Parental Meeting: Tuesday 8th December

Only 2 months to go!

Information required tonight:Photocopy of ESTA document (PCs and photocopier available)Parental Consent Form (sent in post, but extra copies available)Behaviour expectationsCode of conduct letter – signed by students and parentsRoom allocation – rooms of three

Staff on Trip

• Guy- Creative Arts Programme Manager & Film Specialist.

• Gill- Media Studies Course Leader with industry experience.

• Jacqui- Art Course Leader and practicing Artist.• Lizzy- Textiles Course Leader and practicing Artist• Holly- Arts, Film & Media technician, photography

expert and trained first-aider.• Craig- Photography Course Leader, Group Leader &

terrible bore.

Code Of Conduct

The purpose of our visit to New York is to see great Art and Media practice- and also a fantastic city at first

hand recording images and ideas that will be useful for the Externally Set Assignments and Course work for

your the A level courses. It is also of course to be together socially and have a good time!

In order to do that it is important to set out some very straightforward ground rules, and for you to accept

that these form the basis of your participation in the trip

• Carry a copy of the itinerary and listen to all instructions concerning visits; it is your responsibility to know where you are supposed to be at what time.

• Carry a (charged) mobile phone that is US-ready and not in ‘flight mode’, at all times so that you can be contacted, and have the group leaders’ numbers installed on the phone.

• Do not wander off on your own. Always be in a group of three- minimum- it is not permitted to meet people that you have made friends with online. Do not leave the vicinity of the gallery/visit unless this is a specifically agreed part of the visit. Take care crossing the road and be aware that traffic will approach from a different side in New York- at high speed and often 4-a-breast – this includes courier cyclists who can be unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

• Abide by the rules of the Hotel Pennsylvania:

• The Hotel Pennsylvania is a completely non-smoking building, so there is to be no smoking in bedrooms, the social areas or the cafeteria.

• No alcohol is to be brought into the centre. Any use of illegal drugs will result in your expulsion from City College.

• After ‘lights out’ (probably 12.00pm) do not move about in

the corridors. Respect the right of other users of the hotel to sleep undisturbed.

• Show respect to each other, the staff and other users of the Hotel Pennsylvania.

• Whilst on residential visits you are acting as ambassadors for the college and should behave with this in mind. Any actions that could damage the reputation of the college and the good relationships that we have with travel companies- thus jeopardising future trips- could result in serious disciplinary action or your immediate removal from all CCN courses.

ESTA

There are strict entry rules into USA and you are instructed to declare any potential issues that could lead to denial of entry, including arrests, convictions, pending convictions, any communicable diseases, previous refusal into USA, overstayed on any previous visit and whether individuals have ever been deported. (declaration of any of the above does not automatically mean entry will be refused, but further assessment will need to be made and discussed with the US embassy)

If entry is refused due to undeclared issues, the College will look to the re-imbursement of any measures taken to ensure student is repatriated safely

Brief Itinerary

Day 1• Leave CCN really early in the morning. 1.30am

• Fly to NY Newark Airport.• Arrive at Hotel Pennsylvania early afternoon NY time.

• Empire State late afternoon.• Sleep

Brief Itinerary

• Day 2• Morning- all go to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.

• Afternoon split 1 group to New York Film Academy• 1 Group to Whitney Gallery.

• Evening meal at Bubba Gump Shrimp.• Explore Times Square at night.

Brief Itinerary

• Day 3• Morning- visit to Rockefeller Center - Top Of The Rock.

• Explore Rockefeller area- (St Patricks Cathedral, Radio City Music Hall, shopping etc.)

• Afternoon all to MoMa.• Evening meal at Heartland Brewery.

Brief Itinerary

• Day 4• Morning- all walk the Highline and visit Chelsea Market.

• Afternoon split- 1 group to visit MoMi then free time in Times Square• 1 group to visit the Met through Central Park and Grand Central Station

• Evening Meal at Hard Rock Café

Brief Itinerary

• Day 5• Williamsburg/ Museum Of The American

Indian/ Chelsea gallery district

• Fly home

Each Day, every student will have a full, detailed itinerary of the places visited and how we will travel.

Scrap Books• Sketches• Tickets• Photos• Diary Entries• Notes

Exhibition of scrap books when we return and prize for most original and interesting.

I’m lost card

Kit List:•A journal/ notebook / sketchbook and writing/drawing equipment. Don’t forget; the purpose of the visit is to research ideas for your current and future projects.

•Passport and ESTA.

• Dollars – you will need money for lunches, snacks and to buy postcards etc. Be aware that the rate of exchange is constantly fluctuating and that New York is never cheap. (It is of course entirely your choice how much spending money to bring).

•Warm clothes (including a coat) and waterproof shoes. New York in mid-February is likely to be cold and there will be lots of walking outside. If you wear the equivalent of slippers you will have cold feet!

•Mobile phone (NY ready, with a charger) and Camera. Try not to have too much paraphernalia with your camera and bear in mind that you will need to keep it secure. New York is no better or worse than other capital cities for the risk of pickpocketing – especially at tourist destinations such as the Time Square.

Kit List•One ‘day bag’ to put essential items, sketchbooks and things you will need walking about galleries, studios etc. and one larger bag/case for clothes/ toiletries etc. Your day bag should not have any liquids or sharps in as this will not be allowed onto the aeroplane. •Alarm clock set on New York time- make sure this is one that you know how to operate (you do not want it to either go off in the middle of the night and wake your entire room up!). Try not to rely on your mobile phone- the battery will run out.•Toiletries and bath towel- (do not pack toiletries in your hand luggage).•US- UK mains adaptor (for your hair straighteners and portable Teasmaid).

Rooming

• 3 to a room.• Anyone who is not in a 3 is likely to be split up

so that we are all in rooms of 3.• Single sex rooms.• We need to have your rooming requests by

Thursday 10th December.

Luggage Reminder• Hand Luggage: 1 item <23 x 35 x

56cm or 114cm combined

• Checked Luggage: 1 item <23kg and no bigger than 157cm combined

• Personal item: shoulder bag or laptop <22 x 25 x 43cm

Do not go over the allowed weight- this will cause delays for the whole group!

• Any further information will go on the blog:

citycollegeartdepartmenttrips.blogspot.co.uk

Or contact c3osborne@ccn.ac.ukwith questions.