A big thank you to the students who have been a credit to the school all week.

A big thank you to the supportive parents of the students who attended.

Finally a big thank you to the colleagues who went on the trip.

We had a great trip – 20 months ago we started the process of the trip, booking the resort and now it is over and could not have gone better.

If any parent or student wants a copy of any of the blog photos then drop me an email.

Mr Whitmarsh.

Bit slower on M1 than anticipated so more like 5:45 arrival

We are just at Toddington services for a short stop. The driver says estimated arrival time is 5:30

It was great to have a full English breakfast on the ferry. The students favourite word at the moment is McDonalds…..we will see if we are able to fit in a stop.

That journey was a bit unpleasant at times

Our 9:50 ferry will be leaving at 11:00 due to weather conditions.

We made it to Calais in decent time and are just crawling through passport control. We are hearing of ferry crossing delays due to windy conditions.

Just had a 15 minute comfort stop with seemingly everyone having slept the whole way so far.

The choice of film as we left the south of France was Mr McDonough’s favourite of The Martian