Preparing Children for a Successful Future
During the school year Teachers organise various educational visits, both in the local area and further afield.
Children in Y6 are also invited to take part in a residential visit. Parents with questions about charging
or the remission of charges should see the Headteacher.
Regulations made under the Government's 1988 Education Reform Act stipulate that we can ask for
voluntary financial contributions. The school asks for a £20 contribution towards all enrichment activities
(collected at the start of each school year) letters are sent to
parents before each event takes place. These
will provide details of the event and the relevant costings.
Children may also be invited to visit other schools to play games, take part in rehearsals etc.
Various clubs are offered at lunchtimes and after school these may include Choir, Gardening, Forest Schools,
Football, Rugby and Netball. These activities are all offered, on a voluntary basis, by teachers, in their own
time. Individual music tuition for Keyboard, Drums, Guitar and Woodwind is also available on a private basis
during the school day. The school regularly enters teams into a variety of inter-school competitions. Most
games take place outside normal school hours.
Your child will bring home a parental consent form if the club is meeting after school hours. You are asked
to read, sign and return the pro-forma to the relevant teacher if you wish your child to participate.
The school is governed by quite definite regulations regarding the granting of authorised absence. A note or
form from parents detailing the reasons behind the absence must cover each absence. On the advice of the
Department for Education and Employment parents should, whenever possible, try to take family holidays out
of term time. A misconception exists that all children have an automatic right to ten school days holiday.
This is not however the case. An absence request form must be completed and forwarded to the school
seven days before the absence. One copy is in the pro forma section of this; further copies are available
from the school office.
Each case will be judged on its individual merits and absences can only be authorised in exceptional
circumstances. Though we always do try to co-operate with requests, authorised absence cannot
unfortunately be granted automatically. It is up to parents to make a case for taking the child out of school.
The Department for Education and Employment does not consider expense or working patterns to be an
acceptable reason. Parents are encouraged to telephone to make an appointment to discuss absence with the
Headteacher if they have any doubts.
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES - EDUCATIONAL
VISITS / VOLUNTARY FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - CLUBS
FAMILY HOLIDAYS
