Field+Trips-+ESP

=Trips and IST= Field trips, retreats, and the Extended Studies Programme are an essential and integral element in the education we offer at International School of Tanganyika. We believe that children learn best when they are engaged in their own learning and when their learning is closely linked to personal experience. Field trips provide that experience; they offer opportunities for active, practical learning in new and exciting contexts; they place students in direct contact with their own environment. Tanzania provides an environment second to none in fascination.

Field trips also bring major responsibilities- to ensure that maximum advantage is taken of the opportunity to learn, to ensure that all concerned are well informed and, perhaps most of all, to ensure that all participants remain safe and well throughout the experience.

This booklet below is designed to provide trip leaders and chaperones with the information they need in order to prepare and lead a safe and successful IST-sponsored trip. All organizers have a responsibility to familiarize themselves with its contents and follow the guidelines it provides.