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• ​Educational Tours » ​Food Technology Tours » ​Opal Coast

  ​Opal Coast

  Just a short Channel Crossing away, the Pas de Calais region is the ideal choice for a Food Technology school trip allowing your students to discover traditional French cuisine.

  Your group could visit one of the local markets, to see how important fresh, local produce is to this region, visit a traditional, family-owned bakery to see a master boulanger’s fashioning of croissant dough by hand and learn about the history of the sweet shop and see how the sweets and lollipops are made.

  You could even push your students culinary boundaries at either a Snail or Goat’s Cheese Farm followed by a tasting.

Curriculum Links

There really are lots of exciting food-related activities to choose from here, so you can really tailor your day to meet your specific learning objectives. And if you are looking for a cross-curricular school trip for activities weeks then we can easily cater for French language and WW2 History students too!

• KS3

  Understand the source, seasonality and characteristics of a broad range of ingredients

• GCSE

  Where and how ingredients are grown, caught and reared

  Environmental impact and sustainability of food

  Food processing and production

  Distinctive features of international cuisine

  International cuisine: cooking methods and equipment

  Traditional and modern variations of recipes

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Suggested Itinerary

A 3-day Food Technology tour to Pas de Calais can easily be adapted to include further visits and demonstrations specific to your areas of study or why not combine it with your French or History department to maximise the learning opportunities available.

• Day 1

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    Morning
                          
    Morning
                        

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    Afternoon
                          
    Afternoon
                        

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    Evening
                          
    Evening
                        

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    Morning
                          
    Board coach and transfer to port for ferry crossing
                        

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    Afternoon
                          
    Visit Chocolats de Beussent
                        

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    Evening
                          
    Evening meal at accommodation
                        

• Day 2

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    Morning
                          
    Morning
                        

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    Afternoon
                          
    Afternoon
                        

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    Evening
                          
    Evening
                        

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    Morning
                          
    Visit Boulangerie Le Fournil and traditional French market at Le Touquet or Boulogne 
                        

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    Afternoon
                          
    Visit Bec a Suc Sweet Factory
                        

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    Evening
                          
    Evening meal at accommodation
                        

• Day 3

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    Morning
                          
    Morning
                        

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    Afternoon
                          
    Afternoon
                        

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    Evening
                          
    Evening
                        

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    Morning
                          
    Visit the “Pain Show” for pancake making
                        

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    Afternoon
                          
    Ferry crossing to Dover and coach transfer to school
                        

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    Evening
                          
    Arrive back at school 
                        

Other Educational Visits (If necessary)

Snail Farm

Goat’s Cheese Farm

Nausicaa

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Sample Accommodation

With purpose-built school group accommodation available in both Dunkirk and Calais, the Pas de Calais tour is an attractive option for school trip organisers.

• L’Escale, Dunkirk

  Centrally located close to the beach and the Battle of Dunkirk Museum, this modern centre has eighty-six rooms spread over three floors. Students will stay in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms have a private bathroom, and WiFi is available throughout the building.

  Breakfast and evening meals can be taken in the hostel's restaurant. Packed lunches are available on request.

  On-site facilities include a TV room, a library, and a lounge. Groups can also request use of one of the three meeting rooms.

• Centre Europeen de Sejour, Calais

  A light and modern Youth Hostel conveniently located in Calais.

  Pupils are accommodated in twin or triple rooms with one shared bathroom between every 2 rooms. Staff will be accommodated in twin or single rooms.

  On-site facilities include a large self-service restaurant, meeting rooms which can be used for group activities, TV room, games room with pool table and table football.