transaction receipt and note down the exchange rate below. £1 = ____________________ Dirham ≈19:30 21:30 22:30 23:00 Coach transfer to the Hotel Check in at Hotel: Hotel Amine Boulevard Abdelkrim Al Khattabi, Marrakech Dinner After dinner whole group meeting Free time Bedtime Lights out Notes / Summaries / Findings …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… Theme of the day: Sunday 18th May 2014 Adventure Breakfast at the hotel Pack and check out Morning – Oasiria Water Park Lunch Make sure you pack your swimming things into your day bag and change of clothes. Don’t forget to apply sun cream regularly! After Lunch After lunch, you will depart for Imlil, stopping at Moulay Ibrahim for a 30 minute camel ride. This ride will take you across the River Rerayha and down through the valley returning to Moulay Ibrahim. And then continue to Imlil Village and check into Hotel Riad Imlil. Evening Dinner at the Hotel Group meeting 22:30 Bedtime 23:00 Lights out Notes / Summaries / Findings …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… Theme of the day: Monday 19th May 2014 Breakfast at the hotel Pack and check out Morning – Visit to Imlil Valley School (7-14yrs) Lunch and Ait Souka School (6 year olds) Have your questionnaire booklet ready Lunch Mule trek to Armed Village. Afternoon Tour of Armed Village (Family visits). Evening Dinner Group meeting 22:30 Bedtime 23:00 Lights out Geography Notes / Summaries / Findings …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… Theme of the day: Tuesday 20th May 2014 Education Breakfast at the Gite Morning Visit to Armed Village School (7-14yrs) After the school visit a moderate trek to outlying rural villages to see the sorts of remote places in the mountains where the children live. A chance to meet Berber families in these remote regions and see the difficulties the children face getting to and from school. Have your questionnaire booklet ready Picnic lunch Evening Return to Armed Village late afternoon. Dinner The Amazigh Children of the High Atlas Mountains - Removing barriers to learning: In a village school perched on a hill on the edge of Morocco's Atlas Mountains, Amazigh children are learning in their own language. The Berber script - Tifinagh - is related to Egyptian hieroglyphics Morocco has been dominated by Arabic culture since the seventh century when the Arabs swept across the Middle East and North Africa in the name of Islam. Now the original inhabitants of this country are reasserting their influence. The word Amazigh means free or noble, but the Arabs called the Amazigh people Berbers - or barbarians. Their language, however, is still called Berber. The six-year-olds at the school are part of a scheme to make Berber teaching compulsory in all schools in Morocco within the next 10 years - a major step forward in recognising Amazigh rights. Oral language Arabic is the official language in Morocco - with French also widely used - even though 60% of Morocco's population, some 18m people, is Amazigh. Berber is an ancient language - some historians place it at 5,000 years old. It was spoken across a huge swathe of North Africa before the Arabs came. We are proud that our children can read and learn in our own language Sadia Bussta Six-year-old Oussayn is proud of his new reading skills. "I like learning in Berber because it's easier - it's what I speak at home," he says. Traditional North African communities converted to Islam when the Arabs came and so were assimilated into Arab culture. Despite the dominance of Arabic, the original language has not died out. Berber dialects are still spoken from Morocco right across Algeria and Tunisia to Egypt and further south in countries around the Sahara desert. Like most Amazighs in Morocco, families all speak Berber but they can't write it because all their schooling was in Arabic. "Now that the ministry of education here in Morocco has integrated our language into public schools, we, as Amazighs will find our identity again. We are proud that our children can read and learn in our own language," says Sadia. Amazigh oral traditions - songs and poetry have been vital for keeping their language alive. Now these people are once again learning to read and write in their own tongue. Notes / Summaries / Findings …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… Theme of the day: Wednesday 21st May 2014 Marrakech Breakfast at the Gite Following breakfast, please get ready for your departure and return to Imlil Village, where you will meet your transport for your return to Marrakech. Lunch time En route to Marrakech as stop will be made at Asni College (please note that today’s itinerary may be subject to some adjustments depending on how long you want to spend at the college). Afternoon Continue to Marrakech. Short tour of Imperial Marrakech (Medina). Following this you will be taken to the airport for your return flight. Asni College: Just an hour from Marrakech in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains is the town of Asni. This small busy Berber town with its markets, shops and the general Hospital provides much needed goods and services to the rural inhabitants of the more remote mountain villages. The Asni College in the town provides secondary education for the local children and also for the children of the remote Berber villages in the High Atlas Mountains. These children are housed in boarding schools provided by the Government for a nominal fee. There are separate boarding schools for both girls and boys. Notes / Summaries / Findings …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… …......................................................................................... …......................................................................................... …………………………………………………………………… Wednesday 21st May 2014 – Journey home ≈18:30 Marrakech International airport Check in for flight: EZ1893 Exchange your Dirhams back into £ UK Fill in the Departure Card Password Control Evening Meet at gate no _______________ Make sure you have some dinner before departure. Thursday 22nd May 2014 – Journey home 00:22 Arrive at Manchester airport Passport control Collect bags ≈01:00 Coach transfer to back to Glasgow with Allander Travel Approxmate journey time is 4 hours. Optional 30 min stop at a service station 05:00 05:30 Arrive back to Hutchesons’ Grammar School Make sure you text/call your parents when we are getting close to Glasgow. After the trip you are expected to hand-in: The questionnaire booklet (paper copy) 200~300 words on what you found out in Morocco and your overall experience of this trip (word document) Five of your best photographs from the trip (e-mail) Deadline is Monday 16th of June 2014. Please e-mail your work to MissT: tomitakaj8@hotmail.com Code of Conduct YOU MUST follow the instructions of the group leaders and other supervisors at airports stay in groups and be aware of security announcements know which gate your plane is leaving from follow all instructions given by flight crew dress and behave sensibly and responsibly at all times respect the house rules of the hotel/guest house. show courtesy at all times, but particularly when dealing with members of the public look out for anything which might hurt and threaten you or anyone in the group and tell the group leader about it as soon as possible. be punctual at all times carry emergency cards with you at all times DO NOT Carry out sightseeing on your own or wander off - No pupil should ever be on their own. MUST NOT consume, purchase or otherwise acquire alcohol smoke take unnecessary risks visit bedrooms of opposite gender engage in sexual activity bring through customs any alcohol, tobacco, flick-knives, or fireworks (even as presents for others)
