About+the+trip

Here are some things about the trip that your parents may want to know about so please help them get it.

17 Nov 08
I need all 5 of you to re-fill the survey form below. I'm sorry. The original survey form was lost. I think I left in the box with the other survey forms from the exhibition. Please fill this in today by 4 pm

Remember that this has an impact on your next trip so fill it in carefully. Show all you have learned/gained from the trip including friendships you have made with the Australians, what you have learnt from going overseas, what you have learnt from CmPS with regard to the trip.

Please download, fill in and email me the following document at jennifer_mary_dcotta@moe.edu.sg Please rename the file to include your name at the end of the file name.

Thanks girls!

13 Oct 08, 6.15 pm
Please read through the info below.

Itinerary
Here is the re-worked itinerary. It's more detailed than the sketchy one given by the travel agents. It is still very brief and does not include meal times, etc. (Don't worry. We will all be fed.)

Finance Matters
I will be sms-ing your individually the amount you will need to pay. Could you hand in a cheque payment by Wednesday 15 Oct? If you can hand it in tomorrow, even better.

Accomodation/ Airfare: + $1972.50 Registration Fees: +$ 160.00 T-shirt: +$ 24.00 Official Photos CD: +$ 30.00 (if you are ordering) School Subsidy: -$ 300.00 Edusave: -$ (amount varies with each individual)
 * __Payment will be for the following:__**

Please let your parents know about the Opportunity Fund. The Opportunity Fund is set up to help pay for trips like the one you are going on. If you are eligible to apply for the Opportunity, please let me know tomorrow so I can help you apply for it and save your parents some money. To qualify for the fund:
 * __Opportunity Fund__**

**If your parents think you are eligible for the Opportunity Fund:**
 * Belong to a family with 2 or less children (including you) with a total household income of $3200.00 or less.
 * Belong to a family with 3 or more children (including you) with a total household income of $4800 or less.
 * Please download this form, fill in and give me by tomorrow [[file:Opportunity Fund - Application Form.doc]]
 * Please **don't** write out the cheque yet! We will confirm the amount you have to pay and let you know. (Only for those applying for the Opportunity Fund. The rest of you can bring in your cheques tomorrow if you prefer.)

Staying Back Tomorrow
Girls, I just remembered I have a meeting at the GE Branch at 2:30 pm so I will have to leave school tomorrow by 2:30 latest. I can get another teacher to supervise you if you prefer to stay, or we can all leave at 2 pm.

You basically have to (1) start on the flag - the more you complete before we leave, the less you have to do later (2) **FINISH anything that needs printing** so that I can finish printing it by Wednesday at the latest ( ** THIS IS THE MORE URGENT TASK OF THE TWO as we will NOT be able to print anything in Australia so all items that need to be printed MUST be finished tomorrow. )**  I will be printing all the display and scrapbook items and laminating them tomorrow morning.

Can you girls sort it out amongst yourselves, please? You can discuss it on this page. = =

13 Oct 08
Handouts given out today (mainly for Natalie's benefit):



Also given out: Rules and Regulations (Natalie can collect that tomorrow.) & the Itinery from Our travel agents 'Golden Travel'. (This is in hard copy so I will pass it to Natalie tomorrow, if your mum does not already have the details.)

Miss Sabriah would like to see all of you tomorrow after the CL LC SA. Don't worry. It's a good thing - so nothing to worry about.

Some info on the trip: Air Fares: $1 388 (adult) $1 100 (Child – below 12 years) Accommodation: $350 per person (We will probably be staying in simple service apartments whoever the teacher is going with you - probably me - will be keeping a very close eye on you. Sorry.) CmPS/FPS Finals Charges Au$135 (Australian Dollars) per person Please note: If any mother would like to accompany us as a 2nd chaperone at your own expense, do let me know a.s.a.p. as airline tickets are in short supply at this time. Mrs J

This is the handbook for the competition. The relevant pages are Pgs 4 to 12 (general info), 16 (CmPS) and 19 to 20 (the schedule). Please explain to your parents that the rest (including Action Setting, Scenario Writing, Future Scenes, Parade of Flags)does not involve us. So far, the following parents have said yes:
 * Heidi
 * Kang Hui
 * Natalie
 * Jina
 * Bijou

this is a question. the price of the air tickets, which is $1100 for us, issit the finalized cost inclusive of the school subsidy? of is that the priginal price without the school subsidy? if that is the final cost, so it means, that each of us (excluding the interested parents) has to pay $1450?~heidi

Hi everyone, this is Bijou, my parents say that I can go to Australia! -Bijou

To heidi: i think that the school subsidise is included already so yeah...i think we do have to pay $1450...But as an afterthought, we still have to bring money for daily expenses or something right? Do we???~Jina

um...the amt of money depends on when we leave (morning, afternoon night). btw, wat time is e flight time and what time will we leave melbourne? oh...and wat airline r we taking? u will tell us in school rite? but we still hv to work on our flyers, exhibition etc. first. p.s. we will be wearing school uniform rite?

i think so ... i hope we're flying singapore airlines! btw, my mum wants to know if we're staying near one of the university campuses. and we need to do leaflets soon. bijou, the game? heidi and i were begging for help -- will give you more info on monday, k? ~ nat

Ok Nat. We are going to work like CRAZY for this 2 weeks!

hey all... i'm not going lor... coz got exams and it is a major amount of money... lol. but still have 2 work like crazy!!! (yeah i noe i m talking singlish here. the term "proper english" has not occured 2 me yet (which is 3.20 pm) ... that was random... oh well... sigh... gu ess who i am... ~lyss

Hiya ... poor Lyss! Never mind .. at least you still have to do the work! :D So ... uh ... where are we staying again? And, yeah, //Somerset on Elizabeth (250 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne ) 4.5 star// has available rooms. My parents checked. And Mrs Jeya, my mum says that she's OK with going along. ~ Nat

yo! poor mellie smellie. dn worry, we wont forget u k? lol. um...where we staying? and nat, that place tt ur parents checked, issit apartments or hostel or hotel or wat? i tink mrs j decided liao rite? cos she even told us how much MONEY for rental or whatever. anyways, i hope we take singapore airlines!!! it totally rox. and nat, are both ur parents coming? and i tink mrs j will either post or give us a list of what to bring n where we staying rite? but nvm for now. have got to do the work AND study for exams (i am going to follow kh and study for once)~heidi

_ _ _ to you too. lol. uh ... i'm going to study after doing the english compo. anyway, anyone want to email mrs j? or should we just wait till she sees this? wateva. heidi: my mum's coming, but my dad isn't. to mrs j: my mum says she can help book a hotel (that's to u, heidi) if you haven't. i am *sigh* a little *sigh* worried that my *sigh* mum is gonna be *sigh* //difficult//. but i suppose i shouldn't worry - hopefully it'll be fine. =D ~ Nat

haha. dn worry de lah. i tink she'll not be THAT difficult. mayb we shld just remember our comments/ questions then if mrs j still doesnt see this then we cn tell her in sku.~heidi

hi-o...i 2 oso hav those quesies...n mrs j said simple service apaprtments so yeah...Nat, i hope ur mum is not difficult...but then after tat she wun b tat bad rite???Anyways. i checked n aussie's temp. kinda low so...hu carez...now all we ahv to care abt is 1.the work 2.exams 3.dun fall sick Cheezez, Jina

ya. and btw, i hope she gives us e list of what to bring etc. and the amt of work needed to do and the size of the boards for charts and all tt soon. so we will be more organized. ~heidi

D-U-H. hehe. wateva ... anyway, do we wear school uniform or anything we want? i hope we can wear anything. mrs jeya wants our passport photocopies, right? i'm having a little problem with the photcopier ... but i'm sure it'll be fine. Ok so ... nothing else. BB! ~ Nat yeah...i was thinkin tat a list of d things we nid 2 bring n the things nided 4 exhibiton.stayin back on fri till 5 rite?~Jina

yup jina! I hope we don't have to take Qantas. There's a little problem with that airline... I'd rather take SIA, trust my own country... And now, we have to work more... ~Kang Hui

yo peepz! im gonna print out the flights availability and give to mrs j then she will choose k?~heidi

hi all...heidi...up to u lor. i m so excited!!! there's been a change of costs. lucky me mum say can! but then tomo stay back till 5 to work work work!!!but then i like cmps so yeah...byez! :D~Jina

ya. i love it now!!! cnt wait to go!! but den, dn we nid to do our exhibition b4 going? and e exhibition is in wk 8 wat...~heidi

people, i found out what other two teams are going. my tuition fren is from Nan Hua ( i think) and she's going for the FPS finals. She say Nanyang is also going, so they probably are the CmPS ones. But Nan Hua's team is flying the Qantas 7.30pm flight. Nanyang I dunno. ~ Nat