Cancelled school trip

Janepig

DD's come home from school today really miffed that the planned school choir trip to Paris at half term has been cancelled due to the current state of affairs there. One teacher was happy to go according to DD but none of the other teachers were. I'm not going to grumble too much, I'm sure the school will have parents complaining either way. I obviously wasn't having nightmares about DD's safety or I'd have pulled her out of the trip myself!

Just wondering if anyone else has got children going to France at half term and what other schools are doing?

Jx

GwylimT

Our school would cancel trips in these cases as we would not be covered for any incidents concerning civil unrest during the trip. Trips abroad are normally automatically seen as high risk and so county hall have to give the okay (including academies) and it may be out of the schools hands as they are able to remove permission in certain circumstances.

mel48rose

Better to be safe than sorry. I personally would not let any of my children go there at the moment.

Janepig

I haven't heard anything official yet, just that DD had choir practice after school and the one teacher is happy for them to go, the others are saying they don't want to. I'm sure there will be advice from the LEA at some point as there will be lots of schools either going to Paris or France in general at half term.

I can't say I've been following the events closely but I would have thought that with the amount of Police now on the streets of Paris then the likelihood of anything happening soon is low. My view is that they could postpone until a "safer" time and then their ferry will sink!

Jx

DaveTheMus

Janepig wrote: »

I haven't heard anything official yet, just that DD had choir practice after school and the one teacher is happy for them to go, the others are saying they don't want to. I'm sure there will be advice from the LEA at some point as there will be lots of schools either going to Paris or France in general at half term.

I can't say I've been following the events closely but I would have thought that with the amount of Police now on the streets of Paris then the likelihood of anything happening soon is low. My view is that they could postpone until a "safer" time and then their ferry will sink!

Jx

What a surprisingly cavalier attitude....I like it.

pogofish

Looks like the terrorists have won then! - Well done that bunch of cowards at the OP's kid's school.

What a lesson to teach for the future.

Janepig

DaveTheMus wrote: »

What a surprisingly cavalier attitude....I like it.

Not sure I know what to make of that comment! :rotfl:

I find it strange that it's the kids that really want to go and they're all aware of what's gone on. I'm sure at their age I'd have been quite scared, but then I remember being scared at just about everything I saw on the news.

Jx

meritaten

Unless the government issue a 'don't go there' warning I cant see why they shouldn't go. tbh, I think I would feel far safer in Paris than almost anywhere in the world - the French are really pulling out all the stops to protect their capital.

Spendless

When's your 1/2 term Jane? It's w/c 16th Feb here, so still a few weeks away, anything could change in that time. I'd have thought your LA would advise within the next week or two.

Janepig

meritaten wrote: »

Unless the government issue a 'don't go there' warning I cant see why they shouldn't go. tbh, I think I would feel far safer in Paris than almost anywhere in the world - the French are really pulling out all the stops to protect their capital.

That's my thinking!

Spendless wrote: »

When's your 1/2 term Jane? It's w/c 16th Feb here, so still a few weeks away, anything could change in that time. I'd have thought your LA would advise within the next week or two.

Same here, 16th. We need to hand passports in this week so I think they'll need to let us know officially soon. It's such a shame if they don't go, they were going to sing in Notre Dame Cathedral which would have been such a thrill for them.

Jx

tea_lover

Has the trip already been paid for? Can't imagine insurance would cover cancellation unless the FCO give official 'don't travel' advice.