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Details of our Centenary ExperiencesOnly available with NSTWhen you book with NST, you can enjoy a number of special experiences to make your WWI centenary tour unforgettable. Simply choose your preferredbenefits from the list below and pick the perfect package for your group.Rastrick High SchoolWWI Battlefields | IntroductionCentenary ToursNST Guide Lecturer Support & aBespoke ExperienceYour NST Guide Lecturer will provide localknowledge together with practical andspecialist educational support to aid yourstudents.Through vivid narrative, and by allowingyour group to have a close-up look at WWIartefacts, your guide will help to paint apicture, encouraging learning and recall oncestudents have returned to the classroom. Wecan even personalise your experience and tracethe footsteps of your local battalion or visit thegrave of a relative.History in Your Hands: ViewingWWI ArtefactsDuring our guided WWI centenary toursstudents have the invaluable opportunity toview a range of artefacts and personal itemsfrom the war.Our guides carry a number of items with themwhich students can handle, helping to evokethe atmosphere of the war and aiding studentsin their understanding of the realities of trenchlife, regimental structures, loyalties and tacticalissues. Examples of items include whistles,replica medals, drill rounds, regimental capbadges, and button sticks.WWI Experiences at the ChâteauIf your group is staying at NST’s Châteaud’Ebblinghem, you will be able to have a goat baking, and later tasting, traditional ‘armybiscuits’ which soldiers would have eatenduring WWI.Your students will also gain a practicalunderstanding of the war by trying on replicawartime uniforms. This includes trying onputtees (a strip of cloth wrapped around theankle which was worn as part of militaryuniform).Included as standardSpecialist Knowledge & SupportWith more than 45 years’ experience of expertlyplanning History tours, we’ll plan an itineraryto take your group to the Somme, Ypres Salientand lesser known locations off the beaten track,allowing your students to learn from a wealthof WWI sites, special centenary events andexcursions.Whatever your requirements and budget, wecan create a memorable WWI centenary tourexperience for your group and help you to get thevery most from your time outside the classroom.Remembrance JournalsAll students travelling withNST on a WWI centenary tour(2014–18) can download a FREERemembrance Journal to recordtheir learning experience andmemories. These special journalsprovide students with an outlineof WWI history, together withthought-provoking questions to give studentsa focus for learning during their trip and toencourage them to reflect on their experience.Remembering1914-18A Journal of my WWICentenary ExperienceA great visit for English Literature groups as well as History groupsBy visiting the sites significant to the war poets, WWI Literature students will gain an insight into the effects ofwar on these writers - why not share the experience with your English Department and help to reduce the costof your trip?Call 0845 671 0072 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm) | Visit nstgroup.co.uk 11