Activities Week 2018 - Please read carefully

Activities Week 2018 - Please read carefully Monday 16th July – Thursday 19th July – Activities Week This booklet gives the details of the Farlingaye Activities Week 2018. This is a fantastic opportunity and every student is expected to take part. Only in exceptional circumstances, granted by the Headteacher, will students be allowed to opt out. Please consider affordability when selecting activities. Wednesday 7th and 8TH February – Options Forms Collected Please bring the attached form to the dining hall between 8.45 and 9.25 with your selections. No one will be able to hand a form in before this time. Please select either – one 4 Day Activity, OR two 2 Day Activities, (one to be chosen for Mon/Tues, one to be chosen for Wed/Thur). No money is required at this stage, final prices to be confirmed based on number of students participating. Students should be aware that in the event of an activity being over-subscribed, they will be contacted and a second choice may be required. A letter will be sent home via their tutor confirming your child’s activities and required payment methods. Monday 30th April – Payment Deadline For most activities the full, non-refundable payment is required by 30th April. (For activities which ask for two instalments to be made, the first payment must be made by 30th April, and the final instalment is to be made by 31st May.) As per the Pupil Premium policy, Pupil Premium cannot be used for Activities Week. Payment is non-refundable as tickets and transport need to arranged well in advance of Activities Week. Please note that once activities have been confirmed they cannot be changed. If payment is not made by the deadline it is likely that your child will be removed from the trip. Behaviour Requirements Parents should be aware that participation in Activities Week is dependent on good behaviour throughout the school year. This includes both during the day and on the way to and from school. Students who misbehave may not be able to participate in Activities Week but will be in school doing lessons. If you have any questions about Activities Week please do not hesitate to contact me at the school. Miss L Gilmour, Deputy Headteacher

Have fun learning to sail or windsurf in the safe environs of Alton Water. Courses to suit beginners or intermediate water sport enthusiasts. Alton Water is an RYA accredited training centre. RYA qualifications and certificates are included in the cost. Contact: Mr N Trett

Cost: £150 (including daily transport to and from Alton

Water)

Deposit: £50 (RYA ‐ Royal Yachting Association)

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Qualifying Expedition

For Year 12/13 students who have completed their Gold training and their practice expedition in April. This year the assessed multi-day expedition will be in the Lake District. This activity is offered only to those already signed up and participating in the DofE Gold Award programme. This trip will run from 14th July to 19th July 2018. Contact: Mr C Shaw (Technology)

Sixth Form Only

Trip to Sommières in the South of France, where we will play 3 concerts to awaiting audiences. 5 days of sightseeing, swimming and exploring. Spend time with your friends and others enjoying Music and Culture. Cost: £620 Deposit: £60 Contact: Ms G Martino

Ever fancied making an animated film? Now is your chance to give it a go! An opportunity to be creative and experiment with different animation techniques, such as traditional drawn animation, clay models, Lego figures or perhaps computer animation. You will have four days to try it out and make your own short film. You will need a digital camera, patience and a willingness to experiment. We will also watch some classic animation to see how the professionals do it. Contact: Dr Biran Cost: Free

A four day trip to France for Year 7. You will spend 4 days and 3 nights on the Opal Coast., bringing the French Curriculum to life. The tour will include a range of cultural visits such as a French bakery and a bee museum, a chocolate workshop, a visit to the Nausicaa Sea Life Centre and shopping Boulogne. The cost includes return executive coach travel, return channel crossings, full board accommodation at Le Mont de Couppes youth centre, travel insurance and cultural visits. Contact Ms Cesarano Cost: £275 Deposit: £75

You will make a Zombie Apocalypse film, learn how to apply stage make up and on the final day screen the finished film followed by lunch to celebrate. Contact: Mrs Mason and Mrs Curtis Cost: £30 Deposit: Full Amount

Exploring Art in the local environment on location in Suffolk and in London. Gallery visits to London to see the Royal Academy Summer exhibition, The National Gallery, and Covent

Garden. Visit Trafalgar Square - take amazing photographs of your journey and develop documentary photography skills. A day on location in Aldeburgh creating Art and Photography on the beach and visiting local galleries. Create site specific temporary sculptures and beach totems - a fun way of exploring the context of Art. Woodbridge harbour workshop with Photography on location and sketchbook skills. A day in school working with Photoshop, Papermaking, Rust Dying, Sketchbook composition and textiles. Contact: Mrs Hetherington Cost: £45 Deposit: full amount

FA Football referee course four days. At the end of the four days you will have a qualification to referee all 11 a side youth and adult matches. Students must be aged at least 14 to start the course. Once qualified earn a minimum of £20 per game. The course is provided by Suffolk FA run by the referee co-ordinator Alan Dale. Cost: £50 Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Mr C Fitch

A lovely trip that involves students learning about their own well-being and how to take care of themselves. The trip will involve a day trip to Norwich by train and then a day in school learning about and experiencing Indian Head Massage and Reflexology. They will also have the opportunity to get their hair and nails done and advice will be given to them regarding good skin care by a Body Shop representative. Contact: Miss Enright Cost: £80 Deposit: £50

Charge into the worlds of Warhammer! Smash your enemies and build your armies. All welcome, though some knowledge of the game helps. It’s also helpful if you have access to your own troops and equipment. See Mr Read for more details. Cost: FREE Contact: Mr T Read

Come and join us for an adrenaline rush! One day of paintball: this includes 600 paintballs, lunch and on average 6 games. Free tea/coffee/squash all day. Overalls and all protective equipment. Come and try to shoot some teachers, but remember that they can shoot back! Other day will be based at Go Ape in Thetford, we will be swinging through the trees like Tarzan and zipping down wires. A real adrenalin rush. This offers a unique opportunity to improve on personal skills in a fun and interactive way - improve communication, teamwork, self-confidence...and most importantly, you’ll all have a lot of fun! Join us for an unforgettable adventure. NB Due to legal reasons you must be 12 or over by the time of the activities week to do this activity. Cost: £85 Deposit: £50 Contact: Mr M Smith

Great opportunity to get out into the countryside. Day one spent fishing at a local water. You must have your own fishing equipment and be experienced enough to set it up on your own. For the welfare of the fish you must be competent in unhooking anything you catch. Day two will be a trip to High Lodge Shooting school for tuition in clay pigeon shooting followed by a game of football golf in the afternoon. Contact: Mr Steed Cost: approx. £60 Deposit: Full Amount

Come along to the Leather and Jewellery workshop and learn how to design and make your own wallets/purses/handbags etc. Also use heat treatment and metal working techniques to create rings and necklaces out of coins. Contact: Mrs M Thompson/Mr Wetherell Cost: £15 for resources Deposit: Full Amount

Come and have a go at making some traditional Indian dishes! All dishes will be vegetarian and you will be given easy to follow instructions as well as some helpful tips for cooking Indian food. All ingredients will be provided on the days. After cooking, we will have some time to rest and an option of trying out some henna and watching a Bollywood film. Sari wearing optional! Contact: Miss Rai Cost: £20 Deposit: Full Amount

Attention all thrill seekers: Come and join us for Laser and Ride - two action packed days of high adrenaline activities taking place in East Anglia. One day will be spent at Battle Stations, a specialist outdoor venue, playing “laser tag”. Laser tag is a fun, energetic game, using infra-red beams which hit a sensor worn by players. The games we play are varied and are team events that encourage team work and a competitive spirit (and it doesn’t hurt!) The second day is a visit to Pleasurewood Hills experiencing all the hair raising rides you can stand! Contact: Mr P Smith Cost: £47 Deposit: Full Amount

Learn to play golf on Day 1, with PGA professional coaching Play the course on Day 2 All at a Golf Club to be confirmed Cost: £30 Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Mr Brooks and Mr Sparkes

Have the opportunity to build a model dragster and race against others and on the second day, design and build a boat to race against others. Cost: £5 Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Mr D Williams

These workshops will be designed to help you learn, develop or sharpen your skills in the key areas of goalkeeping. There will be a range of exercises and games that will give you, whatever your level, lots of opportunities to develop your fitness, have fun, and improve. Contact: Dr Sievewright Cost: Free

Goalkeeping Workshops

Are you a book lover with an artistic side? Learn how to make different varieties of handmade books, including accordion, concertina, origami, hard-backed, hole-punched and hand-stitched from recycled and new materials. Make diaries, journals, cookbooks, scrapbooks, address books or any other type of book you can think of - for yourself or as presents for other people. Contact: Mrs Green Cost: £5 Deposit: Full amount

Join us on a magical tour of the wizarding world of Harry Potter. One day will be a visit to the extraordinary Harry Potter Studios Tour in Leavesden, near Watford. The other day will test your powers of deduction with a Harry Potter treasure trail and Potter-mad afternoon. Contact: Mrs K Carrick & Mrs A Silvester Cost: £40-45 Deposit: Full Amount

Come and watch the best foreign language films from around the world. Note that the films are subtitled. (You can only take part in this activity once) Cost: FREE Contact: Mr A Gemmell

Carriage Driving, Veterinary/Horse Welfare, Horse riding, Hacking, Jumping, Stable management, Indoor arena etc. The days start at 9am and finish at 4pm each day. Please arrange your own transport to and from Valley Farm. Please bring a packed lunch, drink and sun cream. You may also like to bring money for snacks/drinks. Cost: £60 per person per day - Total: £120 or £240 Deposit: £50

Contact: Miss L Crofton Limited places available. Therefore priority will be given to students who have not ridden before

Monday: Boating at Thorpeness, walk to Aldeburgh for fish & chips with free time in afternoon. Tuesday: Crabbing at Walberswick in the morning with free time in the afternoon in Southwold. Contact: Mrs L Crookall

Cost: £35 Deposit: Full Amount

Snozone

Join us in this exciting opportunity to learn to ski on real snow at SNOZONE, the Milton Keynes indoor ski slope! By the end of the two days, after your 12 hours of ski lessons you will go from novice to expert skier (almost)! Cost includes all ski equipment, overnight accommodation in a youth hostel (private rooms), all meals and lift passes for your après-ski fun in the snow!

Cost:£295 Deposit: £60

Contact: Mr J Tunaley

Follow in the footsteps of BBCs Springwatch as we explore the wildlife of Minsmere RSPB Reserve and Trimley Marshes. Learn about the wonderful wildlife of Suffolk and identify birds, both common and rare. Cost: £25 Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Mrs C Moran and Dr T Harrison

Day one: Let’s Go - Lakeside Carting Day two: Red Lodge - Go Karting Contact: Mr Tunaley Cost: £75 Deposit: Full Amount

If you like crafts, this is definitely the activity for you! Have a relaxing experience and enjoy making different things while listening to music or chatting to your friends. Decopatch Origami Card making Mindful colouring Contact: Miss A Andrades Galvez Cost: £8 Deposit: Full Amount

Two days exclusive use of “Area 25”, an indoor skateboard/bike park

from 10am to 3.30 pm.. Students can learn a new skill on the

beginners ramps or practise and improve their skills on the more

advanced ones.

To save on costs, students will make their own way there.

Contact: Mrs C Ryan

Cost: £20 approx

Deposit: Full Amount

Are you a budding photographer? Can you tell a story in a picture?

Whether you are an experienced photographer or you would just like

to have a go, Photofrenzy welcomes you! Each morning of the two

days we go out looking for interesting pictures, images and views. In

the afternoon we spend time editing our photos and

we finish with a daily awards ceremony with prizes.

Contact: Mrs Rudge

Cost: £8

Deposit: Full Amount

2 days of thrifty fun await! Day 1 Find treasures in our glorious clothes swap event and charity shop excursion to Woodbridge. Transform your finds into true original pieces by customising them with all sorts of beautiful ribbon, sparkly sequins, buttons, flowers - the list of possibilities is endless (don’t worry, fabric glue is also provided!). Day 2 Discover the excitement of scrapbooking-creating personalised books about you - for you, or perhaps it will be a gift? Bring in your photos, old school reports etc. and access to the computers will allow some super images to be found. Poems and stories that are languishing in a box (somewhere…) can now find the perfect home - or maybe write some new ones? Finally what better way to end two inspiring days than a Retro Style tea party? Of course, we provide the cake, sounds and film! Contact: Ms J Montague

Cost: £10 Deposit: Full Amount

Enjoy two days of cooking, afternoon tea and craft. Spend time cooking a selection of afternoon tea treats in T2. Enjoy an afternoon eating a delicious Afternoon Tea at the Crown in Woodbridge and finally enjoy some creative time visiting Jars of Clay in Rendlesham to paint ceramics.

Contact: Mrs Ewers or Mrs Cornell

Cost: £40

Deposit: Full Amount

One day perfecting your bowling and trampolining in Colchester. The other day enjoying all the delights of Pleasurewood Hills. Contact: Mr Moran or Mr Prentice Cost: £30 Deposit: Full Amount

A two day activity going to Colchester Zoo one day and Africa Alive the other. You will get a chance to feed elephants and giraffes and learn about the animals from the feeding talks. You will see animals from rhinos to otters, meerkats to servals and even enter an enclosure with the lemurs. Cost: £40 Deposit: Full Cost Contact: Mrs C Rowe

Animal

Adventure

Board games are great. Come and spend a couple of

days playing board games, both new and old. Choose

from over 60 games! Soldiers, zombies, giant

monsters, cars, trains, pandas, camels, aliens,

pirates, volcanoes, dragons, we have them

all!!

Cost: FREE

Contact: Mr P Macdonald

This will be an opportunity to participate in various sports of your choice. A full list will be published later and you will need to choose then. This will include swimming and golf at the driving range. You will be expected to show an interest in the sports you choose and wear the correct clothing, as directed by the teacher in charge. There will be an opportunity to play, be coached, coach, judge, umpire, referee and improve your skills. Students will be invited to suggest sporting activities that they would like to be offered. Cost: £5 for each 2 days which will include all activities, transport as well as some refreshments. Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Miss K Alexander

A two-day Origami & Anime fest! We’ll be improving our origami skills,

exploring how to use modular origami and enjoying a selection of Stu-

dio Ghibli films.

Contact: Miss Kardi or Mrs Anders

Cost: £5-10 Deposit: Full Amount

Fancy a London show and a morning shopping in Covent Garden? If so this is the activity for you. We will leave school early on the Wednesday morning

and take a coach ride to London where will be dropped off at Covent Garden for a few hours shopping and then the matinee performance of Matilda before heading back to school. On the Thursday we will spend the day in school with the opportunity to watch a number of movie musicals. Approx. Cost: £50 Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Miss Hetherington, Mrs Lucas & Miss Ellis

Fancy a trip to London to see Les Miserables and to take part in a singing workshop, learning a song from the show, if so this is the activity for you. We will leave school on Monday morning and take a coach ride to London where we will attend a 1 hour ‘Singing

Workshop’ and learn one of the songs from the musical. After this there will be a little time for shopping and also dinner before we head to the theatre to see the evening performance of Les Miserables before then heading back to school. On the Tuesday we will spend the day in school with the opportunity to watch a number of movie musicals. Approx Cost: £70 Deposit: Full Amount Contact: Miss Hethington, Mrs Lucas & Miss Ellis

Two day activity cycling around the Suffolk countryside. On one of the days we hope to cycle to Aldeburgh and have lunch on the beach. The other day we hope to be cycling off-road around Tunstall Forest with a cycling coach. You will need to be an experienced cyclist since we could be cycling up to 40 miles one day. You will also need to have a suitable bicycle in good working order and cycle helmet. We will be cycling from school each morning, setting off by 9.30, and we will be returning back to school by 3.30 in the afternoon. The cost includes high-visibility bib, ice-cream/refreshments and cycling coach. Contact Mr Saunders Cost £7 Deposit: Full Amount

One day: Visit Cineworld Bury St Edmunds for a film, bring a picnic to

eat in the Abbey Gardens, followed by time for shopping in the Arc.

The other day: Swimming at Felixstowe Leisure Centre, then games

on Felixstowe Beach.

Cost: £30

Deposit: Full Amount

Contact: Mrs Battersby

Writing around Woodbridge A relaxed couple of days writing, reading and, if the weather allows, picnicing around Woodbridge. I’ll lead us through some activities at school on the first morning before we get out to take some inspiration from our surroundings. On the second day, we’ll head out to a different environment before returning to school for writing, reading and/or decorating whatever we produce. Bring a notebook etc. of your own or, if you’d prefer, stationery will be provided. We’ll discuss food arrangements nearer the time.

Cost: Free.

Contact: Mr Haigh

ACTIVITIES WEEK 2018 KEY DATES

Return forms to Dining Hall Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th

February

Payment Deadline 30th April

Final Payments for trips only with two instalments 31st May