Welcome
Agenda
• Year 5 sleepover briefing.
• Year 6 residential presentation. Including:
Introduction to the trip, basic information and
plan(s), costs and payments, questions.
Year 5 sleepover
• Friday 9th June (7pm ish) – Saturday 10th June
(9.30am ish).
• Sleeping in the classrooms (boys and girls in
separate rooms).
• The school will be secure and safe and there
will be appropriate supervision.
• Bring supplies – sleeping bag, something to
sleep on, PJs, sweets, toothbrush…A kit list will
be issued with the permission letter.
Year 5 sleepover
• There will be a cost (up to £10) to cover
evening supplies, breakfast and a group photo
(memories are so important).
• Permission letter sent out closer to the time.
Questions?
Residential
21st – 25th May 2018
YHA South Downs
Itford Farm
Beddingham
Lewes
BN8 6JS
http://www.adventurecentral.co.uk/centres/sout
h-downs-east-sussex/
Personal and curriculum development
• 4 night stay away from
home
- Develop independence and
self-reliance.
- Develop a sense of
responsibility.
- Experience of staying in a
different environment
- Provide Outdoor
Adventurous Activities
linked to PE.
- Child-led activities.
• Developing Learning
Powers
- Resourcefulness, resilience,
reciprocity, reflectiveness.
- Living with peers over
extended periods.
- Team work.
- Awareness of the needs of
others.
- Cooperation and
collaboration.
- Celebration of their time at
school together.
Timings
• Travelling by coach.
• Drop off at school between 10.15-10.30, ready
to leave at 11am.
• Back at school by home time on the Friday
(TBC).
Accommodation
• Youth hostel – two separate ‘houses’
(girls/boys).
• En-suite bathrooms, communal bathrooms.
• Teacher rooms within the houses.
• Secure – door codes for ALL buildings.
Accommodation
Accommodation
Sleeping arrangements
• Children organized into single sex rooms of approx 4
– 6.
• Children will have an opportunity to express with
whom they would like to share a room.
• Langshott staff will allocate rooms with consideration
of attitude, friendships and behaviour. We want all
children to be successful. They will be in mixed
groups during the day for their activities.
• Children will be expected to make their beds
and keep their rooms tidy!
Activities
• Range of activities provided by qualified and
experienced instructors.
• Other child led activities.
Activities
Activities
Food
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All needs catered for.
Cooked/cold breakfast.
Packed lunch (sandwich choice given).
Cooked dinner.
• The children can buy ice creams and there will
be a limited tuck shop.
Things to pack
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Kit list will be provided.
Clothes suitable for outdoors/being active.
Name on everything.
Potential water fight (there is a drying room!)
Cost
• £300.
• Plus some spending money.
• Possible residential t-shirt.
Meeting individual needs
• Support with medication etc given.
• Timetable given out so that the children know
the routine (also shared with families – pack).
• Fire briefing given.
What happens next
• Consent/deposit letter going home
today/tomorrow.
• Deposit of £50 due by 3rd March 2017.
• March 2017-February 2018 balance to be
paid.
• Spring term 2018 – kit list, medical form and
final pack issued to parents.
Questions
• Staffing – not known.
• Alternative activities for those who stay
behind – depends on how many. Potential to
join us on the trip for a day.