Outside the Classroom

Sample Itineraries

The Their Past Your Future Commemorative Visits Programme has taken UK school pupils and youth group members to a wide variety of destinations in Europe and beyond to learn about the events and impact of the Second World War.

Our trips have featured visits to historical sites, battlefields, war cemeteries and memorials, museums, and towns and cities particularly affected by the events of the conflict, as well as official 60th anniversary commemorative events. We have turned these itineraries into more generic guidelines for historical visits to Second World War destinations. Click on a destination from the list below to download a sample itinerary to help you plan your own excursion outside the classroom, however far afield.

Arnhem 3 – 6 March 2006

24 students from Deptford Green School, London visited the Netherlands to explore sites closely related to Operation Market Garden.

Berlin 14 - 20 March 2005

24 students from Harrogate Grammar School travelled to Berlin as prizewinners in the nationwide TPYF Commemorative Visits Competition to explore and understand German attitudes towards their wartime past.

Canada and USA 20 May – 3 June 2005

24 students from Hampstead School in London travelled to Ottawa, Canada and Washington D.C, USA, as winners in the Their Past Your Future Commemorative Visits Competition, commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Portsmouth 5 - 7 June 2004

Pupils from Holbrook Primary School, Coventry, travelled to Portsmouth as fourth prizewinners in the Their Past Your Future D-Day and Beyond Competition, commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the D-Day Landings.

Germany & Czech Republic 7 – 14 April 2006

A group of 8 History and Citizenship PGCE students from Anglia Ruskin University travelled to Germany and the Czech Republic to explore events of the Second World War, focusing on the issues surrounding war crimes, human rights and international justice.

Krakow and Berlin 10 – 16 February 2006

24 students from Lancing College, West Sussex, studying a range of subjects at A-level, visited Krakow and Berlin on a visit led by Head of Modern Languages at Lancing College Dr Mark Palmer.

Malta 24 – 28 November 2005

A group of students from King Edward’s School, Birmingham visited important Second World War sites on the island of Malta through the Their Past Your Future Commemorative Visits programme.

France and Belgium Remembrance Trail

Remembrance Trail visits to First World War battlefields and memorials in France and Belgium. On each occasion further venues were visited en route, and the 2004 visit included two Second World War venues.

Monte Cassino 14 - 17 May 2004

Pupils from Ursuline High School, Wimbledon, travelled to the Lazio region of Italy to attend the sixtieth anniversary commemorations of the Battle of Monte Cassino and to learn more about the battle’s significance within the broader history of the Second World War.

Poland and the Holocaust 26 – 31 January 2005

A-level pupils from Ounsdale High School, South Staffordshire travelled to Poland to take part in official British and international commemoration services to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the UK’s Holocaust Memorial Day.

Singapore and New Zealand Commemorative Visit 13 - 30 April 2005

24 students from Alec Hunter School, Braintree visited Singapore and New Zealand to gain a greater understanding of the war in the Far East and to explore the contribution made by New Zealand forces in twentieth century conflict.

Thailand and Japan 28 July – 11 August 2005

24 A Level students from Cheney School, Oxford visited a number of key Second World War sites in Thailand and Japan, as winners in the Their Past Your Future Commemorative Visits Competition.

Warsaw 29 July – 2 August 2004

Pupils from Ullswater Community College, Penrith, travelled to Warsaw to participate in the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, and to learn more about the battle’s significance within Polish history as well as the broader history of the Second World War.

London Itineraries

Remembrance Weekend in London

Pupils from Govilon Primary School, Abergavenny and Cauldeen Primary School/Inver Primary School, Inverness all had the opportunity to travel to London to visit sites related to the Second World War.

London Commemorative Visit 4 – 7 June 2004

Pupils from Cauldeen Primary School, Inverness, and Inver Primary School, Inver-by-Tain, travelled to London as joint third prize winners in the Their Past Your Future D-Day and Beyond Competition, commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the D-Day Landings.

Normandy Itineraries

Normandy Beaches

The Their Past Your Future project has been involved in three separate trips to the Normandy area. The itineraries of these three trips were amalgamated to create the following sample itinerary.

Battle of Normandy Itinerary - Tour of Normandy 16-24 July 2004

Members of the Kinder Children’s Choirs of the High Peaks travelled to Normandy as the only British voluntary organisation actively participating in the official sixtieth anniversary programme of events to commemorate the Battle of Normandy.

D-Day Normandy Commemorative Visit - 3 – 7 June 2004

This is the itinerary followed by the group of students from Abbey Grange High School in Leeds who visited Normandy during the D-Day sixtieth anniversary commemorative weekend in June 2004.

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