You should, either today or tomorrow, receive a letter, via your daughter/son, inviting you to attend the parents information evening in the Murray Hall at 1900 on Monday 26th March.

Please detach and return the reply slip, this helps us to gauge numbers attending.

Even if you’ve attended the parents evening before it’s still a good idea to attend as we are making a couple of important changes over previous years.

If you don’t receive this letter it may be a good idea to search for it at the bottom of your child’s bag!

The 5th £75 instalment is due to be paid on Friday 23rd February, could you please ensure that this is paid on time as we have to make the final payment to the tour company at the end of the month.

There are still a few of you who have not, as yet, made the January instalment can you please check that your outstanding balance is £150 or less, if it is more can you please make the missing payments as soon as possible.

By the end of the school day tomorrow (Friday 23rd) your outstanding balance should be £75 and the final payment is due on Friday 30th March.

Something we try to incorporate into each year’s trip is a visit to the grave or memorial of ancestors of our pupils. This is often a very poignant and moving experience,

If you have lost any family member in the Great War (WW1) can you please let us have as much information on them as possible. We’d ask for Name, Date and place of Birth, Regiment, Date of Death, Service Number, Where buried or commemorated. We understand that you may not have all of these details but please give us as much as possible.

This relative does not need to have been a great grandparent, or great uncle, any close relative or distant family member is appropriate.

If your relative is buried or commemorated near to any of the places in our itinerary we will make every effort to visit their place of rest, although time and accessibility may mean we are unable to do so.

May I ask one thing of you all though, can you please give us as much notice as possible so the coach company and tour guides can try to factor in a visit, please don’t leave it until the last minute!