Planning an Excursion
Excursion Project
Task: Prepare an excursion for a secondary Music class.
Submission date: 1/9/14 15% Semester’s Mark
This Project should be submitted in written form (hard or electronic copy) and include the paperwork for all requirements. It will consist of a dossier of material. All underlined points must be submitted as copies of actual paperwork. Specific names must be included, (but not those of students).
You must provide details about the:
Destination:
An actual event in Melbourne. Will students be observing or performing? Will it be run by the event (an MSO school day) or are you running it (a trip to watch a formal performance)?
Name of the contact person.
Specific start/finish times.
Bag/instrument storage? Eating spaces?
School paperwork and issues specific to your school:
Risk assessment. Submit the actual, completed document.
Lead times. How long before the excursion date do you need to submit the application?
Excursion template. (from your school with the excursion co-ordinator’s name)
Transport/excursion costings. From whose budget?
Which bus company? How many does the bus hold? Will it fit your group? Are there bays for instrument transportation?
Timetabling issues for students/staff. (use real timings)
Staffing numbers and extra helpers. What are the ratios of qualified staff to students? How do you organise time away for these teachers?
Can you use Parent helpers? Do they need “working with children” checks?
First Aid. Which staff members are qualified? Who carries the first aid kit? How many kits are required? What should be/is in them? Are there students with special needs? How are they catered for? Where are the epipens, asthma inhalers etc?
What is the process for dealing with non-presentation of Permission forms? Eg: a student arrives at the bus and hasn’t submitted a form. She says “Mum said I could go…” You know her, you know her mum and it’s probably ok – what is the school policy?
Parent letter: (write and submit
Task: Prepare an excursion for a secondary Music class.
Submission date: 1/9/14 15% Semester’s Mark
This Project should be submitted in written form (hard or electronic copy) and include the paperwork for all requirements. It will consist of a dossier of material. All underlined points must be submitted as copies of actual paperwork. Specific names must be included, (but not those of students).
You must provide details about the:
Destination:
An actual event in Melbourne. Will students be observing or performing? Will it be run by the event (an MSO school day) or are you running it (a trip to watch a formal performance)?
Name of the contact person.
Specific start/finish times.
Bag/instrument storage? Eating spaces?
School paperwork and issues specific to your school:
Risk assessment. Submit the actual, completed document.
Lead times. How long before the excursion date do you need to submit the application?
Excursion template. (from your school with the excursion co-ordinator’s name)
Transport/excursion costings. From whose budget?
Which bus company? How many does the bus hold? Will it fit your group? Are there bays for instrument transportation?
Timetabling issues for students/staff. (use real timings)
Staffing numbers and extra helpers. What are the ratios of qualified staff to students? How do you organise time away for these teachers?
Can you use Parent helpers? Do they need “working with children” checks?
First Aid. Which staff members are qualified? Who carries the first aid kit? How many kits are required? What should be/is in them? Are there students with special needs? How are they catered for? Where are the epipens, asthma inhalers etc?
What is the process for dealing with non-presentation of Permission forms? Eg: a student arrives at the bus and hasn’t submitted a form. She says “Mum said I could go…” You know her, you know her mum and it’s probably ok – what is the school policy?
Parent letter: (write and submit