BEFORE THE VISIT

Our trip takes place in term time towards the end of March. We meet our lower sixth students in the previous September. The fieldwork timetable works as follows:

SEPTEMBER

1. The trip is provisionally arranged with the travel agent - Joanne Bailey at Wardle travel, always arranges a keen price!
2. Fund raising activities begin.
3. Individual study guide distributed to students (see below)
   
   OCTOBER
4. Parents information evening held in school and deposits collected.
5. Students research Malta for possible areas of interest.
6. Titles chosen, B1 forms completed and posted to the R.A.M.
7. Second deposits collected. 
   
   NOVEMBER
8. Students write the introduction to the project.
9. Fund raising activities well under way
10. Third deposits collected. 
    
    DECEMBER
11. Students write the introduction to the data collection section and design the questionaires and appropriate sampling sheets. 
    
    JANUARY
12. Final installment collected. 
    
    FEBRUARY
13. Second parent’s evening to discuss travel arrangements, itinerary and code of behaviour and issue Malta guide(see below)