Shanghai Visit – September/October 2025
Join us in welcoming our Chinese guests from 27 September to 4 October 2025. We are planning a variety of activities, meals and trips during this week and would like to invite you to take part in giving our guests an experience they will enjoy and remember. The initial invitation is open for Year 8 students however, it will be open for other Year groups at a later stage. Please complete the form below if you wish your child/ren to participate in the activities:
https://forms.office.com/e/nvBcpAFXEd
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September 2025
The group will arrive on Saturday and will do a tour of Bury St. Edmunds on Sunday with a member of staff.
Monday 29 September
The group will walk to school for a welcome celebration; have a tour of the school and will attend lessons in the morning and will attend lessons in the afternoon and will have dinner.
Tuesday 30 September
The visitors will be attending lessons in the morning and will walk to the Cathedral for a tour and talk and they will have a Home Visit with Evening Meal from 4p.m. – 9p.m.
Home Visit with Evening Meal 4pm – 9pm
We would like our visiting students to experience an evening spent with students and their families. We ask that you host an evening for a minimum of two visiting students. They would travel home with you after school; have their evening meal with you and your family to experience an evening with a family in the UK. The hosting families will need to transport the students back to their hotel and the return time is flexible but please return the students between 8:45p.m and 9:15p.m. Please note that the Chinese students will speak some level of English therefore you do not need to learn any Mandarin!
Wednesday 1 October – London Day Trip – approximately £55 (awaiting confirmation from the Giraffe Restaurant)
The visitors will be going on a trip to London with some of our students and will be there for the day. Students are asked to meet at the Premier Inn Hotel at 7am travelling by coach to London. You will need to bring a packed lunch.
During the day, students will visit the British Museum and have a walking tour of the South Bank; a visit to China Town. We will have a meal at the Giraffe Restaurant in London before returning to the Premier Inn Hotel at approximately 9pm.
Thursday 2 October
The visitors will spend the morning at a primary school for PE sessions and will attend a lesson and prepare for home stay where dinner will be provided.
Home Visit with Evening Meal 4pm – 9pm
We would like our visiting students to experience an evening spent with students and their families. We ask that you host an evening for a minimum of two visiting students. They would travel home with you after school; have their evening meal with you and your family to experience an evening with a family in the UK. The hosting families will need to transport the students back to their hotel and the return time is flexible but please return the students between 8:45p.m and 9:15p.m. Please note that the Chinese students will speak some level of English therefore you do not need to learn any Mandarin!
Friday 3 October
The visitors will be in school for the morning to prepare for a party and in the afternoon they will be in school and will go back to their hotel. In the evening they will return to attend a party in the Foundation Room. We would like at least 30 of our students to celebrate the evening with them.
Saturday 4 October
The visitors will get their coach in the morning for a Cambridge Trip followed by their journey to the airport to get their flights back home.
We would like as many students to take part in these activities as possible. However, the trip to London and the Home Stay have limited spaces. We recommend signing up for all the activities that you are interested in and, if there are no available spaces, a refund will be given.
We hope you enjoy this exciting experience. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me on shanghaivisit@king-ed.suffolk.sch.uk
We would also like to inform you that we have obtained some funding via the Turing Scheme to take 24 students to visit Shanghai in May 2026. Further information will be shared shortly.
Yours faithfully
Rosette Doxon
School Business Manager / International Coordinator
