WWI Literature school trips to the Battlefields Region (Northern France & Belgium)

Below, you’ll find an example of one of our most popular itinerary choices, but we can tailor-make yours from scratch to meet your exact requirements...

WWI Literature - 3 day inclusive guided itinerary package from £215pp*

Travelling November 2012

Our most popular visits in the Battlefields region for WWI Literature school trips

Here are some of our most popular visits in the WWI Battlefields region for WWI Literature groups. We can tailor-make an itinerary to your exact needs. Call 0845 688 8988 to create your itinerary from scratch today.

Bringing WWI Poetry to Life

Bring the literature of the War to life for your students. Give them an opportunity to gain an understanding that no textbook can provide. The contextual knowledge they will gain will not only aid their academic performance, but provide them with a life-changing emotional experience.

By visiting first hand the sites significant to the War poets, your students will gain a fascinating insight into the effects of the War on these writers and how this was conveyed in their writing.

The Most Followed Poets

Our WWI Literature visits encourage students to look closely at poets’ writing, and the experiences which influenced their words. A few key WWI poets have been highlighted below:

Owen

Probably the most important English War Poet, Owen’s poetry includes Anthem for Doomed Youth, Dulce Et Decorum Est, and Futility. KEY SITES - SANCTUARY WOOD, NEWFOUNDLAND PARK AND ARRAS.

Sassoon

A key figure in Great War poetry, Sassoon’s works include Prelude: The Troops, At Carnoy, and Does it Matter? KEY SITES - MENIN GATE, FRICOURT, MAMETZ AND DANZIG ALLEY CEMETERY AND ARRAS.

Rosenberg

The least privileged of the British War Poets, Rosenberg penned poems such as Break of Day, In the Trenches, and Returning. KEY SITES - SANCTUARY WOOD, NEWFOUNDLAND PARK AND ARRAS.

Other poets students can study include McCrae, Blunden, and many more. Alongside the war poets, your students will have the chance to understand the experience of the characters in ‘Birdsong’ - a popular recommended text choice, with visits to Hill 60 in Ypres and Ulster Tower on the Somme.

Below, you'll find some of our most popular accommodation options for school groups.

This is just a sample of our full range, so for full details of all properties available, please call 0845 688 8988 to speak to one of our Educational Travel Advisors today.

No hotels have been assigned to this tour

NST Guide Lecturers - From only £10pp per day

An increasing number of schools book a Guided Study Tour each year due to the recommendation of NST’s customers. Why not add an NST Guide Lecturer to your tour package.

Your Guide Lecturer will:

• Be selected from a specialist team to meet your exact visit requirements
• Be a highly experienced and knowledgeable educationalist
• Have a long and proven track record of delivering excellent results
• Have an understanding of the needs of students and information delivery
• Understand the pressures and requirements of Group Leaders

Benefits of NST Guide Lecturers:

• A Strong Teaching Background - All of our guides are ex-teachers with specific History expertise. Their educational background and detailed knowledge of the current curriculum will help them meet your specific needs. As former teachers they also understand the demands and requirements of organising educational visits.
• Helping You to Prepare Your Ideal Itinerary - Our guides will contact you before your tour to discuss your learning objectives. They will then advise on the appropriate visits to build an itinerary that matches your specified objectives and enables your group to get the most out of every day.
• More Time for One-to-One Teaching - With an NST Guide Lecturer leading the group, you gain the opportunity to provide individual tuition and enjoy the visits with your students.
• First Evening Talk - Your Guide Lecturer will provide an informal discussion on your first evening, setting the scene for the next few days. Helping students focus on the days to come and covering many general questions up front, this talk will allow more time for specific questions at each site.

WWI Guided Study Tours

Personalise your tour to the WWI Battlefields by following in the footsteps of your local battalion or visit the grave of a relative. By taking a guided study tour with NST, you can discuss this option in advance enabling your Guide Lecturer to build this into your itinerary. If you are looking for something different…

• Our Guide Lecturers’ knowledge of the WWI Battlefi eld areas is endless. We can take you off the beaten track to discover lesser known sites which will enable you to cover a wider perspective of WWI. Fewer people may be at these sites, offering you more space in situ for teaching and discussion.
• Our Guide Lecturers can cover topics which are lesser studied but still of great value and interest, such as the early stages of WWI or 1918.
• Empire History - Our guides will be happy to suggest amendments to your itinerary, either in terms of sites visited or themes studied, in order to make the tour as relevant as possible for schools studying British Imperial History.

Our team of guides include:

• Jeff Garner - Programme Co-ordinator - A Cambridge graduate, Jeff has extensive experience in both museum work and secondary education. In this 24th season as Programme Co-ordinator, Jeff works with your Tour Consultant to allocate the ideal guide for each group and oversees tour arrangements. Jeff is responsible for guide training and involved in product development and this year has developed two new areas for History tours: Berlin: The Cold War and the Fall of Communism, and London History.
• Alan Reed - Growing up near Arras, Alan’s interest in World War Battlefields started at an early age as the son of a War Graves Commission family. Alan combines a huge knowledge of the Battlefi eld area with a detailed understanding of both the history and culture of the region. He is a published author of ‘Meet at Dawn, Unarmed’, a book on the Christmas Truce of 1914.
• Robert Watson - An experienced retired secondary school teacher, Robert combines his extensive guiding experience and excellent knowledge with a keen understanding of how to relate this to all groups
• Tom Morgan - Former teacher Tom is an experienced Battlefields guide, with his own well respected WWI website. As well as being a published author, Tom has also made a television documentary on the Battle of the Somme.
• Greg Davey - An experienced History and English teacher with over 13 years of teaching experience, Greg has also tutored for the Open University. Greg has written E-Learning courses covering the origins of WWI and runs a business which provides Living History materials to schools.
• Peter Crook - With a career as Head of History and Associate Advisor for History with a Local Education Authority, Peter has been guiding tours to the WWI Battlefields for his own and other schools since 1982 and is a published author.