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2019/2020
For Schools
and Colleges
THORPE PARK Resort
Curriculum-based Interactive Workshops
Two-Day coach tours from £119 per student
AVAILABLE
March – THORPE PARK Resort
November* 2019 & 2020 Curriculum-based
*Subject to confirmation of Resort opening times
Interactive Workshops
Learning through enjoyment is the ethos that THORPE PARK Resort
is championing to teachers and students alike. Their goal is to
harness students’ excitement and provide the framework to
challenge and inspire them. Visits to the Resort can now be arranged
with interactive workshops that ensure this goal becomes a reality.
Led by the Resort’s experienced facilitators, Marketing
the workshops are designed to meet the The Marketing workshop examines
requirements of Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. the importance of market research,
Your 40 minute workshop will be delivered understanding your target market and
exclusively for your students and can be delivering a unique product, designed to
The Resort is mainly geared towards a tailored to meet the requirements of bring the curriculum to life. Developed by
teenage audience due to the vast majority your group. the Resort’s creative Marketing teams,
of signature attractions being roller STEM Workshops your students will follow the Resort’s
coasters and thrill rides. The Resort offers a choice of three journey through its brand re-positioning
The tallest of these being Stealth, an workshop topics for STEM students: The and the exciting new changes at the
Intamin Accelerator Coaster, which Science Resort.
launches riders from 0-80 mph in 1.8 of Rollercoasters, Maths and Design and Guest Care
seconds sending them 205 ft into the air. Technology of Structures. The Guest Care workshop highlights the
As well as this, The Swarm, which is the The Science of Rollercoasters importance of good customer service to
only B&M wing coaster in the UK, has a THORPE PARK’s flagship science a successful business such as THORPE
total of 5 inversions and is 127 feet tall. workshop explores key principles of physics PARK Resort. The workshop provides the
Major attractions across the Resort include and maths with the inspiring backdrop of opportunity for students to discover how
Tidal Wave, Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, THORPE PARK Resort’s exhilarating the Resort adapts to different customers
Stealth, The Swarm and Derren Brown’s rollercoasters. Students will discover how and looks to satisfy customer needs and
Ghost Train. crucial considerations of accelerations, exceed expectations to keep customers
Newton’s laws and forces are in designing coming back.
Derren Brown’s and maintaining Stealth, The SWARM and Human Resources
Ghost Train other thrilling rides, as well as ensuring the
safety of all the guests.
This workshop explores how the Resort
recruits the right staff and trains them the
A world’s first one-of-a-kind experience Maths right way to create a unique atmosphere at
like you have never seen before has This workshop is designed to show how THORPE PARK Resort. Students will
arrived at THORPE PARK Resort. Re- important mathematics is to a successful learn how recruitment, training and
invented for the 21st-century, this ghost business such as THORPE PARK Resort. employee relations combine to acquire
train will blow your mind! Crafted by the As well as keeping the Resort in control of and develop a team of over 1000 staff in a
master of mind control, Derren Brown, this its finances, maths is also crucial to keeping wide variety of operational and support
theme park experience is the world’s only guests safe as the rides are meticulously roles.
fully immersive psychological attraction planned in terms of their dimensions and
designed to manipulate the human mind. accelerations.
Derren Brown’s Ghost Train
At the heart of the island you discover Design and Technology of Workshops
a disused warehouse. As you enter The latest workshops to be added to the
Structures Resort’s range have been developed in
a seemingly innocent Victorian train
Where better to consider the importance of line with the launch of Derren Brown’s
carriage, it soon becomes clear as sights
structures and their materials and Ghost Train. The new workshops are for
and sounds fill your senses, that you will
mechanical systems than at the home of Computing, Design and Technology
come face-to-face with what lies at the end
some of the UK’s most thrilling and Psychology.
of the line!
rollercoasters.
The Computing Workshop considers how
Business Studies Workshops THORPE PARK Resort embraces the
As well as the STEM workshops, the Resort importance of computing, while this Design
all offers a choice of Business Studies and Technology Workshop uses Derren
workshops that focus on Marketing, Guest Brown’s Ghost Train as a case study to
Care and Human Resources. explore design ideas and materials. The
THORPE PARK Resort as a Psychology Workshop focuses on themes
Business that Derren Brown himself often explores,
This workshop offers a broader overview, including understanding compliance theory
examining how the Resort operates as and its effect on us and the discussion
a business, and how creative marketing, of attitudes towards order in society and
efficient environmental management and authority figures.
evolving customer service all play key roles
in its success.
Call: 020 8335 5151 Email: team@studyexperiences.co.ukTwo Day Tour includes:
• Two days exclusive coach travel
• One night’s three-star hotel
accommodation in Greater London
• Continental breakfast
• Admission to THORPE PARK
Resort
• Interactive workshop
• Guided sightseeing tour of London
• Individually tailored itinerary
• Services of Study Experiences
Tour Manager in London
• One free teacher place for every
eight students
Three Day Tour also includes:
• Additional day’s coach hire for
transfers in London
• Additional night’s hotel
accommodation with continental
breakfast
Day Trip includes:
Two & Three Day Tour Your Hotel Accommodation • Return coach travel from your
school to THORPE PARK Resort
Itineraries You have the choice of either staying on-
site at THORPE PARK Resort in their • Admission to THORPE PARK
We recommend that you book either our Resort
two or three day tour to ensure that you Shark Hotel or of staying in one of our
carefully selected hotels. Our range • Interactive workshop
and your students are able to enjoy in full
includes excellent properties in greater • Individually tailored itinerary
your time at the Resort.
London. • One free teacher place for every
As well as your time at the Resort, we also eight students
want to ensure that you have enough time The Shark Hotel is located just a short walk
from the Resort’s iconic rollercoasters, with Your Choice of Travel Dates
to explore the capital. Study Experiences
is able to arrange the widest choice of each room able to accommodate three Our tours are available midweek, during
visits, activities, excursions, theatre shows students. term time. You are therefore able to
and dining options. Study Experiences’ greater London hotels select your choice of travel dates, subject
range includes Premier Inn Heathrow Hotel to Resort opening calendars and
Full details of everything you might wish availability of THORPE PARK workshops.
to see and do are available in our London and St Giles Heathrow Hotel.
‘Educational Programmes, Visits and Your Travel Options Group Size
Attractions’ Guide. The most popular
Our tour arrangements are based on The tour prices shown are based on a
excursions include the London Eye,
exclusive use of a 48, 49 or 53 seat coach, group size of between 40 and 49
Thames river cruise, Tate Modern,
which will collect you from and return you students, with exclusive use of a 48, 49 or
Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition, the
back to your school. 53 seat coach.
Science Museum and the Natural History
Museum. The coach will also provide the transfers For groups of between 20 and 40
between THORPE PARK, your other students, we are able to offer travel by
Our two and three day tours also include a
chosen activities each day and your hotel, coach for your exclusive use, however we
sightseeing tour of London in the company
to ensure you enjoy the very best tour will need to charge an appropriate small
of your Study Experiences Tour Manager,
arrangements. group, coach under-occupancy
who will provide an informative
commentary. supplement.
In the evenings, we can arrange for groups
to enjoy dinner at a restaurant such as
Planet Hollywood or Hard Rock Café, as
well as the opportunity to take in a West
End show, for which we are able to secure
specially discounted group rates.
Day Trip Itinerary
For groups located in southern and central
England, we can also offer a day trip to
THORPE PARK Resort. You will depart
early in the morning and return late in the
evening to enable you to enjoy a full day at
the Resort. Please check with us for details
of itineraries available from your area.
Call: 020 8335 5151 Email: team@studyexperiences.co.ukMarch - November*
2019/2020
How to Book
Contact Study Experiences to
register your interest. One of our
Tours Consultants will then create
THORPE
a tailor-made quote for you
according to your group’s
PARK Resort
requirements.
Call: 020 8335 5151 or
Curriculum-based email:
team@studyexperiences.co.uk
Interactive
Workshops
Learning through enjoyment is the
ethos that THORPE PARK Resort is
championing to teachers and
students alike. Their goal is to
harness students’ excitement and Visit our new website to see our full
provide the framework to challenge range: www.studyexperiences.co.uk
and inspire them. Visits to the Resort
can now be arranged with interactive
workshops that ensure this goal Teacher Testimonial
becomes a reality. “Study Experiences take all of the worry out of booking a
school trip. They provide expert advice and with their tour
Led by the Resort’s experienced guide who stays throughout, their service is second to
facilitators, the workshops are none. We use them every year and would highly
designed to meet the requirements recommend them.”
of Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Your 40 Sir Thomas Picton School
minute workshop will be delivered
exclusively for your students and
can be tailored to meet the
requirements of your group.
Call: 020 8335 5151
Visit: www.studyexperiences.co.uk
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